Depp vs Heard verdict

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.

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 verdict for the defamation trial will be read this week.

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The jury has been deliberating all day on Tuesday as spectators eagerly await a verdict outside the Virginia courthouse.

First, the jury could rule completely in Depp's favor, meaning Depp would be awarded the entire $50 million he sought in his lawsuit. With the jury continuing its deliberations in the Johnny Depp v. The court has heard audio recordings of the couple's volatile arguments, graphic details of Depp's severed finger injury and Heard's alleged bruising, among other key moments.

The jury in the bitter defamation trial between "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard concluded deliberations for the day ...

Heard said she did not know how the injury occurred. Depp and Heard each spent days on the witness stand during the televised trial, which was attended by hundreds of fans of the "Pirates" star and accompanied by a #JusticeForJohnnyDepp campaign on social media. The jury in the bitter defamation trial between "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard concluded deliberations for the day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict.

Amber Heard is raising her baby daughter in a California desert town, while Johnny Depp is already leaning into his music career performing shows abroad as ...

We're asking you to just look at the damages in this case and just be fair and reasonable in whatever you determine." In turn, Heard is countersuing for $100 million, claiming he defamed her when his lawyer Adam Waldman gave public statements calling her allegations an "abuse hoax" and "fake." She explained to the jury, "We're not asking you to give $100 million. Back in November 2020, the actor lost the libel lawsuit case in London against British tabloid The Sun for calling him a "wife-beater." The court upheld the outlet's claims as being "substantially true" and Heard testified to back up the claims. The future is yet to be decided," he said of a possible Depp return as Capt. Jack Sparrow. Beck added at the time, "You'll be hearing more from Johnny and me in a little while but until then we hope you find some comfort and solidarity in our take on this Lennon classic." Per his Instagram bio, Depp is an "occasional thespian," and as he testified in court, music has always been his first passion. His former longtime agent, however, testified that Depp had begun cultivating a negative track record for being "unprofessional" and late to movie sets, making studios "reluctant" to hire him. She'll return as Mera in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, a sequel to the blockbuster 2018 original that also stars Jason Momoa. Filming is already done, with a release date currently set for March 17, 2023. she wrote on Instagram March 28, sharing a photo of herself leaping on a mountainside in her 19th-century costume for the thriller. People want to put my baby in the microwave, and they tell me that," said Heard. With the highly publicized trial coming to a close soon (the jury is currently deliberating on Depp's defamation claims and Heard's countersuit), here's what's next for Depp, 58, and Heard, 36.