Jury deliberating the defamation claims are set to resume deliberations today<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline and Ap <\/p>\n
Published:<\/span> 5:03 am EDT, June 1, 2022 <\/time> <\/span> | Updated:<\/span> 8:17 am EDT, June 1, 2022 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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A petition calling for DC Warner Bros to drop Amber Heard from the role of Queen Mera in Aqaman 2 has topped 4.4 million signatures as the jury in the blockbuster defamation trial with her ex Johnny Depp continue their deliberations.<\/p>\n
The petition alleges that Heard has been ‘exposed as a domestic abuser by Johnny Depp’ during their multimillion-dollar court battle.<\/p>\n
So far, over 4.4 million people have signed the petition, which is just short of the target of 4.5 million signatures. <\/p>\n
If the petition reached 4.5 million signatures, it will become one of the ‘top signed on Change.org’.<\/p>\n
It comes as the jury deliberating the dueling defamation claims from Depp and Heard are set to resume their deliberations today after failing to reach a resolution in the widely watched six-week trial on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nA petition calling for DC Warner Bros to drop Amber Heard (pictured leaving court on Friday) from the role of Queen Mera in Aqaman 2 has topped 4.4 million signatures as the jury in the blockbuster defamation trial with her ex Johnny Depp continue their deliberations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nSo far, over 4.4 million people have signed the petition, which is just short of the target of 4.5 million signatures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nAmber Heard as Princess Mera in the first Aquaman film in 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The seven-person civil jury heard closing arguments Friday and deliberated for about two hours before leaving for the long Memorial Day weekend. Jurors then deliberated another seven hours on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
They are scheduled to resume deliberations Wednesday in Fairfax County Circuit Court.<\/p>\n
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.’ Heard filed a $ 100 million counterclaim against the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star after his lawyer di lei called her allegations a hoax. Each accuses the other of destroying their career.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
During closing arguments, both sides told the jury that a verdict in their favor would give their clients their lives back.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Depp’s attorneys asked Judge Penney Azcarate to instruct the jury to disregard a portion of the closing argument made by Heard’s attorney.<\/p>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nActor Johnny Depp waves to fans as he leaves the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse on Friday after the closing arguments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In their written motion, Depp’s attorneys said Heard’s lawyer told the jury that its decision in the case would send a message to ‘every victim of domestic abuse everywhere.’ Heard attorney Benjamin Rottenborn told the jury that a ruling against Heard ‘sends a message that no matter what you do as an abuse victim, you always have to do more.’<\/p>\n
‘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’t send that message, ‘Rottenborn said.<\/p>\n
Depp’s attorneys argued that Rottenborn’s argument improperly asked the jury to focus on a larger social objective than the case they are being asked to decide.<\/p>\n
‘Such argument by Ms. Heard’s counsel improperly invites the jury to decide the case `based on passion and prejudice’ and a specific jury instruction is necessary to cure this impropriety, ‘Depp’s lawyers argued.<\/p>\n
The judge told Depp’s attorneys in court that she would not entertain the motion because the case is in the hands of the jury now.<\/p>\n
A public relations firm for Heard did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment on the motion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Petition to get Amber Heard dropped from Aquaman 2 hits 4.4million just shy of target as jury in defamation trial with Johnny Depp continues deliberations The petition demands that Warner Bros drop Amber Heard from Aquaman 2 So far, over 4.4 million people have signed – just short of the target of 4.5 million Jury …<\/p>\n
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