How to Use countersuit in a Sentence

countersuit

noun

• Luke denied all claims and filed a countersuit that same year.
  — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
• Araiza filed a countersuit last year against the woman who had filed the civil lawsuit.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
• The countersuit asked for at least $1 million in damages.
  — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
• That countersuit was dismissed in June.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
• Heard filed a countersuit against one of those charges, and received damages of $2 million.
  — Men's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
• Baldoni filed countersuits, which have been dismissed.
  — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• Heard won $2 million in damages from Depp in the countersuit.
  — Vulture, 7 June 2022
• Added in comment from Justin Sun in response to the countersuit.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 4 May 2026
• 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 settlement comes after nearly a decade of suits and countersuits.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• 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
• Depp was instructed to pay $2 million, as Heard won one of the three claims in her countersuit.
  — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
• Jolie has stated in a countersuit that no such agreement between the two existed.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 11 July 2023
• 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
• The spokesperson said at the time Ye planned to file a countersuit against Pisciotta.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
• Gottwald denied those claims and filed a countersuit for defamation and breach of contract against Kesha.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
• Heard, meanwhile, won one of her three defamation countersuit claims and was awarded $2 million.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
• For her countersuit, Depp was ordered to pay Heard $2 million.
  — Emlyn Travis and Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 17 May 2023
• Heard's lawyers, who have filed their own countersuit against Depp, say nothing in the article libels him.
  — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2022
• The actor denied the accusations and filed a countersuit against the city.
  — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
• 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 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
• Baldoni's $400 million countersuit was tossed out by the judge in June.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• Heard, 36, was awarded $2 million for one of her defamation countersuit claims.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• And Heard has filed a countersuit against Depp that accuses his lawyers of defaming her.
  — Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
• 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
• 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
• In her countersuit, Heard won one of the three defamation counts, and she was awarded $2 million in damages.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
• Depp, meanwhile, was instructed to pay $2 million, since Heard won one of the three claims in her countersuit.
  — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
• The countersuit was dismissed in June 2025.
  — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025