JOHNNY DEPP AMBER HEARD. This Friday, the last hearing of the ultra-media trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is held, the verdict will be rendered after seven weeks of trial.
[Mis à jour le 27 mai 2022 à 19h40] This Friday, May 27, 2022, the last hearing in the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is being held at the Fairfax court. The jurors will begin to deliberate in this procedure this Friday, after seven weeks of trial. The two ex-spouses accuse each of defamation and domestic violence.
It is not known exactly when the verdict of the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will be rendered. The seven jurors could however pronounce their verdict as early as this Friday if they manage to agree immediately. Otherwise, it will be necessary to wait a few days before knowing the verdict, since the deliberations can continue on Tuesday. Johnny Depp is claiming $50 million from his former wife, who is asking for double that.
Since April 11, 2022, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have been facing off in court in Fairfax, United States. The ex-spouses accuse each other of defamation, Johnny Depp having filed a complaint against his former wife after a column published in the Washington Post in 2018 in which she claimed to be the victim of domestic violence, without naming him, ruining her career according to him.
This Friday, April 27, 2022, the lawyers of the two parties will take the floor to bring their conclusion to this trial and try to convince for the last time the seven jurors brought to deliberate in the afternoon (local time). This is not the first lawsuit between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. In 2020, the Pirates of the Caribbean star lost the lawsuit against the Sun, which called him an “abusive husband” in an article.
In France, no trial is broadcast live or streamed for everyone to see. But things in the United States are different. The trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard began on April 11, 2022. And the confrontation between the two ex-spouses is broadcast live from the US. The American channel Court TV is responsible for broadcasting the trial live from Fairfax on its website. However, this is not accessible on platforms like Youtube.
Johnny Depp met Amber Heard on the set of the film Rhum Express, released in 2011. The couple married in 2015, before separating in 2016. The actress seen in Aquaman accuses him of domestic violence, which Johnny Depp denies, claiming to have received blows from his ex-wife. In July 2020, a defamation lawsuit pitted the actor against the Sun, which had called the actor a “violent husband”. On November 2, 2020, Johnny Depp lost his lawsuit against the Sun and appealed for judgment. After collecting testimony from the actress and relatives of both parties, Judge Nicol ruled that the words and qualifications used by the Sun in their article were “substantially true”.
After the decision was made, a Sun spokesperson reacted to AFP by stating that “theVictims of domestic violence should never have to be silent”, thanking the judge and the actress “for her courage to testify before the Court”. The lawyers of Amber Heard for their part considered that “this decision and this judgment are not a surprise”, the actress wishing however “to obtain justice” in another procedure which is in progress in the United States. Following this defeat, Warner Bros asked him to withdraw from his role as Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts, which he accepted. However, he continues to maintain his innocence. He is replaced by actor Mads Mikkelsen for the third installment.