After a fiery six-week libel trial followed by millions of people, actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard face the same task: rebuilding their images and careers.Depp won his lawsuit against Heard, his former wife, in a civil claims court in the state of Virginia on Wednesday.He had accused her of defaming him in a piece she wrote published by The Washington Post newspaper.To defame means to harm the public's opinion of someone, especially by saying things that are false or unfair.The jury agreed that Heard defamed him by accusing him of abusing her."Depp has a hill to climb. Heard has a mountain to climb," said Eric Dezenhall, a crisis mitigator in Washington, D.C.He had no involvement in the case.Dezenhall added that if Depp "understands that he's unlikely to hit his former heights, he can have a solid career if he takes things slowly."The difficulty for Heard, Dezenhall said, is that some people believe she abused and perhaps even damaged the #MeToo movement.
