Johnny Depp participated this weekend in two concerts of British singer Jeff Beck in the United Kingdom
The jury of the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard did not agree on Tuesday on a verdict on whether the actor was defamed by his ex-wife and resumes deliberations on Wednesday.
The seven jury members – five men and two women – began to deliberate on Friday, at the end of six weeks of statements in fairfax court, a small town near Washington. They resumed this Tuesday, because Monday was a holiday in the United States.
But in more than nine hours they did not make a decision and will resume deliberations on Wednesday morning.
Between 50 and 100 million dollars
Johnny Depp to Amber Heard: “If I don’t leave, this is going to be a bloodbath”
Johnny Depp to Amber Heard: “If I don’t leave, this is going to be a bloodbath”
Johnny Depp has traveled to the United Kingdom to participate, Sunday and Monday, in two concerts by British singer Jeff Beck.
A spokeswoman for Amber Heard, consulted by Afp, did not want to confirm “at this time” if the actress will be present when the verdict is announced.
The hundreds of fans, mostly of Johnny Depp, gathered in front of the court left the place.
The statements of the plaintiffs and witnesses, broadcast live on television, revealed crude details about the life together of the two actors.
the star of the series Pirates of the Caribbeansues Heard for defamation for a column published by the Washington Post in 2018 in which she defines herself as “a public personality representing domestic violence”. The actress did not name Johnny Depp, but her ex-husband asks for 50 million dollars in damages because he claims this has destroyed his career and reputation.
Amber Heard, one of the actresses of The Justice League Y Aquaman, I counterattacked asking for double. The 36-year-old actress claims to have exercised their right to freedom of expression writing this column.
According to her, Johnny Depp’s complaint is “futile” and prolongs “the abuse and harassment” that she claims to have suffered from him.
Heard accuses a former attorney for the actor of having defamed her by telling the press that her claims of domestic violence were “false.”
“Stunning” accusations
The jury must answer several questions, rule on both claims and determine the amount of any damages.
From April 11the jury has heard dozens of hours of testimony and audio or video recordings that have revealed lurid details of their lives between 2011 and 2016, which have little to do with the glamor of Hollywood.
The actress told that Johnny Depp became a “monster” under the influence of drugs and alcohol and that he was not undergoing detox treatment. She says that she raped her with a bottle of alcohol in March 2015, a month after the wedding.
That day Johnny Depp lost part of the tip of a finger and had to be hospitalized. He says it was because a bottle thrown at him by Amber Heard. She maintains that he hurt himself.
Following a discussion in May 2016 during which Johnny Depp allegedly threw a phone at his faceshe filed for divorce due to domestic violence, after just over a year of marriage.
Since then he has been the target of a social media smear campaign that hurt his career.
The 58-year-old actor said he never raised his hand to a woman and that she was the violent one.
The actor has lost a first libel lawsuit in London in 2020 against the tabloid The Sunwho called him “violent husband”.
The two actors claim to have each lost between 40 and 50 million dollars since the publication of the column.
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