{"id":31848,"date":"2022-06-01T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T10:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/has-the-jury-reached-a-verdict\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T10:04:03","slug":"has-the-jury-reached-a-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/has-the-jury-reached-a-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Has the jury reached a verdict?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Here is what happened in the defamation case between exes Johnny Depp and Amber Heard\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A jury finished a second day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the defamation claims of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The seven-person civil jury resumed deliberations Tuesday morning.  After hearing closing arguments and deliberating for about two hours Friday, the jury was excused for the long Memorial Day weekend by Judge Penney Azcarate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jurors deliberated for seven hours on Tuesday, and they are scheduled to resume deliberations Wednesday in Fairfax County Circuit Court.  Judge Azcarate is expected to read the verdict when it is reached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Depp is suing Heard for $ 50 million, accusing her of libeling him with a 2018 op-ed she wrote describing herself as &#8220;a public figure representing domestic abuse.&#8221;  Heard filed a $ 100 million counterclaim against the &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; star after his lawyer di lei called her allegations a hoax.  Each accuses the other of destroying their career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Read the closing arguments:<\/strong>Johnny Depp, Amber Heard&#8217;s libel case is in jurors&#8217; hands.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Johnny rocks out:<\/strong><strong>Johnny Depp gives surprise guitar performance<\/strong> with Jeff Beck in the UK as libel trial verdict awaits<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Testimony during the six-week trial featured a litany of lurid details of their short marriage.  Heard testified that Depp physically or sexually assaulted her more than a dozen times.  During his testimony di lui, 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.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During closing arguments, both sides told the jury that a verdict in their favor would give their clients their lives back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Tuesday, Depp&#8217;s attorneys asked Judge Azcarate to instruct the jury to disregard a portion of the closing argument made by Heard&#8217;s attorney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In their written motion, Depp&#8217;s attorneys said Heard&#8217;s lawyer told the jury that its decision in the case would send a message to &#8220;every victim of domestic abuse everywhere.&#8221;  Heard attorney Benjamin Rottenborn told the jury that a ruling against Heard &#8220;sends a message that no matter what you do as an abuse victim, you always have to do more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;No matter how honest you are about your own imperfections and your own shortcomings in a relationship, you have to be perfect in order for people to believe you. Don&#8217;t send that message,&#8221; Rottenborn said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Johnny Depp, Amber Heard libel trial:<\/strong>Everything that&#8217;s happened so far<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Depp, Heard trial is in deliberations:<\/strong>Your lawsuit FAQs, answered<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Depp&#8217;s attorneys argued that Rottenborn&#8217;s argument improperly asked the jury to focus on a larger social objective than the case they are being asked to decide.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Such argument by Ms. Heard&#8217;s counsel improperly invites the jury to decide the case &#8216;based on passion and prejudice&#8217; and a specific jury instruction is necessary to cure this impropriety,&#8221; Depp&#8217;s lawyers argued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The judge told Depp&#8217;s attorneys in court that she would not entertain the motion because the case is in the hands of the jury now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A public relations firm for Heard did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment on the motion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Opinion:<\/strong>Amber Heard lost in the court of public opinion.  Johnny Depp&#8217;s fans made sure of that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Who is Camille Vasquez ?:<\/strong>Johnny Depp&#8217;s internet-famous lawyer is inspiring Latina admirers<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contributing: Denise Lavoie, The Associated Press;  Amy Haneline, USA TODAY<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/05\/USAT\/b0158d97-251a-46a5-af48-41db8960d237-AP22125483804029.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/05\/USAT\/b0158d97-251a-46a5-af48-41db8960d237-AP22125483804029.jpg?crop=2999,1687,x0,y83&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A jury finished a second day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the defamation claims of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage. The seven-person civil jury resumed deliberations Tuesday morning. After hearing closing arguments and deliberating for about two hours Friday, the jury was excused for the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/has-the-jury-reached-a-verdict\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Has the jury reached a verdict?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/27\/USAT\/5920f477-24e5-450a-ac65-3c798d7bb1e8-Depp_Heard.jpg?ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/05\/27\/USAT\/5920f477-24e5-450a-ac65-3c798d7bb1e8-Depp_Heard.jpg?width=660&height=528&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}