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After a merciless six-week trial that spring, a jury found that Heard had defamed Depp and awarded the actor $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2023

He had argued that people reading the campaigners' posts might be encouraged to go to a 107-second video, made by a human rights group, which he believed had defamed him.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2023

In three posts Wednesday on Truth Social, Trump offered fresh support for claims he made about Carroll that led the jury to conclude he had defamed her.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

During the hearing, Mr. Chanchai detailed how Ms. Puttanee’s Twitter posts had defamed his company.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

He mourned the absence of his mightiest knight, and drove from his councils those false lords who, for malice and envy, had defamed him.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de