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Amber Heard agrees to pay Johnny Depp $1 million
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Sylvie Claire / December 20, 2022
Actress Amber Heard announced Monday that she has reached an agreement to end the appeal process of the defamation lawsuit against Johnny Depp in the United States, agreeing to pay one million dollars to her ex-husband.
“After much thought I have made the difficult decision to make a deal,” the star wrote on Instagram, without specifying the financial terms.
The 36-year-old actress had initially appealed the verdict handed down in June ordering her to pay $10 million to the Pirates of the Caribbean star, who for her part had to pay back $2 million to Heard.
“I made this decision after losing faith in the U.S. court system, in which my public testimony served as entertainment and gave fodder to social networks,” the actress added.
Lawyers for Johnny Depp, 59, welcomed the settlement on Monday.
We are pleased to officially close this painful chapter for Mr. Depp, who has made it clear throughout this process that his priority is to get to the truth,” said attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez.
“The jury’s unanimous decision and resulting judgment in favor of Mr. Depp against Ms. Heard remain in full force,” they reiterated.
“The payment of $1 million – which Mr. Depp pledges to donate to charity, which he will in fact do – demonstrates that Ms. Heard recognizes the findings” of the court, they added.
The legal battle between the former spouses stems from an op-ed published by the Washington Post in 2018, in which Amber Heard described herself as “a public figure representing domestic violence,” without naming her ex-husband.
Asserting that this text had destroyed his reputation and his career, Johnny Depp, 59, had sued for defamation his ex-wife to obtain 50 million dollars in damages. Amber Heard had counterattacked and asked for the double.
At the end of six weeks of debates, the jurors of the court of Fairfax, in the suburbs of Washington, had concluded that the ex-spouses had mutually defamed, but had estimated that the damages suffered by Johnny Depp were superior.
The trial, ultra-mediatized and broadcast live on television, was followed by millions of viewers around the world and caused an outburst of hostile messages to the actress on social networks.
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Eva Descamps / February 28, 2024
You’ve seen him in “Star Trek”, “NCIS”, “Grey’s Anatomy” for the series, “Captain Marvel”, “The Recruit”, “Home of the Giants” for the movies… Canadian actor Kenneth Mitchell passed away at the age of 49 this February 24, 2024.
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the dec! s of Kenneth Alexander Mitchell, a beloved father, husband, brother, uncle, son and friend,” read a post on his Instagram account announcing the sad news.
In August 2018, Kenneth Mitchell was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He had been in a wheelchair since October 2019. By August 2021, he had lost the use of his voice due to the disease.
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Alexei Navalny’s body handed over to his mother, says Russian opposition leader’s team
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Sylvie Claire / February 28, 2024
Alexei Navalny’s body, which his relatives had been demanding for over a week, has been handed over to his mother, the Russian opposition leader’s spokeswoman said on Saturday.
In recent days, Alexeï Navalny’s team has regularly complained about not having access to the body of the deceased Russian opponent. His relatives had complained that investigators would spend at least 14 days carrying out an “expertise” on his remains before handing them over.
Navalny’s relatives accuse the Kremlin of killing him and trying to cover up his tracks. According to Navalny’s mother, Russia is trying to decompose the body so that it can no longer be examined. Last week, Alexei Navalny’s mother and lawyers were not allowed to enter the morgue.
Eight days after his death, Navalny’s body was returned to his mother. The Russian opponent’s spokeswoman, Kira Iarmich, said on X (ex-Twitter) that she did not yet know whether “the authorities will prevent (the funeral) from taking place as the family wishes and as Alexei deserves ».
Alexei Navalny was the most prominent opposition figure in Russia, where he gained widespread popularity, particularly among the younger generation, thanks to his in-depth investigations into corruption under Vladimir Putin’s regime
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Eva Deschamps / February 16, 2024
Watching a Sylvester Stallone film in VF will never be the same again. Alain Dorval, the French actor who dubbed the American, died on Monday night, his family announced.
Alain Dorval had been battling cancer for several years, which finally claimed his life earlier this week at the Gustave Roussy hospital outside Paris.
He was best known as the French voice of Sylvester Stallone, but also distinguished himself as Tiger in the Fievel saga, and as Pat Hibulaire in the Disney universe.
Fans of the Rocky saga have been in mourning for several months. In October, actor Burt Young, who played Paulie, passed away. In early February, Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed, passed away.
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