The Judge threw out her request to throw the case out and the insurance company said they're not paying s she brought it on herself.
Amber Heard facing more legal headaches after insurance company refuses to pay damages
As the actress desperately tries to have her trial loss to ex-husband
Johnny Depp overturned on a technicality, Heard appears to be at the precipice of a new battle with her former insurance company.
New York Marine and General Insurance Co. has filed a lawsuit claiming they aren’t on the hook to cover any legal fees or damages after Depp won a $15-million judgment against Heard.
“The jury’s factual findings establish that Heard’s liability is caused by the willful act(s) of Heard,” New York Marine and General Insurance Co.’s suit said, according to the
Los Angeles Times.
Depp, 59, sued Heard, 36, for $50 million, accusing her of defaming him with a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the
Washington Post in which she described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The three-time Oscar nominee denied her allegations of abuse and claimed the article ruined his career and led to a series of cancelled film projects, including a sixth
Pirates of the Caribbean feature.
Heard hit back with her own $100 million counterclaim after the star’s former lawyer Adam Waldman called her allegations a hoax. Both accused one another of ruining their respective careers.
Depp won three claims against Heard, with a seven-person jury siding with the
Edward Scissorhands star, finding there was “clear and convincing evidence” that Heard had defamed him. He was awarded $15 million (an amount that was reduced to $10.4 million). But Heard also had a small victory of her own when it found that she too was also defamed through statements Waldman made to the
Daily Mail.
According to court documents obtained by
PEOPLE, the New York Marine and General Insurance Co. covered Heard when the
Washington Post op-ed was published in December 2018 and when Depp sued Heard in March 2019.
But her policy states that her provider is “not liable for a loss caused by the willful act of the inured.”
A separate insurance company, Travelers Commercial Insurance, is supporting Heard under a homeowners insurance policy taken out in 2018. But the
Times reports that Travelers and New York Marine are locked in a separate legal battle, as the former is looking for the latter to pick up at least half of Heard’s defence costs. New York Marine has denied it should have to pay and has countersued.
During an appearance on NBC’s
TODAY show last month, Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft said the actress, who has forked over at least $6 million in legal fees battling her ex, “absolutely” cannot pay Depp.
According to sources speaking to the
New York Post, Heard has been left “broke” by her hefty legal fees and is struggling after “lavish spending, on travel, clothes, gifts and wine.” In June, she was
spotted at a discount department store hunting for bargains.
eard’s reps said they had no comment on the reports that she’s broke.
There seems to be no end in sight to Amber Heard's legal woes after she lost a high-profile defamation case against Johnny Depp last month.
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