Defamation

Detective Daniel Jewiss told the jury on the first day of testimony in a, Austin, Texas trial that Alex Jones knew the truth about the Sandy Hook shooting but twisted it for his own “power or money.”

“Defamation is not intended to shut survivors down, and if that’s the message that the public takes from this, we’re going to have a major problem,” says Sarah Klein, an attorney and survivor. She joined LX News host Tabitha Lipkin to discuss the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial verdict.

After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia deliberated defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. The trial has featured lurid testimony with explicit details about the movie stars’ short and volatile marriage. But what was the case really about? And what did the jury need to decide?

It’s not clear what line of questioning Depp might face Monday.

Ellen Barkin says fellow actor Johnny Depp was a jealous and angry man even back in the 1990s, when the two dated. Barkin’s remarks from a previously taped deposition were played in court Thursday by lawyers for Depp’s ex-wife, Amber Heard. The attorneys are trying to undermine Depp’s libel lawsuit against Heard. Depp says a Washington Post op-ed that Heard...

A friend of actor Amber Heard testified Wednesday that she saw the bruises and cuts left in the aftermath of multiple incidents of abuse inflicted by Heard’s ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

Actor Johnny Depp filed a libel lawsuit in Fairfax County, Virginia, against his ex-wife Amber Heard over a 2018 op-ed piece she wrote describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”

Jury selection began Monday in a long-anticipated libel lawsuit Johnny Depp filed against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, whom he accuses of falsely portraying him as a domestic abuser.

The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin.