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Amber Heard’s legal team asks for Johnny Depp’s trial verdict to be overturned due to alleged fraudulent juror, lack of evidence

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Amber Heard’s legal team has submitted new documents asking the judge in the defamation case with ex-husband Johnny Depp to overturn the ruling in the case on the grounds that the ruling was not supported by evidence. Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that one of the jurors in the case may have been a fraud and suggests that juror 15 was significantly younger than his stated age. According to the deposit (via Watchman), the 43-page recording file states that the jury’s verdict, which held Heard responsible for three allegations of defamation…

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Judge rejects Amber Heard’s bid to dismiss defamation case

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Johnny Depp’s lawyers rested their defamation trial case against Amber Heard on Tuesday after 13 days of testimony, and moments later, Heard’s legal team filed a motion to dismiss the entire case. However, Judge Penny Azcaret rejected the motion on two counts, though she also stated that she would take the third count — one involving retweeting a Washington Post opinion piece in the center of the case — under supervision at this time. The trial will go ahead. Heard’s attorney, Ben Rothenborn, petitioned to dismiss the lawsuit largely as…

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Amber Heard launches PR team before testifying in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial

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Amber Heard launched her crisis PR firm, Precision Strategies, days before she testified in the ongoing court battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp. to me New York PostHeard launched Precision Strategies Thursday, due to negative press stemming from the libel trial. Heard’s new team will be led by PR veteran David Sheen and his firm Shane Communications, according to wrap. Shane Communications is the same company that previously represented The Management Group when Depp sued them in 2017 in a $25 million fraud case. That legal battle was settled in 2018.…

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Johnny Depp says he refused to return Pirates of the Caribbean in court testimony

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Johnny Depp says there’s nothing Disney can do to get him back on it Pirates of the Caribbean. During questioning in the defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard on Wednesday, Depp admitted he did not want to return to the franchise that saw the actor play one of his most memorable roles, Captain Jack Sparrow. Depp is currently suing Heard for $50 million, claiming that the accusations that Heard made in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, although Depp was never mentioned by name, destroyed his career and reputation. One…

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Amber Heard thanks her fans ahead of Johnny Depp’s defamation trial

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The upcoming defamation trial between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard begins on Monday, and before court proceedings begin, Heard has taken to social media to thank her supporters. On Saturday, Heard posted on Instagram that she will be offline for the next several weeks as she faces Depp in court. In the post, Heard wrote about the support she has received from her fans and others and how she will count on it in the coming weeks. Heard wrote, “I’ll be going offline for the next several weeks. You…

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