Johnny Depp was awarded $15 million in the defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp sued Heard for $50 million in damages over a 2018 essay published in The Washington Post, where she said she had become a 'public figure representing domestic abuse.' The jury also awarded $2 million in compensatory damages to Heard, but $0 in punitive damages.June 1, 2022