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The court case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is moving towards conclusion (THE SPECIAL). The trial jury returns today to the council chamber to decide on the double lawsuit in question: Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for allegedly ruining his career with an article that appeared in the “Washington Post”, in which she was portrayed as a victim of domestic violence; Amber Heard filed a counter-complaint after a lawyer for her ex-husband, Adam Waldman, called her allegations “an invention”.
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Waiting for the verdict
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The judicial case, which has been very popular in recent weeks, is therefore about to conclude: even if technically a verdict could arrive today, it is unlikely that the jurors will immediately find the required unanimity. The seven men and women, whose identities will remain secret for a year, must go through six weeks of testimonies, audio and video recordings, text messages and other images before issuing their opinion. Depp asked for $ 50 million in damages. Heard replied with a request for 100 million. The jurors could agree with one or the other, both or neither.
The troubled history of Depp and Heard
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard met in 2009 on the set of The Rum Diary. Some legal acts indicate the beginning of their relationship at the end of 2011 or the beginning of 2012, while the wedding between the two was celebrated in 2015. In May 2016, however, Heard filed for divorce: in this period it would have begun to talk about Depp’s alleged violence, because Heard would show up in court with a bruise saying that her husband had caused it. A restraining order was issued against the plaintiff. As it relates Vulturethe alleged abuse case was closed out of court a few months later, and Heard reportedly got $ 7 million as part of the divorce.
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Washington Post article and libel suit
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In 2018 Amber Heard wrote the article on the Washington Post, who is now at the center of Depp’s libel suit against him and which he believes would have ruined his career. In the text, the actress never mentioned her ex-husband, but wrote: “Two years ago I became a public figure representing domestic violence, and I felt the full force of society’s anger towards women who do not stay in silence and speak “. “I have never beaten Amber Heard, nor have I ever beaten any woman in my life,” Depp said during the trial that began on April 11. “There have been arguments and things like that, but I never got to the point myself. to hit Miss Heard in any way “.
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