Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe jury has reached a verdict in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
The verdict is set to be read at 3 p.m. Eastern Time (12 p.m. PT).The attorneys from each side are expected to assemble shortly at the courthouse in Fairfax County, Va., to hear the jury’s decision.
Depp will not be in attendance, and will watch from the United Kingdom. Heard has been awaiting the verdict in Virginia.The jurors — five men and two women — began deliberating on Friday afternoon, and were asked to decide whether Heard or Depp defamed each other in statements about their relationship.Depp brought the $50 million lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019, alleging that Heard had implicitly accused him of domestic violence in a December 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post.
In the piece, Heard had called herself a “public figure representing domestic abuse,” and spoke about the backlash she had received for speaking out.
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