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American actor Johnny Depp (59) has appealed part of the jury verdict in the libel trial between him and his ex-wife Amber Heard (36).

The legal team of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star has filed the application with an appeals court in Fairfax County, Virginia, US media reported Thursday (local time). The jury’s decision that Depp should pay Heard $2 million in damages was incorrect, the lawyers allege in the document.

After a six-week libel trial in which the former spouses accused themselves of domestic violence, the jury largely sided with Depp in early June — but also agreed with Heard on some points.

The actress Depp has to pay more than ten million dollars in damages for defamation. Depp, in turn, owes her $2 million for statements by his ex-lawyer Adam Waldman that would have damaged Heard’s reputation.

In a 2020 newspaper interview, Waldman described Heard’s allegations of abuse as fraudulent. The actress took it as slander. Depp argued that he was not responsible for his attorney’s statements.

Heard also opposes the conviction, according to which she would have to pay Depp a good ten million dollars. In July, she initially failed with a request for annulment of the verdict. An appeal is now pending. The court made a mistake and prevented a fair judgment, Heard’s team says.

At the heart of the civil lawsuit filed by Depp was a 2018 comment published by the Washington Post in which Heard described himself as a victim of domestic violence. Depp was branded a victim of false statements and sued for defamation for $50 million in damages. Heard responded with a $100 million claim. She claimed that Depp’s attorney Waldman had damaged her reputation with a smear campaign. (sda/dpa)