In response to Judy Bellinger, who was the court docket reporter for the six-week trial, a few of the jurors had a tough time staying awake through the proceedings.
“There have been a couple of jurors that had been dozing off,” Bellinger told Law & Crime Network, including that she sympathized with them. “It was robust as a result of there was numerous video deposition. And they’d simply sit there and rapidly, I’d see their head drop.”
One juror who did impress Bellinger was a lady who listened “very deeply” to each phrase mentioned through the trial.
Nevertheless, she was an alternate and didn’t take part within the deliberation.
“I assumed she would have been an awesome juror, however she didn’t get to see it ’til the top,” Bellinger mentioned.
You may hear her feedback beneath.
Final week, the jury in Virginia determined primarily in favor of Depp {that a} Washington Put up editorial written by Heard was defamatory and awarded him $15 million in complete damages.
Choose Penney Azcarate capped the overall at round $10 million in accordance with state limits. As well as, jurors awarded Heard $2 million in her countersuit for a press release by one in all Depp’s attorneys that they discovered defamatory.