The jury reached a verdict within the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial Wednesday — with a unanimous verdict on all three counts in favor of Depp, whereas Heard additionally gained for one among three claims in her personal defamation countersuit — however the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star was not on deck to listen to the outcomes.
Since closing arguments wrapped up on Friday, Depp, 58, jet-setted from the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom to the UK.
“Because of beforehand scheduled work commitments made earlier than the trial, Mr. Depp is not going to be bodily current for right now’s 3 p.m. verdict and can be watching from the UK,” a supply near the actor advised The Put up.
Heard, nonetheless, was within the courtroom, ready for the decision to be learn.
“Your presence reveals the place your priorities are. Johnny Depp performs guitar within the UK whereas Amber Heard waits for a verdict in Virginia,” a rep for Heard advised The Put up. “Depp is taking his snickering and lack of seriousness on tour.”
The panel of jurors awarded Depp a complete of $15 million in damages after deliberating for about 13 hours. The choose, nonetheless, capped the quantity in damages he might obtain at $350,000.
In a press release to The Put up, the actress stated she was “heartbroken” in regards to the verdict in favor of Depp. “The frustration I really feel right now is past phrases,” she stated.
Depp, in his personal assertion obtained by The Put up, applauded that “the jury gave me my life again. I'm actually humbled,” including, “One of the best is but to come back and a brand new chapter has lastly begun.”
After the decision, a fan captured a high-fiving Depp at The Bridge Tavern brewpub in Newcastle.
And earlier than, Depp was noticed leaving the 100 Queen’s Gate Resort London, the place suites can price as much as $2,985 an evening, the Each day Mail reported.
The actor, accused of home abuse throughout his marriage to Heard, spent his Memorial Day weekend onstage at Jeff Beck live shows: two in Sheffield and one in London.
On the third evening, fan video captured Depp and Beck waving collectively and embracing on stage.
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The actor wore a bandana to carry again his lengthy, blond hair. The duo carried out a rendition of their 2020 collaboration “Isolation,” a canopy of a track John Lennon launched in 1970.
Viewers members cheered, “We love you, Johnny!” — and gave the Hollywood star a standing ovation.
Depp’s former lover and up to date rebuttal witness Kate Moss additionally attended the London present. Sources stated he invited her.
The supermodel appeared in court docket on Could 25 to testify that Depp didn't throw her down a flight of steps like Heard claimed he did.
“He by no means pushed me, kicked me, or threw me down any stairs,” Moss, wanting elegant in a white pussybow shirt and black blazer, stated with a smirk.
The jury, who had Monday off in observance of the vacation, began deliberations on Friday. Whereas Depp was en path to occasion like a rockstar, the seven-person jury had a query for Choose Penney Azcarate.
The query was whether or not they discovered the headline of the op-ed — which learn, “I spoke up in opposition to sexual violence — and confronted our tradition’s wrath” — to be false.
Azcarate advised the Fairfax, Virginia, court docket that the jury was asking if the query associated to only the headline itself or the whole op-ed.
She stated she would instruct the jurors that they have been to think about the headline — and never the op-ed as an entire.
“The assertion is the headline and never the whole op-ed,” the choose stated.
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