Amber Heard introduced she is trying to attraction or disregard the decision made within the high-profile defamation lawsuit towards ex-husband Johnny Depp final month, following claims of points with the jury.
On Friday, the actress' authorized workforce argued the ruling had numerous points, together with unsuitable authorized reasoning, an inadequately assessed jury and extensively awarded damages, in a submitting at a Virginia court docket.
A seven particular person jury dominated in favour of Mr Depp in a cut up verdict in June, arguing that actress Ms Heard had defamed him in a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Put up, through which she implied the actor had abused her, however shunned naming him instantly.
Ms Heard was ordered to cough up £12.4million to the Pirates of the Caribbean actor, as punitive and compensatory damages.
A 43-page movement of attraction was filed towards the ruling on Friday, stating the decision was not supported by proof.
Within the movement, Ms Heard's authorized workforce stated they consider the seven-person civil jury was not completely scrutinised forward of the trial, urging the Courtroom to "examine whether or not Juror 15 correctly served on the jury".
The doc states how there had been various confusion over Juror 15's birthdate, stating "on the juror panel record despatched to counsel earlier than voir dire, the Courtroom famous that the person who would later be designated Juror 15 had a beginning 12 months of 1945 [...] nevertheless Juror 15 was clearly born later than 1945 [...] Publicly obtainable info demonstrates that he seems to have been born in 1970".
The actresses authorized workforce is hoping the movement assertion will increase questions over the eligibility of the jury panel as an entire.
The assertion continues, outlining how ought to Juror 15 shouldn't be the identical particular person "on the venire, or that the Courtroom's Clerk workplace didn't confirm his id, Ms Heard's due course of was compromised."
Mr Depp's claims have been disregarded within the assertion, with Ms Heard's authorized workforce stating the actor's case "proceeded solely on a defamation by implication concept, abandoning any claims that Ms Heard’s statements had been really false".
A member of Johnny Depp's authorized workforce, Ben Chew, responded to claims of an attraction, stating that Ms Heard's attraction was "what we anticipated, simply longer, no extra substantive".
Following the decision in Mr Depp's favour in June, the actor stated he was "humbled" including: "Talking the reality was one thing that I owed to my youngsters and to all those that have remained steadfast of their help of me.
"I really feel at peace realizing I've lastly completed that."
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