Topline
A Yucca Valley, California, home that has been linked to Amber Heard sold this month for over $1 million, according to Redfin records, as the actress faces a $10.4 million judgment in Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against her, which she has appealed.
Amber Heard outside court during the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard civil trial in April in Fairfax, … [+]
Key Facts
The three-bed, three-bath desert home sold for $1.05 million on July 18, nearly double what it sold for just in 2019, when it sold for $570,000.
Heard appealed the verdict last month in Virginia court, and her lawyer Elaine Bredehoft previously said Heard cannot afford to pay the judgment.
That may not be the only reason she’s selling the home: A wide-ranging online campaign against Heard, which was recently detailed in a report by Bot Sentinel, had Depp supporters doxxing the actress and some of her fans, and her address was published online.
Tangent
A trove of documents relating to the trial were unsealed over the weekend. They included text messages which were not presented during the trial from around the time Depp allegedly kicked Heard on a plane, in which he apologized to her, according to a review of the files from The Daily Beast. Depp’s team could not locate the text messages. There was also communication from Heard and Depp’s divorce proceedings from her lawyers telling her she was “walking away tens of millions of dollars,” which was also excluded from the defamation trial.
Key Background
After a seven-week long trial, jurors found Heard had defamed Depp in a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post about her experience suffering from domestic abuse. Heard had countersued her ex-husband, a suit which she won part of and was awarded $2 million in. Since the June verdict, Heard’s team filed a post-trial motion for a new trial to be held, which was denied. After Heard appealed the verdict, Depp also appealed the verdict in the countersuit.
Further Reading
Johnny Depp Appeals $2 Million Verdict In Amber Heard’s Countersuit—Just After Her Appeal (Forbes)
Amber Heard Appeals Johnny Depp Defamation Verdict (Forbes)
Anti-Amber Heard Twitter Campaign One Of ‘Worst Cases Of Cyberbullying,’ Report Says (Forbes)
Amber Heard’s Request For New Johnny Depp Trial Rejected By Judge (Forbes)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/08/01/home-reportedly-linked-to-amber-heard-sells-for-1-million-as-she-faces-104-million-judgment/