AMBER HEARD APPEALS LIBEL CASE RULING

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Amber Heard’s lawyers have filed an appeal against the result of her libel case with Johnny Depp.

In June, a US jury found Ms Heard defamed her ex-husband, Mr Depp, with an article in which she claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse.

Jurors awarded Mr Depp – who denied abusing Ms Heard – $15m (£12m) in compensatory and punitive damages.

Her team have now asked for the jury’s verdict to be reversed, or for a new trial entirely.

Ms Heard, 36, won one of three counter-claims against Mr Depp, 59, and was awarded $2m (£1.6m) in compensatory damages.