Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp's Amber Heard trial verdict will have a devastating chilling effect
As a Black woman, survivor of domestic abuse and writer who has penned work detailing my abuse, I will be haunted by this verdict and its implications for years to come. 

Johnny Depp arrives at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., on April 28, 2022.

On Wednesday, the defamation trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard concluded after weeks of speculation, sensationalism and salacious headlines. Both sides won, and both sides lost. But Heard lost the most — she is now on the hook for over $10 million in damages owed to a man she says verbally and physically abused her. (Depp was ordered to pay $2 million.)