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Amber Heard Can Be in Court for Johnny Depp Testimony in Libel Trial, U.K. Judge Says

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Johnny Depp's lawyers have failed to stop the American actor's ex-wife, Amber Heard, from attending his libel trial against the British tabloid newspaper The Sun until she is called to give evidence.

In a court order published on Saturday, trial judge Andrew Nicol said that excluding Heard from the London courtroom before she testifies in the case "would inhibit the defendants in the conduct of their defense." Depp, 57, is suing The Sun's publisher, News Group Newspapers, and executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article claiming the actor was violent and abusive to Heard.

He strongly denies the allegations. Depp's lawyers had asked the judge to keep Heard from attending the trial until the 34-year-old actress and model appears to give.

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