Judge rejects Amber Heard’s bid to dismiss defamation case

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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