Entertainment Movies Amber Heard's Attorneys Ask for Johnny Depp Defamation Case Verdict to Be Tossed Amber Heard took part in a highly-publicized defamation court case between herself and ex-husband Johnny Depp last month By Nicholas Rice Nicholas Rice Instagram Twitter Nicholas Rice is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern in early 2020, before later transitioning to a freelance role, and then staff positions soon after. Nicholas writes and edits anywhere between 7 to 9 stories per day on average for PEOPLE, spanning across each vertical the brand covers. Nicholas has previous work experience with Billboard, POPSUGAR, Bustle and Elite Daily. When not working, Nicholas can be found playing with his 5 dogs, listening to pop music or eating mozzarella sticks. People Editorial Guidelines Published on July 3, 2022 06:17PM EDT Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Amber Heard's attorneys are seeking to appeal or throw out last month's verdict in the defamation court battle between the actress and her ex-husband Johnny Depp. In a 43-page filing sent to a Virginia court on Friday, the Aquaman actress' team argued that the verdict was not supported by sufficient evidence. In one claim, Heard's team argues that it was incorrect for Depp, 59, to claim that he lost his role in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series because of a Washington Post op-ed, where Heard wrote that she was abused but did not name the abuser. Heard's team argued that Depp "proceeded solely on a defamation by implication theory, abandoning any claims that Ms. Heard's statements were actually false." Amber Heard 'Is Trying Her Best to Have a Positive Outlook' After Johnny Depp Trial: Source The Aquaman star's team also claimed that one of the jurors who served during the trial was not properly vetted. The person summoned to court had a birth date of 1945 but Heard's team claims that the person who served was much younger. The juror, identified in the filing as Juror 15, "was clearly born later than 1945. Publicly available information demonstrates that he appears to have been born in 1970," the motion states. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Last month, Depp won all three defamation claims in his case against Heard, 36, in response to her 2018 op-ed about coming forward as a survivor of domestic abuse. The jury awarded Depp $15 million in damages but Heard will only have to pay $10.35 million due to a Virginia law capping punitive damages (the judge reduced the amount). Additionally, Heard was awarded $2 million in damages for her counterclaims against Depp. The actress' attorney had previously said that Heard will "absolutely" appeal the verdict against her. Heard previously called the verdict a "setback" for women and told Today's Savannah Guthrie that she's "scared" it will mean more "silencing" for survivors looking to come forward. (Depp, meanwhile, has maintained that he never laid a hand on Heard, and has accused her of physically harming him.) RELATED VIDEO: Juror in Johnny Depp Defamation Trial Says Jury Didn't Believe Amber Heard's 'Crocodile Tears' In response to the filing by Heard's team, Ben Chew, who leads Depp's legal team, told Courthouse News that the appeal is "what we expected, just longer, no more substantive".