Judge rejects Johnny Depp’s request to have counter-suit dismissed

A judge has rejected Johnny Depp’s request to have Amber Heard’s counter-suit against him dismissed. The 58-year-old actor and his legal team tried to have the counter-suit thrown out – but their request has been rejected by judge Penney Azcarate at the court in Fairfax, Virginia. Azcarate insisted the decision was not a case of her weighing in on the evidence. Instead, she determined that Heard and her team have met the threshold for their case to continue. Heard, 36, is counter-suing her ex-husband after Depp sued her for defamation over a 2018 article she wrote about being a victim of domes…

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