American film star Amber Heard’s insurance company has refused to pay part of the compensation awarded by the court for defamation of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
Heard has a $1 million insurance policy from New York Marine and General Insurance that covers a number of things, including defamation.
And according to the TMZ website, which specializes in art news, “Heard’s insurance company is owned by the state of California, which exempts it from paying compensation to policyholders in the event of illegal misconduct by the policyholder.”
The insurance company rejected Heard’s claim on the basis that “the jury found the artist’s defamation of his ex-wife to be intentional and malicious.”
The Marine and General Insurance Company of New York has asked the court to indemnify the company on the grounds that it is not responsible for paying Heard.
Amber Heard was found guilty by a jury in the United States of defaming her ex-husband and ordered to “pay $10 million in restitution, in addition to $350,000 in fines.”
Heard’s defense team expressed displeasure with the verdict, which found his client guilty, saying it was “tainted with contradictions and not fair”.
Earlier, Heard’s attorney stated that his client would never be able to “pay the penalty that the jury ordered.”
According to the ruling, Heard must pay $10.35 million in restitution, while Depp was ordered to pay $2 million in restitution to the actress.
If Heard is unable to pay the jury damages, he must “officially declare bankruptcy.”
In this case, the aggrieved person in whose favor a compensation order has been issued, which is Dib in this case, will refer to the court to examine the possibility of extracting money from the assets of the defendant.
Source: Lebanon Debate
