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Depp dropped from 'Fantastic Beasts' after losing 'wife beater' case

Johnny Depp [Photo: Courtesy]

Johnny Depp on Friday was forced out of the “Fantastic Beasts” movie franchise days after losing a libel case in Britain against a tabloid that branded him a “wife-beater.” Depp exits 'Fantastic Beasts' after libel loss

The A-list actor, writing on Instagram, said that AT&T Inc's T.N Warner Bros movie studio had asked him to leave his role as villain Gellert Grindelwald. "I have respected and agreed to that request," he said. Warner Bros said in a statement that Depp “will depart the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise,” and that his role would be recast.

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