Johnny Depp assaulted Amber Heard on dozen occasions, UK High Court rules

Ms Heard’s US lawyer Elaine Charlson Bredehoft said the actress’s legal team will be presenting more evidence in Mr Depp’s separate libel action in Virginia.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard (Kirsty O’Connor/Yui Mok/PA)

Johnny Depp assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard on a dozen occasions, putting her in “fear for her life” during three of them, a High Court judge in England has ruled.

Mr Depp, 57, sued the publisher of The Sun for libel over a 2018 article which labelled him a “wife beater”.