Actor Johnny Depp won his defamation battle against his ex-wife Amber Heard last month, with the jury awarding him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
But now, Depp owes the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) $38,000 for the attorneys’ fees in complying with a subpoena for evidence he used in his defamation case.
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Depp’s lawyers had subpoenaed documents from the ACLU to use for the case, claiming that 1900 documents of records spanning six years.
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According to a report, The ACLU’s lawyer Stephanie Teplin argued that $86,253.26 was reasonable reimbursement for production costs and expenses.
However, Johnny’s lawyers called the ACLU’s demand “exorbitant and unreasonable.” The judge on Friday cut the demanded price and settled it for $38,000.
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The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case began on April 11 and was heard in Fairfax County, Virginia, because The Washington Post’s online edition servers are based in the county.
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