After six weeks, the defamation trial between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard comes to an end with closing arguments.
The Associated PressActor Johnny Depp testifies in the courtroom in the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a 'public figure representing domestic abuse.'Johnny Depp's lawyers asked a jury Friday "to give Mr.
Heard "ruined his life by falsely telling the world she was a survivor of domestic abuse at the hands of Mr. Depp," lawyer Camille Vasquez told the jury in closing arguments. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million US 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." While the article doesn't mention Depp's name, his lawyers say he was defamed by it because of Heard's earlier public allegations against him.
Actor Amber Heard testifies in the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse, May 26, 2022. Heard has testified about more than a dozen episodes of physical and sexual assault that she said Depp inflicted on her. Each side will have two hours to summarize their case in a trial that has stretched on for six weeks. With broadcast cameras in the courtroom, a celebrity trial that garnered intense interest from the outset has only gained momentum as fans have weighed in on social media and lined up overnight for courtroom seats.Support is available for anyone who has been abused or assaulted.
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