According to court records obtained on Sunday, Amber Heard’s insurer is suing the actress in Los Angeles federal court, claiming that her insurance does not cover any of the $8.3 million in losses that her ex-husband Johnny Depp won against her in their widely reported defamation lawsuit. The insurance company concluded the jury found the defamation Heard committed against the celebrity actor Johnny Depp was both willful and malicious.
Heard had a $1 million liability policy with New York Marine and General Insurance Co., which the insurer claims she resides in, but the policy does not cover “willful” misconduct, which is precisely what the jury in the defamation case found she was liable for, according to the complaint filed on Friday. The insurer should not be obliged to pay for Heard’s defense in the defamation action, the substantial judgment Depp obtained against her, or any costs of ongoing litigation related with an appeal, according to New York Marine’s request to a federal judge.
The Washington Post’s printing factory and computer servers are in Virginia, hence the reason for which the defamation lawsuit was brought there.
In previous news about Amber Heard, Amber Heard’s attorneys asked a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge on Friday to overturn a jury’s verdict that the actress defamed her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. Heard’s legal team argued in a 43-page memorandum that the award – worth more than $10 million – was unsupported by evidence. They disputed Depp’s claim that he lost his role in “Pirates of the Caribbean” due to Heard’s comments in an op-ed. They also claimed that at least one juror was not properly vetted by court personnel.
The attorneys asked the court to vacate the verdict in Depp’s favor, dismiss the complaint, or order a new trial.
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