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Collapse of NBA, NHL arena deal prompts recriminations, allegations of impropriety in Virginia
Ted Leonsis' handshake deal with Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin to relocate the teams to a taxpayer-backed arena in Alexandria, Va., collapsed Wednesday, weeks after a bumpy slog of a defeat in the Virginia General Assembly. Leonsis, apparently not willing to wait for a second shot in Virginia, reemerged in Washington, which had offered his Monumental Sports & Entertainment a more than half-billion-dollar US arena deal to stay.
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Amber Heard ends her testimony at libel trial
Amber Heard told jurors at her libel trial Thursday that a harassment campaign waged against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp has left her humiliated and scared for her life due to multiple death threats.
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Johnny Depp's lawyer questions Amber Heard's abuse claims as cross-examination in libel trial continues
Lawyers for Johnny Depp questioned the truthfulness of his ex-wife Amber Heard's claim that Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle as Heard was cross-examined Tuesday following her testimony in Depp's libel suit against her.
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'This is horrible,' says Amber Heard about reliving marriage to Johnny Depp during trial
Actor Amber Heard told jurors Wednesday how difficult it has been for her to relive her troubled marriage to Johnny Depp as part of a libel lawsuit he filed against her.
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Depp's agent calls Heard op-ed about abuse 'catastrophic' for actor's career
Johnny Depp's agent testified Monday that his ex-wife's 2018 op-ed piece in the Washington Post describing herself as a victim of domestic abuse was "catastrophic" to his career and coincided with the loss of a $23 million US deal for a Pirates of the Caribbean sequel.
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Amber Heard has been 'living and breathing this lie for years,' Johnny Depp's lawyers tell libel trial
A jury in Virginia heard opening statements Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
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