How to Use countersuit in a Sentence

countersuit

noun

• In a countersuit, the actor won the right to don the mask.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• Then, rather than settle the case, Conley filed a countersuit in the summer of 2018.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
• In regards to Heard's countersuit brought against Depp, he was found to have defamed her on one of three claims.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
• In the countersuit, Depp was found guilty of one charge of libel and Heard was awarded $2 million.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• Araiza filed a countersuit last year against the woman who had filed the civil lawsuit.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
• Heard won $2 million in damages from Depp in the countersuit.
  — Vulture, 7 June 2022
• Gottwald has long denied those claims, and filed a countersuit citing defamation and breach of contract against the singer the same year.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
• The school disputed her claims in a countersuit, and the case ended in a settlement in 2014.
  — Anna Clark and David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2022
• In March, a Clark County judge allowed Carter’s countersuit to go through.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
• Jones, 81, had brought the countersuit after a judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by the younger Davis.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2024
• The case includes a $100 million countersuit filed by Heard.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2022
• Heard filed a countersuit against one of those charges, and received damages of $2 million.
  — Men's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• In her countersuit, Heard won one of the three defamation counts, and she was awarded $2 million in damages.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
• Heard also won part of her countersuit against Depp, over comments his lawyer made calling her claims of abuse a hoax.
  — Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• The actress won one of three claims in the countersuit against her former husband and was awarded $2 million.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• For her countersuit, Depp was ordered to pay Heard $2 million.
  — Emlyn Travis and Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 May 2023
• Cook then filed a countersuit claiming defamation and fraud.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• Heard's lawyers, who have filed their own countersuit against Depp, say nothing in the article libels him.
  — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2022
• In Heard's countersuit, Depp was found to have defamed his ex-wife, who was awarded $2 million in damages.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
• The settlement comes after nearly a decade of suits and countersuits.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• And Heard has filed a countersuit against Depp that accuses his lawyers of defaming her.
  — Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
• Allen’s countersuits claim that one of the women defamed him and that the other illegally took his cell phone.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 13 July 2023
• The board unanimously passed the motion to file a countersuit on Monday.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2023
• The two sides return to court to set a trial date in November; arguments will be heard the countersuit in August.
  — Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 15 June 2024
• Her lawsuit was dismissed in 2016, and Gottwald filed a defamation countersuit against Kesha, which was settled out of court.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
• The countersuit alleged that Pitt attempted to get physical with one of their kids after the child came to Jolie’s defense.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
• In response, Depp, 59, countered Heard's appeal with one of his own to overturn the $2 million verdict in her countersuit.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• Meanwhile, Heard won $2 million in damages from her countersuit over Depp's lawyer calling her claims a hoax.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
• Heard, 36, was awarded $2 million for one of her defamation countersuit claims.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• In the countersuit, Riley claimed that her mother did not borrow anything and that the loan documents are forgeries.
  — Claire Pedersen, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024