FALLS CHURCH, Va.—A judge on Tuesday rejected a motion from actor Johnny Depp’s attorneys to toss out a $100 million defamation countersuit his ex-wife Amber Heard filed against Depp.
Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name.
