Johnny Depp to ask Court of Appeal to order retrial of ‘wife beater’ libel case

Johnny Depp claims he did not receive a fair trial (Victoria Jones/PA)

Johnny Depp has asked the Court of Appeal to order a retrial of his libel claim against The Sun over an article calling him a “wife beater”, which a High Court judge found was “substantially true”.

The Hollywood star sued the newspaper’s publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) over a 2018 column by its executive editor Dan Wootton, which referred to “overwhelming evidence” he attacked his ex-wife Amber Heard.