Johnny Depp to find out if he can bring appeal against ‘wife beater’ ruling

Johnny Depp (Aaron Chown/PA)

Johnny Depp will find out on Thursday whether he can bring an appeal against a damning High Court ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard and left her in “fear for her life”.

Following a three-week trial in July last year, Mr Justice Nicol dismissed the Hollywood star’s libel claim against the publisher of The Sun, finding that an April 2018 column calling Mr Depp a “wife beater” was “substantially true”.