Depp must pay $1.2m legal costs after action

Johnny Depp has been refused permission to appeal against the findings of a judge who ruled that hewas a wife beater. The actor has also been ordered to pay an initial £628,000 (NZ$1.2 million) in legal costs to The Sun for his failed libel action against the newspaper. Depp sued the newspaper over an article that questioned why JK Rowlingwas allowing him to appear in the Fantastic Beasts franchise after hewas accused of assaulting Amber Heardwhen they were married. On November 2Mr Justice Nicol ruled that Depp had violently abused Heard 12 times during their relationship.