Johnny Depp verdict

The jury in the bitter defamation trial between "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard concluded deliberations for the day ...

Heard said she did not know how the injury occurred. Depp and Heard each spent days on the witness stand during the televised trial, which was attended by hundreds of fans of the "Pirates" star and accompanied by a #JusticeForJohnnyDepp campaign on social media. The jury in the bitter defamation trial between "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard concluded deliberations for the day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict.

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.

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.

Jurors in the explosive trial have more than 40 detailed, crucial questions to consider.

And the star's lawyers asked why no medical records existed if there was incident after incident of abuse. Contained within a "special verdict form" handed to the jury are 42 questions. That has to change." There are further questions on other extracts from Heard's article. Camille Vasquez, for Depp, said Heard's claims were "false" and "defamatory", and that she conducted a "performance" in court to play "the role of her lifetime as a heroic survivor of brutal abuse". Jurors are asked if Heard has proven all the elements of her defamation case against Depp. If the juror says yes, they then need to delve into more detail with questions including if Waldman was an "agent" for Depp. On Friday, Heard's lawyer Benjamin Rottenborn reminded the jury that the burden of proof was on Depp and that he needed to show that every single instance of abuse Heard has accused him of was false. Finally, if the jurors do believe Heard defamed Depp they are then asked the amount of punitive and compensatory damages should be awarded to the star. A verdict is expected this week. He claims her allegations are false and cost him lucrative movie roles. Depp's legal team has argued that although the Pirates of the Caribbean star was not named in that line – indeed in the article at all – the inference was that Heard was referring to him. The question was whether they found the headline of the op-ed penned by Heard — which read, "I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture's wrath" — to defame Depp.

The jury in the trial between Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard deliberated for a couple of hours and then sent word that they would return Tuesday to continue ...

If they rule that Heard did defame Depp with actual malice and caused the damages he claims, then Depp would get money on top of satisfaction.” The jury is also deciding on Heard’s $100 million counterclaim: That three statements made in the media by an attorney working for Depp, Adam Waldman, hurt her reputation and career by dismissing her allegations as false. “While they’ve been prohibited from accessing social media and media coverage, the frenzy at the courthouse alone is enough for them to understand that the world is watching,” she said. “The gendered distribution of the jury makes that even more interesting.” “One challenge that they are likely facing is staying focused on the case at hand without allowing all of their own lived experiences and biases to lead them to a snap judgment that is not supported by the testimony. According to Court TV, the jury is composed of five men and two women, with another woman and man serving as alternates; they appear to range in age from their 20s to one who could be older than 60.

Jurors considering opposing lawsuits brought by former spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continued deliberations on Tuesday after sending a question to ...

The newspaper is not a defendant. Heard denied injuring Depp's finger and said Depp sexually assaulted her that night with a liquor bottle. He said the top of the finger was severed when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him in 2015. The headline said Heard "spoke up against sexual violence - and faced our culture's wrath." The article did not mention Depp by name but his lawyer told jurors it was clear that Heard was referring to him. At the center of the legal case is a December 2018 opinion piece by Heard in the Washington Post in which she made the statement about domestic abuse.

Courtroom porn and social media have turned innocent bystanders into a mass of mudslingers.

I wasn’t surprised that the memes about Amber Heard far outnumbered those about Johnny Depp. I wasn’t surprised that the cruel and vitriolic discourse was predominantly aimed at the woman. And the queasier I felt about this behavior—even if millions of others were doing the same—the more I came to realize that distortion, not objectivity, has evolved into an acceptable lingua franca. This blurring of public figures and private lives can do a number on us—as bystanders, as an audience. What’s more, we have become so attuned to this narrow, cynical cycle of social media encounters that we consider the trial not tragic or pathetic, but as a pure car wreck: accessible, tawdry, and immediately gratifying. It’s like going to the opera and reading a couple of translated supertitles but not understanding Italian. And despite whatever else this is, it is a soap opera. As we all do nowadays, we watch or we read or we media-graze about these private turned public spectacles in bits and bytes, fearing that the sheer rancor and vulgarity might leave a kind of virtual stench—or, in my case, worrying that prolonged viewing might be triggering.

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.

A jury finished a second day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the defamation claims of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard over their.

During his testimony, Depp testified that he never struck Heard, that she concocted the abuse allegations, and that she was the one who physically attacked him, multiple times. Heard testified that Depp physically or sexually assaulted her more than a dozen times. Each accuses the other of destroying their career.

Johnny Depp hit the stage on the guitar with friend and collaborator Jeff Beck for the second night in a row.

In March 2021, his attempt to overturn the decision was overruled. He is part of the band Hollywood Vampires with rockers Alice Cooper and Joe Perry. Beck added at the time, "You'll be hearing more from Johnny and me in a little while but until then we hope you find some comfort and solidarity in our take on this Lennon classic."

Former “Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp has been locked in a protracted defamation trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard for the last several weeks.

“Jeff Beck and I recorded this song Isolation last year, as our take on a beautiful John Lennon tune. Afraid of the Sun!’ — seemed to Jeff and me especially profound right now, this song about isolation, fear, and existential risks to our world,” Depp said back then in a press release on Beck’s website. Here he is, my good mate.” “He came knocking on my dressing room door about five years ago, and we haven’t stopped laughing since,” the “E-Pro” singer said. Ahead of verdict in trial with Heard, Johnny Depp straps on a guitar with Jeff Beck Depp made a surprise appearance on stage with guitarist Jeff Beck not once but twice over the Memorial Day weekend while waiting for the verdict in his trial with Heard.

The actor performed alongside the rock legend at London's Royal Albert Hall.

here he is." "We kept it quiet because… Depp performed alongside the rock legend at London's Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday night, the third time this week.

The crowd at the concert gave Johnny Depp a standing ovation and cheered "We love you" as the actor played guitar.

Ms Heard is countersuing Mr Depp for $100 million, accusing the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star of defaming her. The seven-member jury is currently deliberating on the case. Mr Depp is suing Ms Heard in Virginia's Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post, describing herself as victim of domestic abuse.

Depp is currently awaiting the verdict of the defamation case with his ex-wife Amber Heard. Johnny Depp has once again appeared on stage alongside musician Jeff ...

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A jury finished a second day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the defamation claims of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard.

During his testimony, Depp testified that he never struck Heard, that she concocted the abuse allegations, and that she was the one who physically attacked him, multiple times. Heard testified that Depp physically or sexually assaulted her more than a dozen times. Each accuses the other of destroying their career. The judge told Depp's attorneys in court that she would not entertain the motion because the case is in the hands of the jury now. In their written motion, Depp's attorneys said Heard's lawyer told the jury that its decision in the case would send a message to “every victim of domestic abuse everywhere.” Heard attorney Benjamin Rottenborn told the jury that a ruling against Heard “sends a message that no matter what you do as an abuse victim, you always have to do more.” Jurors then deliberated another seven hours on Tuesday. They are scheduled to resume deliberations Wednesday in Fairfax County Circuit Court.

Heard told the jury that she'd noticed a tattoo on her husband's arm. It was old and faded and she couldn't make it out, she said. He told her it said “Wino ...

She said that eventually there were so many coins in the piggy bank that it was too heavy to move and she had to stay. She alleged that Johnny had been on a rampage, that the rampage had resulted in a lot of broken bottles. The loudest theory in the court of public opinion, it appeared, is that she was a manipulative liar and Johnny was railroaded. She said that each act of violence felt like a coin she was depositing into a piggy bank, an investment in their future relationship. That it had to get better because she didn’t see how it could get worse. It meant that domestic violence was messy and nuanced and often contradictory and confusing. I watched part of the trial with my mother, who spent many years as a marital and family therapist and whose clients had encompassed both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. He appeared bewildered by his entire relationship with Heard. “It was rapid fire, an endless parade of insults, and you know, looking at me like I was a fool,” he said, seeming despondent. Gawking and thrilling at celebrities’ dirty laundry is a well-honed spectator sport, but throughout the trial, I kept reading coverage that was tonally a mess: The Daily Beast turned the most incendiary allegations into cheeky bullet points — “The Poop-On-The-Bed Fiasco,” “The Headbutt” — as if detailing a reality-show highlight reel rather than the dissolution of someone’s life and marriage. Watching this trial has felt alternatingly prurient and surreal, the kind of trial in which Marilyn Manson is casually listed as a Thanksgiving dinner guest at one of Johnny Depp’s penthouses. That one of their dogs must have pooped on the bed, because seriously, she said, what 30-something woman would do that? Certainly I knew about it, as would any self-respecting elder millennial weaned on “Edward Scissorhands” and the tabloid magazines of the 1990s.

Fans have speculated on whether either actor will be in court for the jury verdict in the defamation trial.

They have a mountain of evidence to go through, and several verdict outcomes are possible. In response, Heard countersued for $100 million on a charge of nuisance. Depp argued that the piece was obviously referring to him and had damaged his reputation, including his ability to get acting jobs.

A seven-person jury on Wednesday reached a verdict regarding Johnny Depp's defamation suit against his former wife Amber Heard.

Heard countersued for $100 million and said she was only ever violent with Depp in self-defense or defense of her younger sister. Heard’s countersuit, which centered around three statements made by Depp’s former attorney in 2020 to the Daily Mail, in which he described Heard's allegations of abuse as a "hoax." Depp sued for $50 million in damages over a 2018 opinion-editorial essay in The Washington Post, in which Heard said she had become a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Although the essay never mentioned Depp by name, his attorneys said it indirectly referred to allegations she made against him during their 2016 divorce.

A jury in Fairfax, Virginia, reached a decision Wednesday in the defamation case brought by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

The jury reached a verdict, and it is set to be read in about 90 minutes. "Someone who survived abuse and didn’t allow his name to be tarnished by lies," the user wrote. Just before 2 p.m. ET, the hashtag "#JusticeForJohnnyDepp" began to trend with more than 40,000 tweets. “Your presence shows where your priorities are," according to a statement from Heard's camp. The seven person panel deliberated for approximately 13 hours. Heard has countersued Depp for $100 million.

Jurors reached a verdict on Wednesday in Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard. The verdict will be announced at noon PT ...

The jury started its deliberations on Friday, and were given intricate instructions that have them weighing whether any of three statements in the Heard op ed rise to the level of defamation. “Johnny Depp plays guitar in the UK while Amber Heard waits for a verdict in Virginia. Depp is taking his snickering and lack of seriousness on tour.” Johnny Depp will not be there for the announcement of the verdict.

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial moved to the jury Friday after six weeks of testimony.

The jury for Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial has reached a verdict. (Heard’s attorneys argued for the trial to take place in Los Angeles, where she and Depp lived.) Jouvenal wrote that free speech advocates were worried that the state had become “a magnet for dubious litigation aimed at punishing critics and blunting aggressive media coverage on topics of public concern.” Documents from the Depp-Heard case are now public on the Fairfax County Court website. Not knowing how long deliberations would take, the crowds of Depp fans had largely cleared out last Friday after closing arguments. “Actionable” means both false and defamatory — that is, harmful to someone’s reputation. There was a sudden flurry of activity at the courthouse around 1:30 p.m. when Court TV and the Law & Crime network began reporting a verdict had been reached. When the plaintiff accusing a defendant of defamation is a public figure (like Johnny Depp), their legal team has to prove actual malice — that is, that the defendant either knew the communication was false or acted recklessly with regard to whether it was true — thanks to the 1964 Supreme Court decision New York Times Co. v. Like many women, I had been harassed and sexually assaulted by the time I was of college age. I knew certain things early on, without ever having to be told. It will bring an end to the seven-week trial that brought emotional testimony recounting Depp and Heard’s tumultuous relationship and its fallout. The trial was held in Virginia, where the printing presses and servers of The Washington Post are located.

The verdict is expected to be read at the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom at 3 p.m EST. The jury has been deliberating for about 14 hours. Depp sued Heard for ...

"I believe Johnny's attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of freedom of speech and ignore evidence that was so conclusive that we won in the UK," Heard said. The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million dollars in punitive damages. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. The jury awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages and no money for punitive damages. Depp sought $50 million in damages and Heard sought $100 million. Though Depp was not named in the article, he claims it cost him lucrative acting roles.

A jury in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard libel case has reached a decision. The high-profile trial began in April with six weeks of testimony.

Depp’s lawyers called it a clear reference to Depp, given that Heard publicly accused Depp of domestic violence in 2016 — two years before she wrote the article. He’s not mentioned, and they said the focus is on Heard’s experience about the aftermath of speaking out. The attorney also stated the 2018 article did nothing to damage Depp’s reputation. Heard’s lawyers said they presented a mountain of evidence that Heard was abused. In the column, she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse. Heard’s lawyers said the article is not about Depp at all. (Depp’s lawyers are also seeking damages over a headline that appeared above the online version of the article, even though Heard didn’t write it.) After six weeks of testimony, the $50 million libel lawsuit came to a close and jury deliberations began Friday, when it determined that Heard is guilty of defaming Depp. "It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. "From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously." The jury awarded her $2 million in damages.

The complicated dueling defamation cases between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard came to a simple end: She defamed him, but won one point in countersuit.

At one point, Depp accused Heard of throwing a vodka bottle that shattered on his right hand and severed the tip of his middle finger during a 2015 fight they had in Australia. In her testimony, Heard alleged that Depp injured his own finger by smashing a telephone against a wall. “And there is a victim of domestic abuse in this courtroom, but it is not Ms. Heard.” “I screamed, ’cause I didn’t know what happened to me and I was in pain,” she said. Heard also alleged that Depp physically attacked her after the 2014 Met Gala and left her with what she suspected was a broken nose. This isn’t the first time Depp and Heard have gotten into a legal dispute. ... People want to put my baby in the microwave, and they tell me that. Heard’s defamation claim pertains to public statements made by Depp’s former attorney, Adam Waldman, that dismissed her allegations of domestic violence as a “hoax.” The trial has been broadcast and livestreamed via CourtTV and other outlets, including YouTube accounts. While testifying, Depp detailed his experiences with childhood abuse, drugs and alcohol and claimed that Heard became “this other person” during their marriage. “People want to put my baby in the microwave, and they tell me that. The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The jury also awarded $2 million in compensatory damages to Heard in her counterclaim and no punitive damages after finding one point of her lawsuit valid. Johnny Depp has won his defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, a Virginia jury decided Wednesday, with cheers going up outside the courtroom from the crowd of Depp supporters who gathered there.

The jury says it has reached a verdict in Johnny Depp's $50 million libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, who testified that Depp physically and ...

Heard testified that Depp physically or sexually assaulted her more than a dozen times. Depp hasn’t been waiting in Virginia for the decision. Each accuses the other of destroying their career.

Mr. Depp sued Ms. Heard for defamation after she described herself in an op-ed as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” She countersued.

Mr. Dougherty said that the publication of the op-ed was timed to coincide with the release of the movie “Aquaman,” in which Ms. Heard had a starring role. Mr. Depp’s lawyers asserted that the article made clear allusions to Ms. Heard’s prior accusations — which Mr. Depp denied — and that they were central to the piece’s relevance. And a Disney production executive, Tina Newman, testified that she was unaware of any decisions about Mr. Depp’s potential role in a sixth “Pirates” movie that were connected directly to Ms. Heard’s op-ed. Another A.C.L.U employee sent a first draft of the op-ed to Ms. Heard, and during the editing process with her lawyers, mention of her marriage and successful application for a temporary restraining order were excised, Mr. Dougherty testified. “We had hope,” Mr. Whigham said, “and it became clear to me in early 2019 that it was over.” An email from a communications department employee there suggested that Ms. Heard write an article about how victims of gender-based violence “have been made less safe under Trump and how people can take action,” and noted that Ms. Heard could weave in her personal story. During cross-examination one of Ms. Heard’s lawyers, Ben Rottenborn, confronted Mr. Depp with text messages he had written describing Ms. Heard with obscenities, and calling her a “worthless hooker” at one point. The agreement was verbal, not formally written out into a contract, Mr. Whigham testified, but in early 2019, it became clear to him that Disney would be “going in a different direction.” After news broke in 2016 that Ms. Heard had been granted a temporary restraining order against him, citing allegations of spousal abuse, Mr. Depp said, he felt a responsibility to clear his name. Ms. Heard testified that the first time Mr. Depp hit her was several years after they first met in 2009, when she auditioned for “The Rum Diary,” a movie in which she ended up playing his love interest. Ms. Heard described more than a dozen other instances in which she says Mr. Depp was violent toward her, every one of which he denies. Mr. Depp claimed that Ms. Heard’s op-ed “devastated” his career and reputation.

Johnny Depp's defamation trial against Amber Heard turned the former couple's dirty laundry into trending topics. Here's a timeline of key moments.

Here’s a look back at The Times’ coverage of key moments from the protracted trial, which aired the actors’ startling allegations of abuse and included witness testimony from the likes of Kate Moss and Ellen Barkin. The case was heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., starting in early April and finally reached a verdict on June 1. She then countersued him for $100 million.

The focus of the case was a 2018 editorial Heard wrote in the Washington Post calling herself 'a public figure representing domestic abuse'

In final arguments, attorneys for Heard told the panel ruling against her would mean they were telling abuse victims: “If you didn’t take pictures, it didn’t happen. Outside the court, Depp attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez offered comments before a cheering crowd of Depp fans. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly humiliated. “From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously,’’ she said. “The disappointment I feel today is beyond words.

A jury has found both Amber Heard and Johnny Depp liable for defamation in their lawsuits against each other.

Depp's attorneys thanked the jury and the court after the verdict was announced. "From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. What they (the jurors) said was that, yeah, you do have a First Amendment right unless you say something that is false that injures someone's reputation and causes damages to them in their industry." Depp sought $50 million in damages and Heard sought $100 million. "What he had to overcome was a First Amendment issue which is that we all have the right to express our thoughts and opinions. The jury awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages and no money for punitive damages.

Johnny Depp has won his defamation trial against Amber Heard, a Virginia jury decided Wednesday. After less than three days of deliberation, ...

What is clear is that under an order from Azcarate, the names of the jurors will not be released by the state of Virginia for at least a year. But in the weeks that the trial played out, other commentators cautioned against reading too much into the proceedings, which gave the public a glimpse into the rarefied world of celebrity. Even though the case was about defamation, the trial took on the tone of a second divorce proceeding for the couple, who were actually divorced in Los Angeles in 2016. The countersuit was based on comments her ex-husband’s former lawyer and right-hand man Waldman made calling Heard’s claims of abuse, among other things, a “hoax” and “fake.” That action came months before Depp’s UK libel case against the Rupert Murdoch-owned The Sun tabloid for calling him a “wife beater” failed dramatically in November 2020. Before the verdict was read out, the judge had attorneys from both sides approach to discuss the fact that the jury initially did not specify damages on their verdict form. Having been in the UK touring with pal Jeff Beck up until Tuesday night, Depp was not in the courtroom Wednesday when the verdict was read out.