Amber Heard’s insurance company is refusing to cover part of the $8.3million in damages the actress owes ex-husband Johnny Depp following her defamation trial in May.
Heard had a $1 million liability policy with New York Marine and General Insurance Company which she had hoped that might cover at least a portion of the damages bill she needs to settle.
The policy covers wrongful conduct of various sorts including defamation but there is a clause which will likely see the insurance company refusing to pay out, reports TMZ.
Under California law, the state in which the insurance policy was issued, the company claim to be able to refuse the million dollar payout if Heard was found to have committed ‘willful’ misconduct.
The New York Marine Company say that in their determination the judge found the defamation committed by Amber to be both ‘willful’ and ‘malicious’.
The insurance company now want to see the judge declare that they are not going to be on the line to foot part of Amber’s bill based on the policy.
