Johnny Depp v Amber Heard: get ready for the $50m rematch

Johnny Depp’s toxic marriage to Amber Heard will be raked over again next week at the start of their much-anticipated $50 million defamation trial in Virginia.

Depp, 58, launched the lawsuit against Heard, 35, after she described herself as a domestic violence victim in a 2018 column in The Washington Post. While the actor’s name was not mentioned, he has argued he was clearly the target of the article and his career was derailed as a result.

Heard has countersued for $100 million and the stage is set for another headline-grabbing trial where both parties are set to take the stand in proceedings that will be broadcast on Court TV.

The former couple fought a bitter libel battle in London in 2020, which Depp