Johnny Depp trial

2022 - 5 - 31

Is the Johnny Depp trial over? What happens when jury considers ... (iNews)

The jury will decide whether, on the balance of probability, Heard did defame Depp in a 2018 Washington Post article.

Heard claimed The Washington Post article was not about Depp. “It’s not about Johnny,” she told the court. Ms Henriquez said she was struck in the back. One juror who was chosen told the selection process that his wife had texted him saying: “Amber is psychotic. “I thought it was a very well written opinion piece,” he said. Depp testified that faeces were found in the couple’s bed in 2016. Depp said Heard threw a vodka bottle that severed the top of his right middle finger. Heard said she never edited the photos, and used make-up to cover injuries. She told the court: “I remember looking down on him… The burden of proof is also lighter in a civil case than a criminal case. Heard has said “she didn’t assault Johnny, ever”. The jurors will reconvene on Tuesday to continue deliberating. Depp testified that he never hit Heard or any other woman.

Jurors In Johnny Depp Defamation Trial Pose Question About ... (Deadline)

Jurors deliberated for their first full day in Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard on Tuesday, as they posted a question to the ...

One of the statements is, “Then two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out.” The other statement is, “I had the vantage point of seeing, in real time, how institutions protect men accused of abuse.” “It is clear that the title is the statement.” On the jury verdict forms, the headline is one of three statements that the jury has to weigh in determining whether to rule for Depp. The seven jurors also have to decide whether statements in the content of the op-ed are defamatory.

Jury goes home for second day; Depp remains in U.K. for concerts (The Washington Post)

The waiting continued Tuesday at the Fairfax County Courthouse, but some Johnny Depp fans are sticking around to show their loyalty to the actor.

Fans debated whether they would commit to spending Wednesday at the courthouse. Depp’s daily appearance in the courthouse has led to a circus outside of it. “I’m going to stay here only because I wanted to say hello — they’re going to leave after the verdict,” she said. “I’m here to support him and hope he gets the verdict he deserves.” A handful of fans and curious observers sat in the hallway outside courtroom 5J, where the seven-week trial has been taking place, and compared notes on what they knew about Depp’s status. Someone set up a cluster of microphones in front of the courthouse in case the verdict is reached, and the attorneys want to have a news conference.

What exactly is the jury considering in the Johnny Depp v Amber ... (ABC News)

After a six-week trial, a jury has deliberated for hours without reaching a verdict in the multimillion-dollar defamation case between Johnny Depp and Amber ...

Mr Depp said the top of his finger was severed when Ms Heard threw a vodka bottle at him in 2015. Ms Heard's lawyers told the jury that Mr Depp's libel claim must fail if Ms Heard suffered even a single incident of abuse. Because Mr Depp is a public figure, Ms Heard can only be found guilty of defamation if the jury decides that she acted with “actual malice", meaning that: Mr Depp filed a $US50 million ($70 million) defamation suit against Ms Heard, alleging that the op-ed she wrote damaged his reputation and career. The article did not mention Mr Depp by name but his lawyer told jurors it was clear that Ms Heard was referring to him. At the centre of the legal case is a December 2018 opinion piece by Ms Heard in The Washington Post, in which she made a statement about domestic abuse.

Johnny Depp trial: Jury resume deliberations in Amber Heard ... (Metro)

The jury in Johnny Depp's defamation case against Amber Heard have resumed their deliberations after a long weekend.

‘This is not easy for any of us, I know that, but no matter what happens. ‘I don’t think anyone enjoys having to split themselves open and tell the truth but there are times when one simply has to because it’s got out of control. I did get here and I did tell the truth and I have spoken up for what I’ve been carrying on my back, reluctantly, for six years.’ ‘No human being is perfect, none of us. But I have never in my life committed sexual battery, physical abuse, all these outlandish, outrageous stories of me committing these things and living with it for six years, and waiting to be able to bring the truth out. The Justice League star offered emotional testimony, recalling their heated arguments and claiming that he penetrated her with a bottle in a vicious row.

The Jury For Johnny Depp And Amber Heard's Trial Returned From ... (Cinema Blend)

As the jury in the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial has continued to deliberate, a very important distinction has come into question.

That has to change.” has been at the center of the entire case. Important questions will need to be answered as part of that resolution, and the jury has come back in need of an important distinction connected to Heard’s Washington Post op-ed at the heart of it all. As jurors are being asked to consider if the headline to Amber Heard’s 2018 op-ed is false or not, there was a question of whether they’re supposed to judge largely on the headline or its connection to the text at large.