Johnny Depp trial: Jury deliberation begins in Amber Heard defamation trial

metro.co.uk:

Johnny Depp’s bombshell defamation case against Amber Heard.The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 58, is suing his ex-wife, 36, for defamation over an article she wrote in 2018, in the Washington Post, discussing her experience with domestic abuse.Following several weeks of emotional scenes, lawyers for both parties presented their closing arguments on day 24, with the jury beginning their deliberations.It is not known when they will return with a decision.The trial began on April 11 and has seen the former couple take to the stand, alongside witnesses including Kate Moss, Heard’s sister Whitney, and Depp’s former bodyguard.At the beginning of the proceedings, the court heard the Edward Scissorhands star insist that he had never struck a woman in his life.He returned to the stand this week and alleged that the Aquaman actress had attacked him while on their honeymoon, in 2015.His lawyer asked what it had been like to listen to her testimony, given earlier this month, to which he said: ‘It’s insane to hear heinous accusations of violence, sexual violence, that she has attributed to me, that she has accused me of.‘I don’t think anyone enjoys having to split themselves open and tell the truth but there are times when one simply has to because it’s got out of control.‘Horrible.

Ridiculous. Humiliating. Ludicrous. Painful. Savage. Unimaginably brutal. Cruel and all false. All false.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video‘No human being is perfect, none of us.

But I have never in my life committed sexual battery, physical abuse, all these outlandish, outrageous stories of me committing these things and living with it for six years, and waiting to be able to.