{"id":31192,"date":"2022-05-31T22:47:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-verdict-in-depp-heard-defamation-cases-as-jury-ends-days-deliberations\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T22:47:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:47:58","slug":"no-verdict-in-depp-heard-defamation-cases-as-jury-ends-days-deliberations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-verdict-in-depp-heard-defamation-cases-as-jury-ends-days-deliberations\/","title":{"rendered":"No verdict in Depp, Heard defamation cases as jury ends day&#8217;s deliberations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">May 31 (Reuters) &#8211; Jurors considering the opposing lawsuits from actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard deliberated for hours on Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the multimillion-dollar defamation fight that aired unsettling details about their troubled marriage.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">The seven-person jury is expected to resume their discussions on Wednesday morning in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Depp, the 58-year-old &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; star, sued Heard for $ 50 million and argued that she defamed him when she called herself &#8220;a public figure representing domestic abuse&#8221; in a newspaper opinion piece.<\/p>\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__container__2jf5K registration-prompt__inline__2WDU- article-body__element__2p5pI article-body__inline-registration-prompt__1-N9W\">\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__text-content__o0YET\">\n<h5 data-testid=\"Heading\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_5__2krbj heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_5__2A2g- registration-prompt__heading__3fq-h\">Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com<\/h5>\n<p><button data-testid=\"Button\" class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__secondary__18moI button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX registration-prompt__button-text__3kTtQ\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"Text\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">Register<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Heard, 36, countersued for $ 100 million, saying Depp smeared her when his lawyer called her accusations a &#8220;hoax.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Depp has denied hitting Heard or any woman and said she was the one who turned violent in their relationship.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Depp and Heard met in 2011 while filming &#8220;The Rum Diary&#8221; and wed in February 2015. Their divorce was finalized about two years later.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">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.  The article did not mention Depp by name but his lawyer di lui told jurors it was clear that Heard was referring to him.  read more <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">During deliberations on Tuesday, the seven-person jury asked Judge Penney Azcarate whether they should consider the entire article or just the headline.  The headline said Heard &#8220;spoke up against sexual violence &#8211; and faced our culture&#8217;s wrath.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"gallery-0\" domain=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\" article_url=\"\/world\/us\/jury-resume-deliberations-dueling-johnny-depp-amber-heard-claims-2022-05-31\/\">\n<div class=\"inline-gallery__detail__3ZG21\">\n<div class=\"caption__container__1o2DX inline-gallery__caption__1BuRa\">\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__caption__3L8vY caption__text__GE-bd caption__collapsed__XIFyB\">Actor Johnny Depp gestures as he leaves the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse following his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, in Fairfax, Virginia, US REUTERS \/ Evelyn Hockstein<\/p>\n<p><button data-testid=\"Button\" class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__ghost__1gV9w button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX caption__readmore__V8B-O caption__collapsed__XIFyB\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"Text\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-8\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Azcarate said she would tell the jury that the headline was the statement they should consider to reach their verdict.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-9\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">During six weeks of testimony, Heard&#8217;s attorneys argued that she had told the truth and that her comments were covered as free speech under the US Constitution&#8217;s First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-10\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Throughout the case, jurors listened to recordings of the couple&#8217;s fights and saw graphic photos of Depp&#8217;s bloody finger.  He said the top of the finger was severed when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him in 2015.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-11\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Heard denied injuring Depp&#8217;s finger and said Depp sexually assaulted her that night with a liquor bottle.  She said she struck him only to defend herself or her sister di lei.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-12\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Testimony was livestreamed widely on social media, drawing large audiences to hear details about the couple&#8217;s rocky relationship.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-13\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Once among Hollywood&#8217;s biggest stars, Depp said Heard&#8217;s allegations cost him &#8220;everything.&#8221;  A new &#8220;Pirates&#8221; movie was put on hold and Depp was replaced in the &#8220;Fantastic Beasts&#8221; film franchise, a &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; spinoff.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-14\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Depp lost a libel case less than two years ago against the Sun, a British tabloid that labeled him a &#8220;wife beater.&#8221;  A London High Court judge ruled that he had repeatedly assaulted Heard.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-15\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Depp&#8217;s lawyers filed the US case in Fairfax County, Virginia, because the Washington Post is printed there.  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