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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12154119" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="johnny-depp" source="Orion">Johnny Depp</keyword> won a victory in his <keyword id="11949128" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="defamation" source="Orion">defamation</keyword> lawsuit against ex-wife <keyword id="12154120" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="amber-heard" source="Orion">Amber Heard</keyword>.</li><li>Lawyers told Insider it could encourage more defamation suits against abusers.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/johnny-depp-amber-heard-verdict-trial-defamation-case-2022-6">Johnny Depp won a victory Wednesday</a> after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial">suing his ex-wife Amber Heard</a> for defamation, an outcome that could encourage other wealthy and powerful people accused of abuse to sue their accusers. Depp sued Heard in 2019 over a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ive-seen-how-institutions-protect-men-accused-of-abuse-heres-what-we-can-do/2018/12/18/71fd876a-02ed-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html">Washington Post op-ed</a> in which she described herself as a victim of <keyword id="12137273" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="domestic-violence" source="Orion">domestic violence</keyword>. Depp argued Heard was the abuser in the relationship and that <a href="https://www.insider.com/johnny-depp-amber-heard-domestic-abuse-defamation-trial-virginia-2022-4">her accusations had destroyed his career.</a> Heard countersued, <a href="https://www.insider.com/amber-heard-testifies-about-johnny-depp-penetrating-her-with-bottle-2022-5">accusing Depp of domestic and sexual abuse</a>. Both have denied abusing the other.A jury on Wednesday found both actors liable for defamation against each other but ultimately sided with Depp, finding Heard acted with "actual malice" and awarding him $15 million in damages. Heard was awarded $2 million over comments Depp's lawyer made calling allegations she made a "hoax.""It's a complete and total win and vindication for Depp," <a href="https://westcoasttriallawyers.com/attorneys/neama-rahmani/">Neama Rahmani</a>, the president of West Coast Trial Lawyers and a former federal prosecutor, told Insider. "This was an extraordinary legal and public relations come back. I've never seen anything like it."It's not yet clear how the outcome of the trial and public support from fans online will impact his career, but Rahmani said Depp's win, inside and outside of the courtroom, could encourage others to go after accusers."I would expect to see — whether it's athletes, politicians, celebrities, the rich and powerful — to aggressively go after their accusers," Rahmani said.Even if the accused do not believe they can win a defamation trial, which is notoriously difficult in the US, those with more financial resources than their accusers may sue anyways simply in an attempt to resurrect their reputations."There's a possibility that celebrities could use the courts as a platform," Beverly Hills entertainment attorney <a href="http://ec2-54-189-84-127.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=22204167&amp;l=14f22ab4-238d-4697-a4eb-9ee0d3b5d54a&amp;r=5b7478eb-250d-49b2-8882-5df75bb7630a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitra Ahouraian</a> told Insider, adding that's exactly what Depp did: "He used the courts as this massive public platform. It could have gone another way for him and I don't know that other celebrities will take that risk."Ahouraian, who has often worked with actors on other defamation cases, said not all celebrities will be as willing to air their <a href="https://www.insider.com/amber-heard-cries-in-court-lawyer-reads-johnny-depp-text-2022-5">dirty laundry as Depp</a>, who pushed to have cameras in the courtroom despite Heard's objections. She said Depp's confidence in the support of his own fans and in his own story likely helped him pursue the case. She added that if other accused people feel they have nothing more to lose, as Depp expressed, they may be more likely to bring a suit.John Culhane, professor of law at Widener University Delaware Law School, told Insider the Depp outcome could encourage others to sue accusers "if they really believe that they've been defamed." But he added this case is such an outlier in many ways that it's difficult to guess how much of an impact it will have.Another potential outcome, he said, is that accusers may be more hesitant to write an op-ed like Heard's, adding "you wouldn't want people who have legitimate grievances to be silenced."Rahmani agreed, saying the outcome could "chill and discourage accusers from coming forward," adding that while domestic violence and sexual assault can be falsely reported, they are already among the most underreported crimes. <a href="https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system#:~:text=The%20Majority%20of%20Sexual%20Assaults,out%20of%203%20go%20unreported.&amp;text=Members%20of%20the%20military%3A%2043,10%25%20of%20male%20victims%20reported.">The Rape, Abuse &amp; Incest National Network</a> estimates that only 310 out of every 1,000 sexual assaults are reported to police, meaning more than 2 out of 3 assaults go unreported.

Rich and powerful people accused of domestic violence or sexual assault could be encouraged to sue their accusers for defamation after the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9130885" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tara-reade">Tara Reade</keyword>, the former Biden staffer who says he sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, told the <a href="https://apnews.com/aec7beb03e9e0e0e6e3c58111293e0ea">Associated Press</a> her decades-old complaint to a congressional personnel office didn't contain the words "assault" or "harassment."</li><li>Reade said she was "too scared" to write about her alleged sexual assault in the original complaint.</li><li>She last year accused Biden of inappropriately caressing her, but didn't allege Biden had sexually assaulted her until March 2020. </li><li>Reade alleges Biden assaulted her in a Senate corridor in 1993 when he put his hands under her skirt and underwear without her consent. </li><li>Biden has denied all accusations against him.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Tara Reade, the former staffer of former Vice President <keyword id="99719" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Joe-Biden">Joe Biden</keyword> who alleged Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, said the complaint she filed with the Senate personnel office in the 90s does not contain the words "assault" or "harassment." "I remember talking about him wanting me to serve drinks because he liked my legs and thought I was pretty and it made me uncomfortable," Reade told the Associated Press on Friday. "I know that I was too scared to write about the sexual assault.""I know I didn't use sexual harassment," she said of the complaint, which she previously alleged resulted in her being fired from Biden's office.Reade told the AP she used the terms "uncomfortable" and "retaliation" to describe her interactions with the then-senator. Reade's comments Monday suggest that even if her complaint to the office be found and made public, it wouldn't corroborate her accusations that Biden assaulted her. The now 56-year-old woman has alleged Biden, 77, assaulted her in a Senate corridor in 1993 when he put his hands under her skirt and underwear without her consent. Reade last month <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tara-reade-files-criminal-complaint-against-joe-biden-2020-4">filed a complaint with police in DC</a> over the alleged 1993 incident. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-denies-tara-reades-allegation-in-morning-joe-interview-2020-5">Biden has entirely denied Reade's allegations </a>and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-senate-records-access-sexual-assault-2020-5">called for the secretary of the Senate to locate Reade's 1993 complaint.</a> Reade has said she does not have a copy of the complaint. As Business Insider previously reported, Reade's former neighbor is one of a handful of people who have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/former-neighbor-corroborates-joe-bidens-accuser-2020-4">corroborated her story and said Reade discussed her alleged assault by Biden with them in the 90s.</a>In a recently rediscovered interview with the Associated Press, Reade told the <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> outlet last year that she "chickened out" after visiting the Senate personnel office. Those comments were not published by the outlet at the time. When the AP followed up Friday about what she meant by "chickened out," Reade said she meant that she did not file sexual assault or harassment allegations against the then-senator, according to the Saturday report.As Business Insider previously reported, Reade in April 2019 first told a <a href="https://www.theunion.com/news/nevada-county-woman-says-joe-biden-inappropriately-touched-her-while-working-in-his-u-s-senate-office/">local newspaper</a> that Biden had inappropriately caressed her, though she didn't allege sexual assault until March 2020 when she made the accusations during an appearance on a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUDKM7dh1bs">podcast</a>. "I filed it because I had been harassed so badly last April," Reade, 56, told Business Insider last month when she filed her complaint with DC police. "I also wanted to make it clear that I would be willing to go under oath or cooperate with any law enforcement regarding it, because it did happen. Even if it was 26 years ago."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-senate-records-access-sexual-assault-2020-5">Biden asks the secretary of the Senate to direct a search for an alleged sexual harassment complaint filed by a former staffer</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-unequivocally-denies-sexual-assault-claim-2020-5">Joe Biden 'unequivocally' denies sexual assault claim during fundraiser with Obama administration alumni</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-denies-tara-reades-allegation-in-morning-joe-interview-2020-5">'It never happened': Joe Biden denies allegation he sexually assaulted former staffer Tara Reade</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tara-reade-trump-says-biden-should-respond-to-allegation-2020-4">Trump says Biden 'should respond' to Tara Reade's assault allegation, but suggests the accusation could be false because 'I've been falsely charged numerous times'</a>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tara-reade-says-her-complaint-didnt-mention-assault-or-harassment-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

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