Newly discovered facts” show Juror No. 15 in the trial was not the individual summoned in April to serve in the case, Heard’s attorney wrote.
FAIRFAX, Va. — One of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial served improperly, an attorney for Heard alleged in a recent filing that asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial.
Instead, the filing suggests Juror No. 15 was a younger individual with the same last name who “apparently” lives at the same address. Depp sued his ex-wife over a December 2018 op-ed Heard wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Much of the testimony focused on whether Heard had been physically and sexually abused, as she claimed. Depp said he never hit Heard and that she was the abuser. on all three of his claims relating to specific statements in the 2018 piece.
The latest filing said a “jury panel list” in the case included a person who would have been 77 at the time of the trial. Voter registration information lists two individuals with the same last name “apparently” residing at the same address, said the filing, in which the names were redacted.
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