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Court TV (@CourtTV) is devoted to live gavel-to-gavel coverage, in-depth legal reporting and expert analysis of the nation's most important and compelling trials. Depp is suing Heard for libel after she published an opinion piece which the actor's lawyers say falsely implies she was abused by Depp when the pair were married. Court TV cameras will provide viewers unobstructed and unbiased views of the proceedings.

Court TV said its camera will be in the courtroom as the pool food provider for the trial in the case of actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.

“Court cases that are as high-profile as this one often create a lot of noise, and it can be difficult for viewers to break through these distractions to have a clear picture of the facts, but that’s where we come in,” said Ethan Nelson, acting head of Court TV. “Between the camera feed directly from the courtroom and our first-class lineup of talent, Court TV will be the true source of an unbiased, down-the-middle perspective of the trial as it unfolds.” Court TV’s team covering the trial will include anchors Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant, Michael Ayala, Ted Rowlands and Ashley Willcott and  correspondents Julia Jenaé, Chanley Painter and Joy Lim Nakrin.   ■ Court TV said its camera will be in the courtroom as the pool food provider for the trial in the case of actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.

Court TV will carry the televised feed of the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, which is scheduled to begin next week in Fairfax County, VA.

The trial is scheduled to begin on Monday. The pool feed will be available after jury selection is completed. Depp filed a $50 million defamation suit against Heard after she wrote a Washington Post essay in 2018, headlined “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. The network will be the pool feed provider for the trial, and plans to provide coverage of the proceedings.

Court TV has announced it'll be airing Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Read more here.

“Court cases that are as high-profile as this one often create a lot of noise, and it can be difficult for viewers to break through these distractions to have a clear picture of the facts, but that’s where we come in,” said Acting Head of Court TV Ethan Nelson in a statement. His 2020 film Minamata appeared at the Berlin International Film Festival, and he starred in the crime drama City of Lies as an LAPD detective investigating the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. The whole saga dates back to 2016, when Heard filed for divorce from Depp. After Heard was granted a restraining order over allegations of domestic violence, she accused him of verbal and physical abuse throughout their relationship. Both Musk and Heard have denied the accusation. Circling back to the present day, both Franco and Musk are expected to testify on Heard’s behalf. The network will be the official pool feed provider for the lawsuit, promising in a press release to “provide viewers unobstructed and unbiased views of the proceedings.” Of course, Court TV will also air its own analysis of the trial.

The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard drama not only isn't over, but now we're going to be following it even closer than ever.

In January 2020, the Daily Mail released audio recordings of an alleged therapy session in which Heard seems to admit to physically attacking Johnny Depp on a number of occasions. Of course, there’s no way to know whether it will be Johnny Depp or Amber Heard who’s happier at the end of the trial. In 2018, Amber Heard wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post in which she alleged Johnny Depp had abused her during their marriage.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial is coming our televised way, and the reported witness list is really something.

It seems, well, wild, but Heard is apparently calling Elon Musk and James Franco to testify on her behalf while Depp is calling upon Paul Bettany’s testimony. After a few years of pandemic-and-schedule-related setbacks, this trial’s about to happen in Fairfax County, Virginia, and Court TV will air the proceedings. Depp alleges that Heard defamed him while penning a Washington Post op-ed (in which Depp is not named) about her history as a domestic abuse survivor.