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Johnny Depp has emerged victorious in a battle with Amber Heard over what court his $50 million defamation lawsuit should be argued.
According to court documents obtained by The Blast, a Virginia judge ruled on Thursday that the case will remain there and not be transferred to California, as Heard had wanted.
The judge agreed with Depp that because the Washington Post op-ed by Heard that is at the heart of the lawsuit was published in Virginia, the case should remain there.
Johnny Depp sued Heard for defamation over an op-ed Heard wrote last year where she referred to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”
In his lawsuit, Depp takes issue with an article Heard wrote for the Washington Post in December 2018, in which she referred to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”
Court document here :