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Johnny Depp loses UK libel case over 'wife-beater' claims

by Pan Pylas
| November 2, 2020 6:09 AM

LONDON (AP) — Johnny Depp lost his high-stakes libel case Monday against The Sun tabloid newspaper for labeling him a “wife beater,” as a British judge said he believed the actor had abused ex-wife Amber Heard to such an extent that she frequently feared for her life.

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