Amber Heard reportedly can’t afford to pay Johnny Depp damages and will appeal

Amber Heard’s lawyer has revealed that she is ‘absolutely not’ able to pay damages to Johnny Depp after losing a defamation case against him.

The 58-year-old filed a $50m lawsuit against his ex-wife over an article she wrote in the Washington Post in 2018, discussing her experience with domestic abuse.

After a six-week trial and 13 hours of deliberation, a jury ruled in favor of the Pirates of the Caribbean actor on Wednesday, awarding him a total of $15m. 

Appearing on the Today Show to discuss the verdict, Elaine Bredehoft slammed the result as a ‘setback’ for women who have spoken out against domestic abuse.

When asked if the Aquaman actress who was awarded $2m in her countersuit would be able to pay the damages, the attorney replied: ‘Oh no, absolutely not.’ 

Bredehoft also said that the 36-year-old will "absolutely" be appealing the verdict, telling the host: "She has excellent grounds for it.

"We had even tried to get the UK judgement in to dismiss his case, because he already had his shot, and that’s one of the issues. But also a number of the evidentiary issues, there was so much evidence that did not come in.

"The court found there, and we weren’t allowed to tell the jury this, but the court found that Mr Depp had committed at least 12 acts of domestic violence, including sexual violence, against Amber.

"We had an enormous amount of evidence that was suppressed in this case, that was in the UK case."