Who won the Depp versus Heard trial and what was the jury’s verdict?

The seven-person civil jury (five men, two women) has found in favour of Johnny Depp in the high-profile court case against Amber Heard. They found that he was in the right on all three counts brought by Depp’s legal team, awarding him $15 million in compensation. Heard’s countersuit was successful on one count and she was awarded $2 million.

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The initial verdict was scheduled for 3:00 ET but eventually delivered twenty minutes later after a brief logistical mishap, the lead juror confirmed their unanimous decision at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia. “As against Amber Heard, we the jury award compensatory damages in the amount of $10 million. As against Amber Heard, we the jury award punitive damages in the amount of $5 million”.

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13 hours of deliberation

After approximately 13 hours of deliberations, the jury found in favor of the “Pirate of the Caribbean” actor on all three grounds of his defamation claim, awarding him 15 million dollars in damages as they found that Amber Heard had made false statements in describing herself as a victim of domestic violence, and that she had acted “with malicious intent”.

The seven jurors, unanimous, also found that Johnny Depp had defamed Amber Heard, awarding her $2 million in financial compensation.

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The actress who was present in court (Depp is currently in the United Kingdom), received the verdict with a serious countenance and later issued a statement confirming her disappointment with the verdict.

“I am devastated that the mountain of evidence was not enough to deal with the far greater power, influence and ascendancy of my ex-husband,” she said in a statement.

Depp reacted to the news with a statement of his own and posted on Instagram. “The jury gave me back to life,” he claimed.