Johnny Depp and 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 then deliberated another seven hours on Tuesday. They are scheduled to resume deliberations Wednesday in Fairfax County Circuit Court.Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, accusing her of libelling him with a 2018 op-ed she wrote describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Heard filed a $100-million counterclaim against the Pirates of the Caribbean star after his lawyer called her allegations a hoax.
Each accuses the other of destroying their career. Johnny Depp, Amber Heard fates now lie in hands of the jury as deliberations begin Testimony during the six-week trial featured a litany of lurid details of their short marriage.