Depp Heard trial

Jurors considering opposing lawsuits brought by former spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continued deliberations on Tuesday after sending a question to ...

The newspaper is not a defendant. Heard denied injuring Depp's finger and said Depp sexually assaulted her that night with a liquor bottle. He said the top of the finger was severed when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him in 2015. The headline said Heard "spoke up against sexual violence - and faced our culture's wrath." The article did not mention Depp by name but his lawyer told jurors it was clear that Heard was referring to him. At the center of the legal case is a December 2018 opinion piece by Heard in the Washington Post in which she made the statement about domestic abuse.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A seven-person civil jury in Virginia will resume deliberations Tuesday in Johnny Depp's libel trial against Amber Heard.

A jury has resumed deliberations after a sensational six-week trial to resolve defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.

During his testimony, Depp testified that he never struck Heard, that she concocted the abuse allegations, and that she was the one who physically attacked him, multiple times. During his testimony, Depp testified that he never struck Heard, that she concocted the abuse allegations, and that she was the one who physically attacked him, multiple times. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, accusing her of libeling him with a 2018 op-ed she wrote describing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse."

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia is deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard .

Heard’s lawyers said most of the article focuses on public policy on domestic violence and that she had a First Amendment right to weigh in on that subject. Because Depp is a public figure, Heard can only be found guilty of libel if the jury decides that she acted with “actual malice,” meaning that she either knew what she wrote was false or that she acted with reckless disregard for the truth. In the article, Heard described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Depp is not mentioned by name in the article, but his lawyers argued that it was clear she was referring to Depp, given that she had publicly accused him of domestic violence during their 2016 divorce proceedings.

Courtroom porn and social media have turned innocent bystanders into a mass of mudslingers.

I wasn’t surprised that the memes about Amber Heard far outnumbered those about Johnny Depp. I wasn’t surprised that the cruel and vitriolic discourse was predominantly aimed at the woman. And the queasier I felt about this behavior—even if millions of others were doing the same—the more I came to realize that distortion, not objectivity, has evolved into an acceptable lingua franca. This blurring of public figures and private lives can do a number on us—as bystanders, as an audience. What’s more, we have become so attuned to this narrow, cynical cycle of social media encounters that we consider the trial not tragic or pathetic, but as a pure car wreck: accessible, tawdry, and immediately gratifying. It’s like going to the opera and reading a couple of translated supertitles but not understanding Italian. And despite whatever else this is, it is a soap opera. As we all do nowadays, we watch or we read or we media-graze about these private turned public spectacles in bits and bytes, fearing that the sheer rancor and vulgarity might leave a kind of virtual stench—or, in my case, worrying that prolonged viewing might be triggering.

Since April 11, when the defamation trial—which pits 58-year-old Hollywood mainstay Johnny Depp against his ex-wife, 36-year-old actor Amber Heard—began in a ...

That’s all, just to put things in perspective.” (See Us Weekly’s “Stars—They’re Just Like Us!,” an approach to paparazzi photography grounded in the prosaic: celebrities as shopping-cart-pushing, Starbucks-toting schlubs.) I wanted Jann to see if he could write, to see if a piece could be written ... to put things in perspective. Depp is old enough to have lived through, and personally experienced, this deconstruction and reconfiguration of the fame machine. Once upon a time, stars lived at a remove from us common folk—insulated from close scrutiny thanks to phalanxes of powerful publicists who could keep media gatekeepers in line. The bumper crop of celebrities—supplied not only by reality TV, but by the rise of social media platforms that created a whole new class of the suddenly famous—meant that media companies no longer needed to be as reflexively deferential to get access.

A verdict is at hand and if Depp wins, he could be awarded $50 million for his claim. The last seven weeks of the trial have also given rise to a social ...

Many have raised concerns about the public humiliation of Heard and the effect it may have on other women fighting legal battles as domestic violence survivors. The concept of the “perfect victim” weighs heavily on survivors – where they are expected to conform to every defining behaviour that may be seen as consistent with victim behaviour. Experts, meanwhile, warn about falling prey to social media’s algorithms, which seem to have amplified the Heard memes and the pro-Depp content. Her crying face became a meme that went on to be used in contexts beyond the case, from brands to influencers. The last seven weeks of the trial have also given rise to a social media spectacle. Many social media users were busy dissecting Heard’s various expressions to understand the “truth” behind her body language.

Jurors deliberated for their first full day in Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard on Tuesday, as they posted a question to the ...

One of the statements is, “Then two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out.” The other statement is, “I had the vantage point of seeing, in real time, how institutions protect men accused of abuse.” “It is clear that the title is the statement.” On the jury verdict forms, the headline is one of three statements that the jury has to weigh in determining whether to rule for Depp. The seven jurors also have to decide whether statements in the content of the op-ed are defamatory.

The waiting continued Tuesday at the Fairfax County Courthouse, but some Johnny Depp fans are sticking around to show their loyalty to the actor.

Fans debated whether they would commit to spending Wednesday at the courthouse. Depp’s daily appearance in the courthouse has led to a circus outside of it. “I’m going to stay here only because I wanted to say hello — they’re going to leave after the verdict,” she said. “I’m here to support him and hope he gets the verdict he deserves.” A handful of fans and curious observers sat in the hallway outside courtroom 5J, where the seven-week trial has been taking place, and compared notes on what they knew about Depp’s status. Someone set up a cluster of microphones in front of the courthouse in case the verdict is reached, and the attorneys want to have a news conference.

"Let's hope the jury has this in-depth way of thinking," one user wrote.

Let's hope the Jury has this indepth way of thinking. Moore shows an example of the Depp-Heard trial form that the jury is considering. He answers yes to the following questions: The one question that Moore was hesitant about was surrounding if the statement was false. - If the statement had a "defamatory implication" about Depp. The viral video has over 200,000 views and 20,000 likes.

A seven-person civil jury in Virginia will resume deliberations Tuesday in Johnny Depp's libel trial against Amber Heard. What the jury considers will be ...

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — After a six-week trial, a civil jury jury in Virginia is deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.