Depp is suing for $50 million in damages over a 2018 editorial in The Washington Post in which Heard said she became “a public figure representing domestic violence.” On Wednesday, Johnny Depp won a libel suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard after a jury found she slandered Depp by saying he abused her during their relationship.

Depp, who was not in court on Wednesday due to previously scheduled work commitments, is suing for $50 million in damages over a 2018 editorial essay published by Hurd in The Washington Post, in which she said that became “a public figure representing domestic violence”.

While Depp was never mentioned by name in the essay, his lawyers said it was indirectly related to the allegations she made against him during their 2016 divorce. The jury unanimously concluded that Heard could not substantiate her allegations against Depp and that she knew her allegations of abuse were false when she published her 2018 essay.