Johnny Depp was today refused permission to bring an appeal against a damning High Court ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard and left her in ‘fear for her life’.
Lawyers for The Pirates of the Caribbean star had asked two Court of Appeal judges to grant permission for him to challenge the ruling, with the aim of having its findings overturned and a retrial ordered.
They claimed that a re-trial should take place because the judge in Depp’s initial libel trial had not ‘factually’ considered all the allegations of violence against him and that they also had ‘fresh evidence that Ms…
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