The jury has returned its verdict. After several days of deliberation, Amber Heard has been found guilty of defamation against her husband Johnny Depp. She owes $15 million in damages. But she will still be able to settle for a small victory since she will receive $ 2 million in damages after statements by the lawyer for the Pirate of the Caribbean actor in the Daily Mail, considered as defamation .
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But victory is good for her husband. A triumph made possible thanks to one element in particular. While Amber Heard appeared with her swollen face in some photos, claiming that her husband Johnny Depp was beating her, the elements turned against her on Wednesday, May 25. Bryan Neumeist, digital forensics expert, appeared on the stand with irrefutable evidence that the photos had been altered from the Photo 3.0 software.” There are many versions of this photo… Dozens of different versions, some with different file sizes, different physical sizesand some had gone through photo editing software. These three photos had to undergo some kind of transformation to change size ” he said, without flinching. The actress was then presented with a fait accompli.
She had already been accused of this scheme a week earlier by Camille Vasquez, Johnny Depp’s lawyer, to whom she is very close. When two photos had been displayed side by side, the lawyer had accused the actress of photoshopping one of them in order to accentuate a red mark under the eye. But Amber Heard had assured that it was there of two different shots, with different lighting. The lawyer then replied:The light is on in these two images“, leaving no longer much doubt about the veracity of the facts.