Johnny Depp has lost his appeal against the judgment of Mr. Justice Nicol. The controversial High Court judgment was handed down in November following a libel trial in which Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard's dirty laundry was aired in public, concluding with the judge believing Heard's testimony, saying that it wasn't libellous to call him a "wife beater," and consequentially inflicting immense career damage on Depp.