Heard will have to pay a total of $15 million to Depp ($10 million in damages and $5 million in punitive damages), although in the end it will only be $10.35 million, while Depp will also have to pay his ex-wife the amount of $2 million.
The Jury has been deliberating for about 14 hours. Depp sued Heard for defamation for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post in which she described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."
Though Depp was not named in the article, he claims it cost him lucrative acting roles.
Heard countersued for $100 million, overstatements Depp's attorney made about her abuse claims. Heard and Depp met in 2009 and were married from 2015-2016.
The Defamation trail has been underway since April and Jurors have heard over a 100 hours of testimony altogether. They've heard from dozens of witnesses, including live testimony from Depp and Heard.
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