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        <title><![CDATA[Amber Heard accuses Johnny Depp of ‘smear campaign’ in $100M countersuit]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amber Heard is countersuing ex-husband Johnny Depp for $100 million &#8212; accusing him of using trolls and fake social media accounts in a &#8220;smear campaign&#8221; to ruin her life, according to court documents.</p><p>Heard, 34, filed documents seeking to get her <strong>ex&#8217;s &#8220;frivolous lawsuit&#8221;</strong> against her tossed from a court in Virginia &#8212; while seeking twice the amount of compensatory damages he had sought from her.</p><p>The actress said she was finally &#8220;fighting back&#8221; with the Aug. 9 filing, made as the couple still await a judge&#8217;s decision on Depp&#8217;s similar <strong>legal battle in the UK</strong>.</p><p>Heard claimed that Depp&#8217;s US lawsuit merely continues his &#8220;abuse and harassment&#8221; &#8212; and again accused him of <strong>&#8220;rampant physical violence&#8221;</strong> while having called her &#8220;the <strong>most horrendous of names</strong>,&#8221; including &#8220;c&#8211;t,&#8221; &#8220;whore,&#8221; &#8220;disgusting pig&#8221; and &#8220;inhuman scum filled suckfish.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Not content to let the jury decide this lawsuit, Mr. Depp and/or his agents acting on his behalf have orchestrated a false and defamatory smear campaign,&#8221; the counterclaim alleged.</p><p>To do this, he controlled &#8220;dozens if not hundreds&#8221; of bots and &#8220;social media accounts created specifically for the purpose of targeting&#8221; her, the filing said &#8212; suggesting some could even be tied to Russia.</p><p>&#8220;These accounts are designed to damage Ms. Heard and her livelihood without being directly traceable to Mr. Depp,&#8221; the court papers said.</p><p>Depp has even &#8220;initiated, coordinated, overseen and/or supported and amplified&#8221; two change.org petitions to get her booted from the &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; movie as well as being a spokeswoman for L&#8217;Oreal, the papers allege.</p><p>&#8220;This stream of false and defamatory accusations against Ms. Heard is all an attempt to ruin her life and career, simply because she was a victim of domestic abuse and violence at the hands of Mr. Depp, and had the audacity and temerity to finally come forward to end&#8221; it, her filing claims.</p><p>&#8220;Through this Counterclaim, Ms. heard is finally, after all these years, fighting back,&#8221; her papers said.</p><p>Depp&#8217;s lawsuit was sparked by an op-ed Heard <strong>wrote in the Washington Post</strong>, calling herself a victim of domestic abuse. She argued that it should be dismissed partly because the op-ed did not ID Depp as her abuser.</p><p>Heard&#8217;s counterclaim accuses her ex of repeatedly suing to &#8220;remain relevant as his star otherwise wanes.&#8221;</p><p>The Virginia case was due to start in January, but Depp recently requested it be pushed back until later in the year so he can film &#8220;Fantastic Beasts 3.&#8221;</p><p>His volatile marriage with Heard was spelled out in great detail during a<strong> three-week libel trial</strong> in London&#8217;s High Court in July as he sued the Sun newspaper over a 2018 article calling him a &#8220;wife beater.&#8221;</p><p>A decision on that case is expected any day.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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