Johnny Depp verdict

The high profile celebrity defamation case comes to a close six weeks after it began.

"It's not about whether you think Ms Heard may have been abusive to Mr Depp". "This is a window into the heart and mind of America's favourite pirate," Mr Rottenborn said. "I felt the full force of our culture's wrath for women who speak out," she wrote. then Amber wins," he said. Mr Depp offered a starkly different picture, alleging that Ms Heard was a volatile spouse who abused and demeaned him. Ms Heard, 36, counter-sued for $100m.

Did Johnny win against Amber? Here's what to know about the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial verdict—including what they each stand to win.

At the time of writing, jury deliberations are still ongoing in Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s trial. If Johnny wins against Amber, it means that the jury has decided that Amber defamed him in her 2018 article for the Washington Post and the actor will be awarded damages. The testimony of the witnesses and documentary evidence will be even more essential for the jury to determine who is really telling the truth and who may be merely acting out a role.” Johnny Depp is suing Amber Heard for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post, where she described herself as a victim of domestic abuse. After a few years of dating, Johnny and Amber decided to tie the knot in 2015. Long before they found themselves at the center of a media storm during their trial, Johnny and Amber were romantically involved for years.

The jurors must simultaneously weigh whether Johnny Depp abused Amber Heard, and whether Depp defamed her by saying she orchestrated a hoax.

For Depp to win his claim against Heard, jurors need to determine that the following parts of the Washington Post op-ed were made by Heard about Depp, were false, and were made with "actual malice." So Amber and her friends spilled a little wine and roughed the place up, got their stories straight under the direction of a lawyer and publicist, and then placed a second call to 911." Heard denied the allegations and filed a counterclaim against Depp. She alleged that Depp did, in fact, physically assault him throughout their relationship, which he did while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Furthermore, Depp alleged, it was Heard who physically and verbally abused him during their relationship — not the other way around. The article didn't mention Depp by name, but Depp's lawsuit argued that it made clear references to their relationship. The restraining order gave a blow to the reputation of a man who had starred in movie franchises worth billions of dollars.

What's next for the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard $50 million defamation case as the trial wraps up closing arguments on Friday?

FOX 5 Chief Legal Correspondent Katie Barlow says the jury will begin their deliberation once closing arguments are done. Depp is suing for $50 million and Heard is suing for $100 million. Depp has to prove that Heard acted with actual malice, meaning she knew she was lying when she made her claims or she acted with reckless disregard for the truth.

Depp sued Heard for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote in which she called herself "a public figure representing domestic abuse," claiming ...

"Your verdict must be based solely upon the evidence and instructions of the court. No matter who you tell, you always have to tell more people. "On May 27, 2016 Ms. Heard walked into a courthouse in Los Angeles, California, to get a no notice, ex-parte restraining order against Mr. Depp and in doing so, ruined his life by falsely telling the world that she was a survivor of domestic abuse at the hands of Mr. Depp," Vasquez said.

After a month-long wait, a Fairfax County, Virginia jury heard closing arguments on Friday as Johnny Depp's defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard ...

MORE Depp’s lawyers have said they brought the case in Virginia in part because the laws here are more favorable to their case. “I have never in my life committed sexual battery, physical abuse, all these outlandish, outrageous stories of me committing these things,” he said. “If you do, he will start a campaign of global humiliation against you.” Heard has filed a countersuit that includes a request for $100 million in damages. The jury has now been sent to deliberate in Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Closing arguments in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard $50 million defamation case wrapped up on Friday as the six-week trial comes to a close in Fairfax ...

Vasquez, in her closing, noted that Heard had to revise her testimony about the first time she said she was struck. Depp says he never struck Heard and that she concocted the abuse allegations to gain an advantage in divorce proceedings. Once the jury begins deliberating, a verdict could come as early as Friday afternoon, but deliberations are expected to go into next week. "You either believe all of it, or none of it," she said. The jury began deliberations in the case around 3 p.m. Friday, but after two hours of deliberating, no verdict was returned. Surgeon Richard Moore testified about the severed finger as jurors saw gruesome photos of the injury. If you did tell your friends, they’re part of the hoax." "We’re asking you to finally hold this man responsible," she told the jury. "If you do, he will start a campaign of global humiliation against you." Heard said Depp hit her after she inadvertently laughed at one of his tattoos. Though the counterclaim has received less attention at the trial, Heard lawyer Elaine Bredehoft said it provides an avenue for the jury to compensate Heard for the abuse Depp has inflicted on her by orchestrating a smear campaign against her. "This case for Mr. Depp has never been about money," said Depp lawyer Benjamin Chew. "It is about Mr. Depp’s reputation and freeing him from the prison in which he has lived for the last six years."

After closing arguments, the judge asked a jury in Virginia to decide a defamation trial that focused as much on domestic abuse as damaged reputations.

In a previous trial in London, a judge found that Mr. Depp had assaulted Ms. Heard repeatedly throughout their relationship. (Before the call, Ms. Heard testified, Mr. Depp had thrown a phone at her at close range, hitting her in the face, which Mr. Depp denies.) The jury verdict in this case must be unanimous, but the panel does not have to find the evidence convincing “beyond a reasonable doubt,” as in a criminal case. Ms. Heard’s lawsuit asserted that Mr. Depp, through those statements, “launched a nationwide campaign” to discredit her. “What we have is a mountain of unproven allegations that are wild, over the top and implausible.” Ms. Heard has denied hitting Mr. Depp except in defense of herself or her sister. But the six-week trial has encompassed testimony about a vast array of alleged incidents from Mr. Depp and Ms. Heard’s marriage. Ms. Heard’s lawyers described witnesses who said she had told them about the abuse. (Ms. Heard testified that in those instances, she hit him in response to his own aggression.) She has also alleged several instances of sexual assault — including an accusation that he assaulted her with a bottle in Australia in 2015. On Friday morning, about 150 people waited in line to get into the courtroom, with hundreds more lining a nearby road, some of them dressed as Mr. Depp’s movie characters. But now, after hearing other of the actor’s romantic partners speak positively about him, she said she felt confident voicing her support.

Closing arguments in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard $50 million defamation case wrapped up on Friday as the six-week trial comes to a close in Fairfax ...

Vasquez, in her closing, noted that Heard had to revise her testimony about the first time she said she was struck. Depp says he never struck Heard and that she concocted the abuse allegations to gain an advantage in divorce proceedings. Once the jury begins deliberating, a verdict could come as early as Friday afternoon, but deliberations are expected to go into next week. "You either believe all of it, or none of it," she said. The jury began deliberations in the case around 3 p.m. Friday, but after two hours of deliberating, no verdict was returned. Surgeon Richard Moore testified about the severed finger as jurors saw gruesome photos of the injury. If you did tell your friends, they’re part of the hoax." "We’re asking you to finally hold this man responsible," she told the jury. "If you do, he will start a campaign of global humiliation against you." Heard said Depp hit her after she inadvertently laughed at one of his tattoos. Though the counterclaim has received less attention at the trial, Heard lawyer Elaine Bredehoft said it provides an avenue for the jury to compensate Heard for the abuse Depp has inflicted on her by orchestrating a smear campaign against her. "This case for Mr. Depp has never been about money," said Depp lawyer Benjamin Chew. "It is about Mr. Depp’s reputation and freeing him from the prison in which he has lived for the last six years."

The court has heard its final testimonies and the jury will begin deliberations next week. The loser will have to pay the other significant damages.

Significantly, the case is not a criminal case, it is a civil trial. Compared to criminal cases, civil suits also have a lower burden of evidence for proving the accusation. There is no chance that either Depp or Heard will go to prison.