Amber Heard Expected To Testify Again In Johnny Depp $50M Trial; Closing Arguments Set For May 27
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will apparently have the last word in Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation trial against her for a 2018 Washington Post op-ed on domestic violence.As the marquee name in the defense’s short rebuttal, the Aquaman star is expected to take the stand again in the Fairfax County Courthouse tomorrow, we hear.
Depp’s side has one more rebuttal witness left, which will likely eat up the first hour or so of the morning.If nothing changes, Heard will close out the last day of witnesses in the six week long trial that started on April 11.
With around an hour of time left in the defense’s case and just over a week after Heard was last on the stand, the actress will be the very last witness before closing arguments start bright and early on May 27.Relentless attacked on social media before and during the trial and claiming her career has been hobbled, a frequently tearful Heard testified that the dirty laundry airing trial was “torture.” Testifying in early May and last week, Heard added on May 16: “I want to move on; I want Johnny to move on.”Representatives for Heard had no comment when contacted by Deadline about their client testifying again.
As occurred with Depp himself earlier this week, who may or may not be taking the stand can prove fluid. After testimony in late April, Depp was going to be called by the defense, as Deadline revealed on May 21, but then Heard’s sometimes out flanked legal team shifted priorities.In the end, Johnny Depp’s own legal team put their often glib and giggling client back on the stand today.
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