According to Deadline, johnny depp has challenged the $2 million defamation award in documents submitted to Fairfax County. Amber Heard received this sum of money as part of the jury's verdict at their trial last month in Virginia. The four-page notice of appeal stated that the plaintiff and counterclaim-defendant, john C. Depp, II, "hereby appeals to the court of Appeals of virginia from all adverse judgments and from the final judgement order of this Circuit court entered on june 24, 2022."
On the sets of The Rum Diary in 2009, johnny depp and Amber Heard crossed paths and soon after began dating. They tied the knot in 2015. Amber Heard was dating photographer Tasya Van Ree at the time, and johnny depp was engaged in a long-term relationship with French actress Vanessa Paradis. After parting ways with their respective ex-partners in 2011, the two started dating in secret. In 2014, johnny depp and Amber Heard got married. When a photo of the actress wearing an elaborate engagement ring surfaced, the news went viral. On Depp's private island in the Bahamas, they were wed in a very private ceremony in 2015.