Eight bombshells as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's lawyers fight hard on last day

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's trial concluded today with both legal teams pulling out all the stops to try to convince the jury to side with them.Following a six-week trial, with Depp, 58, and Heard, 36, making shocking allegations on both sides, the stars' lawyers made one final impassioned plea in their closing speeches.In Johnny's corner, his attorney Camille Vasquez called Amber Heard a "deeply, troubled person desperate for attention."While Amber's lawyer Ben Rottenborn used his time to read out dark texts from the actor about wanting to "burn" his now ex-wife.The jury is now set to face agonising hours of deliberations about who will come out victorious.We have taken a look at the bombshell moments from the closing arguments today.

The day began with Depp's lawyer Camile Vasquez giving their side's closing speech."There is an abuser in this courtroom, but it is not Mr Depp.

And there is a victim of domestic abuse in this courtroom, but it is not Ms Heard," she said.She said the evidence has shown "Ms Heard is in fact the abuser".Depp, 58, suffered "persistent verbal, physical and emotional abuse" during their time together," the lawyer said.When the pair's relationship was over she inflicted "greatest and cruellest injury of all" by "falsely" naming him as an abuser, she said.Ms Vasquez played audio recordings to the jury of what she says is Heard "admitting to being physically violent with" Depp.In one of the recordings, Heard, 38, says: "I was hitting you...

you're fine... you're a f****** baby... I did start a physical fight," she said in the recording.Ms Vasquez said this is the "real Ms Heard", not the one jurors have witnessed in court.She added that in no recording does the Pirates of the Caribbean actor.