Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAmber Heard told jurors on Thursday that she has been humiliated by the defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp, and deserves to reclaim her voice.Heard was the final witness called in the trial, which has been underway for the last six weeks in Fairfax, Va.
Both sides rested their rebuttal cases on Thursday. Closing arguments will be made on Friday, and then the jury will begin deliberations, which are expected to extend into next week.Depp has accused Heard of destroying his career with fabricated allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault.
She has also filed a $100 million counterclaim, alleging she has suffered emotional trauma and career damage from claims that she has perpetrated an “abuse hoax.” On Thursday morning, Heard spoke in emotional terms about seeing her own testimony about sexual assault mocked on social media.“It’s been agonizing,” she said. “This is humiliating for any human being to go through.
Perhaps it’s easy to forget that, but I am a human being. Even though Johnny promised that I deserve this, and he’d do this, I don’t deserve this.”Both Depp and Heard testified at length earlier in the trial.
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