After six weeks, the contentious defamation trial between actors and former spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard went to a jury Friday afternoon. The jury is expected to resume their deliberations Tuesday morning.
What to know as the jury deliberates a verdict in Depp-Heard trial
Who testified to what? What will determine the outcome? What’s the scene like in and out of the courtroom?
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The trial is being held in the Fairfax County Courthouse, since The Post’s servers and printing presses are in Fairfax County. The Post is not a defendant in the case. The trial also came after Depp lost a libel case in 2020 in which he sued the British tabloid the Sun, and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, for publishing a story referring to Depp as a “wife beater.”
The jury is deciding two verdicts at once as it deliberates over both Depp and Heard’s defamation claims. Here’s everything we know so far.