Johnny Depp has been denied permission to appeal ‘wife beater’ ruling

• Court Of Appeal judges denied Depp's application, saying the original hearing "was full and fair."
• In November, the court ruled that there was "overwhelming evidence" that Depp abused Amber Heard.
• Depp was suing the publishers of The Sun newspaper for labeling him as a "wife beater."
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Johnny Depp has been refused permission to appeal the High Court verdict that ruled against him in his libel case against the publishers of The Sun newspaper, which labeled him a "wife beater" in relation to his marriage with Amber Heard.

On Thursday, Court Of Appeal judges denied Depp's application, saying the original hearing "was full and fair" and that the trial judge "gave thorough reasons for his conclusions which have not been shown even arguably to be vitiated by any error of approach or mistake of law," Sky News reported.

The initial ruling from Judge Andrew Nicol came in November 2020 three months after the high-profile court case. The ruling referred to "overwhelming evidence" that Depp did assault Heard, and Nicol said that The Sun's lawyers had proved what the newspaper reported was "substantially true."

Depp, who has not been charged with a criminal offence, has always denied any claims of abuse. During the trial, he counter-accused Heard of abusing him, which Heard denied.

This is a developing story.

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