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By DENISE LAVOIE FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury has resumed deliberations after a sensational six-week trial to resolve defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage. The seven-person civil jury heard closing arguments Friday and deliberated for about two hours before leaving for the long Memorial Day weekend. Jurors resumed deliberations in Fairfax County Circuit Court just after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, accusing her of libeling him with a…

Former Beatle Paul McCartney is currently criss-crossing his way across the country on his latest tour, but rather than normal post-concert topics like set lists and stage designs, some of the conversation after his latest stop has been about his perceived support for Johnny Depp. The rock legend performed “My Valentine” at a stop earlier this week in Orlando, Florida, and during the song, he projected shots from the music video onto a big screen, shots which included Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp.According to TMZ, the…

For the past six weeks, Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation trial has remained a viral case, as over 100 hours of testimonies have been delivered in the Virginia court and broadcast on CourtTV. Following riches of information from Depp and his lawyers on his side of the story and Amber Heard’s defense, a seven-person jury is tasked with coming to a unanimous decision regarding whether Heard defamed the Pirates star. So what happens next? The jury will continue to deliberate on the case after the holiday weekend, this…

Jurors in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will not consider whether Adam Waldman, Depp’s former attorney who was kicked off of the case, had free speech protections when he made allegedly defamatory statements against Heard. In a key ruling on jury instructions, the judge overseeing the case sided with Heard’s lawyers Thursday that Waldman does not qualify for privilege, a defense from defamation, because his statements were not in response to anything Heard said or wrote. A ruling the…

A dynamic that may decide the fate of the defamation duel between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard emerged on Friday during closing arguments: Depp played up evidence that he argues vindicates him of abuse, while Heard played up standards of law that she argues must lead the jury to find in her favor. Over six weeks of trial, dozens of witnesses and exhibits have been shown to the jury tasked with determining whether the actors defamed each other through over three years of public mudslinging in the press. They will…

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial headed toward its conclusion on Friday as the dueling parties offered closing arguments after a seven-week trial that has gripped public attention and become something of a litmus test for the state of gender relations.The case will next head for deliberation by seven of 11 impaneled jurors selected for the trial in April.The legal team for Heard, the defendant in the case, told jurors to “think about the message that Mr Depp and his attorneys are sending to Amber and victims…

Testimony ended Thursday in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation case with Heard telling jurors that she suffers minute-by-minute harassment, including death threats, and daily trauma requiring special “rules” in her life to prevent anxiety attacks.“My friends have to live with a set of unspoken rules about how they can touch me,” the 36-year-old Aquaman actor told the court in what amounted to the final reel of the hearing in the long-running case.Heard said she just wants “Johnny to leave me alone”.In Heard’s last…

The 75th Cannes film festival opened against a backdrop of international crisis as jury president Vincent Lindon mounted an impassioned case for the event’s ongoing relevance. Acknowledging the rumbling noises-off of the war in Ukraine and a persistent pandemic, the French actor said that, given the “turbulent times” in the world at large, the festival’s role was more vital than ever.“Do you think the world will change if we stop Cannes?” he said. “No. If it would, then I’m sure we’d stop Cannes. But I think the opposite.…