Johnny Depp denied appeal in ‘wife beater’ ruling

On Thursday, London’s Court of Appeal refused Johnny Depp permission to appeal the  judge’s ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard, calling his attempt to overturn the decision had “no real prospect of success.”

Two Court of Appeal judges, James Dingemans and Nicholas Underhill, revealed that Depp cannot challenge the High Court’s rejection of his libel lawsuit against publisher of The Sun newspaper for labeling him a “wife beater.”

They asserted that the earlier court hearing was “full and fair” and the trial judge’s conclusions “have not been shown even arguably to be vitiated by any error of approach or mistake of law.”

Moreover, they added that “the appeal has no real prospect of success and that there is no other compelling reason for it to be heard.”

In the same page, a spokeswoman for Heard affirmed that the actress was “pleased – but by no means surprised by the decision”, adding the “evidence presented in the UK case was overwhelming and undeniable.”

On its part, the Sun stated that the newspaper “had every confidence that this leave to appeal application would not be granted and are pleased with today’s decision.”

Although the Depp's lawyers said Nicol’s ruling was “plainly wrong” and called for relying on the new evidence which they believed showed Heard’s claim, that she had donated her porce settlement to charity, was “a calculated and manipulative lie,” the Court of Appeal said the hearings before him last summer were fair.