Jury deliberations begin in Johnny Depp, Amber Heard trial: Here are the possible outcomes
Johnny Depp violently abused
Amber Heard more than a dozen times during their four-year relationship. Or, the 36-year-old actress orchestrated this hoax to extort Depp during their contentious 2016 divorce and "ruin him" for leaving her. That's, in part, what a jury will have to decide when deliberations begin in the
pair's defamation trial — there's little middle ground in the he-said, she-said case.
On Friday,
the sixth anniversary of when Heard filed for a temporary restraining order, the actors were in a Virginia courtroom hoping for vindication. Each side offered closing arguments to the jury wrapping up a seven-week
media circus. Depp's internet famous lawyer Camille Vasquez, who handled Heard's
tough cross-examinations, was the first one to deliver final remarks. She implored the jury to "give Mr. Depp his life back" and "hold Ms. Heard accountable for her lies."
"[Heard] ruined his life by falsely telling the world she's a survivor of domestic abuse at the hands of Mr. Depp," Vasquez declared. "There is an abuser in this courtroom and it is not Mr. Depp."
Depp sued Heard for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote in the
Washington Post about surviving sexual violence and abuse. Specifically, the actor claims three statements she made are defamatory as
he's steadfast in his assertion that he never abused the actress.
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