Johnny Depp loses bid to overturn ruling in libel case

High court ruling last year concluded Hollywood actor assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard

The Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has lost a bid to overturn a damning high court ruling that concluded he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard and left her in fear for her life.

Following a three-week trial in July last year, Mr Justice Nicol dismissed the star's libel claim against the publisher of the Sun, finding that a column published in April 2018 calling Depp a wife beater" was substantially true".