Jury deliberations begin in Johnny Depp, Amber Heard trial: Here are the possible outcomes
Johnny Depp violently *****d
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 ***** at the hands of Mr. Depp," Vasquez declared. "There is an *****r 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 *****. Specifically, the actor claims three statements she made are defamatory as
he's steadfast in his assertion that he never *****d the actress.
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