Amber Heard is calling for a mistrial to be declared in her legal battle with Johnny Depp after the wrong juror was allegedly summoned in the defamation trial.
Amber Heard has called for a mistrial in her continuous legal battle with Johnny Depp. Depp won his libel lawsuit against Heard, which accused his former spouse of defaming him after an op-ed she wrote that said he was an abuser. Depp was awarded $15 million in damages, while Heard was awarded $2 million in her countersuit for compensatory damages.
The long-running legal battle began after Depp sued News Group Newspapers for calling him a"wife-beater" based on the op-ed that Heard published in The Washington Post. Depp lost that trial, then sued Heard for $50 million over libel related to the op-ed. Depp claimed that Heard's op-ed cost him multiple film roles, including Pirates of the Caribbean 6 and the part of Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts franchise.
Heard released a statement after she lost the trial, saying she was "disappointed" and called the verdict a "setback" for women who speak up against domestic abuse. Depp also issued a statement, saying that he was "humbled" by the verdict and that "a new chapter has begun" for the actor.
The Depp/Heard trial has been a contentious one, punctuated by being on live TV, causing a media storm of coverage that has continued to unfurl. The possibility of a mistrial is an interesting twist to the case, but based on the legal reasoning behind it, it's questionable if it would impact the current verdict in the public's eye.
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