London, Europe Brief News – The American actor and musician Johnny Depp made his first public appearance since the verdict, playing a gig in Gateshead.
Depp joined guitarist Jeff Beck on the latest leg of his UK tour to the delight of hundreds of fans at the Sage venue on Thursday.
After the verdict, he released a statement saying he was looking forward to “a new chapter”. That started on Thursday, when he joined the guitar legend on stage for eight songs.
Beck also revealed Depp’s next career move, an album that the pair will release together next month.
The gig came a day after Depp won the high-profile US defamation case.
He was absent from the Virginia court when the jury decided his ex-wife Amber Heard’s claim that she was a victim of domestic abuse was defamatory and false. Instead, Depp was spotted on Wednesday evening in a Newcastle pub with Beck.
Johnny Depp won a defamation suit Wednesday against his former wife Amber Heard.
The jury found that she had defamed Depp in an article in which she claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse.
Jurors awarded Mr Depp – who denied abusing Ms Heard – $15m (£12m) in compensatory and punitive damages.
