Amber Heard Agrees to Settlement, , Ending Legal Battle With Johnny Depp .<br />BBC reports that actress Amber Heard <br />has decided to settle her defamation case <br />against her ex-husband Johnny Depp.<br />BBC reports that actress Amber Heard <br />has decided to settle her defamation case <br />against her ex-husband Johnny Depp.<br />In an Instagram post, Heard wrote <br />that the "difficult" choice <br />was "not an act of concession.".<br />In an Instagram post, Heard wrote <br />that the "difficult" choice <br />was "not an act of concession.".<br />Earlier in 2022, she and Depp faced off in <br />a legal battle where jurors heard testimony that <br />included intimate details of their relationship.<br />Earlier in 2022, she and Depp faced off in <br />a legal battle where jurors heard testimony that <br />included intimate details of their relationship.<br />At the end of the trial, jurors found that Heard <br />had defamed her ex-husband in an article <br />where she claimed to be the victim of abuse.<br />At the end of the trial, jurors found that Heard <br />had defamed her ex-husband in an article <br />where she claimed to be the victim of abuse.<br />BBC reports that the terms of <br />the settlement remain unknown. .<br />Earlier in December, Heard filed an appeal <br />seeking for the jury's verdict to be <br />reversed and a new trial to be held.<br />Earlier in December, Heard filed an appeal <br />seeking for the jury's verdict to be <br />reversed and a new trial to be held.<br />In her December 19 post, Heard wrote that <br />she ultimately decided to settle after losing , "faith in the American legal system.".<br />Even if my U.S. appeal is successful, <br />the best outcome would be a retrial. <br />I simply cannot go through that, Amber Heard, via Instagram.<br />Even if my U.S. appeal is successful, <br />the best outcome would be a retrial. <br />I simply cannot go through that, Amber Heard, via Instagram.<br />Amid the six-week televised trial, the former couple <br />offered widely differing accounts of their <br />relationship with both accusing the other of abuse.<br />The jury mostly sided with Depp, <br />who denied Heard's accusations and <br />awarded him $15 million in damages.
