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Johnny Depp’s defamation trial has concluded. This is what’s at stake for the Hollywood couple

Jurors deliberating duelling defamation claims from actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will return to court after failing to deliver a verdict last week.

The New Daily · May 30, 2022

Jury’s out: How Johnny Depp and Amber Heard each made their case for being a victim, not perpetrator, of abuse

After six weeks of testimony, the jury in the high-profile defamation trial finally began deliberating on Friday afternoon. Rachel Sharp reports from Fairfax, Virginia, on what you need to know about the case

The Independent UK · May 30, 2022

Jury's duty in Depp-Heard trial doesn't track public debate

When the jury in Johnny Depp's libel suit against ex-wife Amber Heard resumes deliberations after the Memorial Day weekend, its focus will be on issues much removed from the public debate that has engulfed the proceedings

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Depp vs Heard: Jury urged during closing remarks to think of other abuse victims

Actor Johnny Depp is suing his former partner Amber Heard over a 2018 article she wrote in the Washington Post.

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Depp-Heard trial: jury to resume deliberations on Tuesday

Closing arguments ask jurors to consider what their verdict in defamation case will mean for domestic abuse victims

The Guardian - US · May 27, 2022

Johnny Depp lawyer calls Amber Heard’s domestic abuse claims ‘an act of profound cruelty to true survivors’

‘What Ms Heard testified to in this courtroom is the story of far too many women. But the overwhelming evidence, weight of that evidence, shows that it’s not her story’, Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez told the jury

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Amber Heard’s abuse claims a ‘profound cruelty’ to real survivors, court hears

Lawyers for the actor said a ‘mountain’ of evidence that Mr Depp assaulted his former partner was ‘simply not there’.

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Depp v Heard: Both sides urge jurors to think about other victims of domestic abuse

Following six weeks of testimony, the jury has now been sent out to consider its verdict

Evening Standard · May 27, 2022

Amber Heard would ‘rather be in a fight than let Johnny Depp leave’, jury hears in closing argument

‘You heard from Ms Heard herself, in audio recordings, how upsetting it was to her when Mr Depp would split,’ Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez said Friday (27 May)

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Johnny Depp asks jurors to ‘give him his life back’ after it was ‘ruined’ by Amber Heard in closing argument

Johnny Depp’s attorneys Camille Vasquez and Ben Chew delivered closing statements on Friday morning, where they said the actor’s ‘good name’ and ‘life’ was at stake in the verdict

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022