Johnny Depp makes surprise cameo appearance as ‘moonman’ at MTV VMAs

"I just want you guys to know that I'm available for birthdays, bar-mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings, wakes...anything old thing you need," he said as the crowd went wild. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0oealI2Tv/ The Pirates of the Caribbean star has been making his way back into the limelight following his high-profile defamation case against ex-wife and fellow actor Amber Heard. A jury in Fairfax County, Virginia, ruled that Heard, 36, defamed Depp, 59, by publishing an op-ed about being a sexual assault survivor in the Washington Post and awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The punitive damages amount was later reduced to $350,000 in keeping with Virginia law. Heard was also defamed, the juror found, and she was awarded $2m. [caption id="attachment_349728" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Actress Amber Heard, right, and her sister Whitney Heard, second left, depart the Fairfax County Courthouse on June 1, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia (Image: Getty)[/caption] The Aquaman actor is seeking an appeal against the decision. A spokesperson for the 36-year-old suggested her team are confident a different result could come out of the appeal, given that "so much new evidence has come to light". Earlier in August, thousands of pages of documents filed in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were unsealed, revealing several sensational claims that both sides tried to get presented to the jury. The documents included alleged text conversations between Depp and Marilyn Manson, who is accused of sexual abuse and grooming by a number of women, including Westworld actress and former fiancée Evan Rachel Wood, who he is suing for defamation. Depp's team also wanted to tell the jury about her "brief stint as an exotic dancer years before she met Mr. Depp," according to Heard's lawyers. They claimed this was an attempt by the Pirates of the Caribbean star to suggest his ex-wife had at one time been an escort. Related links:

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