By Associated Press
FAIRFAX: A jury is scheduled to listen to closing arguments Friday in Johnny Depp’s high-profile libel lawsuit towards ex-wife Amber Heard.
Each facet can have two hours to summarize their case in a trial that has stretched on for six weeks. With broadcast cameras within the courtroom, a star trial that garnered intense curiosity from the outset has solely gained momentum as followers have weighed in on social media and lined up in a single day for coveted courtroom seats.
Depp is suing Heard for $50 million in Virginia’s Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His attorneys say he was defamed by the article though it by no means talked about his title.
Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim towards Depp after his lawyer referred to as her allegations a hoax.
Depp says he by no means struck Heard and that she concocted the abuse allegations to realize a bonus in divorce proceedings.
Heard testified about greater than a dozen episodes of bodily and sexual assault that she stated Depp inflicted on her.
