Depp and Heard came away with wins. The difference is how she was treated online

Johnny Depp won his defamation trial, and Amber Heard has partially won her countersuit against Depp. Depp won $10 million in compensatory damages and, $5 million in punitive damages. Heard won $2 million in compensatory damages.

But in the court of public opinion, Depp was announced the winner from day one thanks to internet trolls. 

Depp sued his ex-wife for $50 million, claiming she falsely accused him of domestic violence in an opinion column that appeared in The Washington Post. In 2020, Depp lost a similar case against The Sun newspaper in a British court when the judge found that the evidence presented was "substantially true." Heard countersued Depp after his lawyer said her claims were false in statements to the press.