Johnny Depp Vs Amber Heard: Jury will resume deliberations on Wednesday in Fairfax County Circuit Court docket.
Washington:
The jury within 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 with out reaching a verdict.
The seven-person jury will resume their deliberations on Wednesday morning in Fairfax County Circuit Court docket, close to the US capital.
The panel met for seven hours on Tuesday and two hours on Friday.
Closing arguments within the high-profile case had been held on Friday on the finish of a six-week trial that includes claims and counterclaims of home abuse.
The 58-year-old Depp flew to England over the Memorial Day weekend and made shock appearances at live shows by Jeff Beck in Sheffield on Sunday and at Royal Albert Corridor in London on Monday.
Depp, a guitarist, has his personal band, the Hollywood Vampires, with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry of Aerosmith.
Depp filed swimsuit in opposition to Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Publish in December 2018 by which she described herself as a “public determine representing home abuse.”
The Texas-born Heard, who had a starring position in “Aquaman,” didn’t title Depp within the piece, however he sued her for implying he was a home abuser and is in search of $50 million in damages.
The 36-year-old Heard counter sued for $100 million, claiming that she suffered “rampant bodily violence and abuse” at his arms.
Dozens of witnesses testified in the course of the trial, together with Depp’s bodyguards, Hollywood executives, brokers, leisure business consultants, medical doctors, mates and family.
Depp and Heard every spent days on the witness stand in the course of the televised trial, which was attended by tons of of followers of the “Pirates” star and accompanied by a #JusticeForJohnnyDepp marketing campaign on social media.
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Video and audio recordings of heated, profanity-laced arguments between the couple had been performed for the jury, which was additionally proven images of accidents allegedly suffered by Heard throughout their risky relationship.
Hours of testimony had been dedicated to a grisly finger damage that Depp suffered whereas filming an installment of “Pirates” in Australia in March 2015.
Depp claimed the tip of a finger was severed when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him. Heard stated she didn’t understand how the damage occurred.
Each agreed that Depp went on to scrawl messages on partitions, lampshades and mirrors utilizing the bloody digit.
Heard stated Depp would turn out to be a bodily and sexually abusive “monster” throughout alcohol- and drug-fueled binges and resisted her repeated efforts to curb his consuming and drug use.
Depp testified that it was Heard who was continuously violent and stated it has been “brutal” to hearken to “outlandish” accusations of home abuse made in opposition to him.
“No human being is ideal, definitely not, none of us, however I’ve by no means in my life dedicated sexual battery, bodily abuse,” he stated.
Heard, who was married to Depp from 2015 to 2017, obtained a restraining order in opposition to him in Could 2016, citing home violence.
Depp, a three-time Oscar nominee, filed a libel swimsuit in London in opposition to the British tabloid The Solar for calling him a “wife-beater.” He misplaced that case in November 2020.
Each side have claimed injury to their Hollywood careers.
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