The legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has come to a close

After seven weeks of televised trial proceedings in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trail, both sides have finally rested their case and jury deliberations have begun. 

For the past 4 years, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have been suing and counter-suing each other for libel and defamation. It all started after a brutish divorce in 2015 and escalated when Amber Heard accused Johnny Depp of domestic abuse in a 2018 Washington Post article. This resulted in Mr. Depp losing top roles in the Fantastic Beasts and The Pirates of the Caribbean franchises among others. 

In the following defamation lawsuit, Depp sued Ms. Heard for $50 million with Ms. Heard counter suing for $100 million. The trial began on April 11, 2022 and concluded on May 27, 2022 receiving 564 million views on YouTube alone. The story was also reposted on social media sites such as Twitter, Snapchat, and Tik Tok. Through all of these methods, striking details have been revealed surrounding the two’s 15 months of marriage and prior relationship.

The legal team representing Amber Heard accused Depp of being controlling, manipulative, and a raging alcoholic whilst Depps legal team countered that Depp was actually the victim in this case and Amber was the aggressor.

Evidence was brought to light regarding Ms. Heard’s involvement in severing Mr. Depp’s finger while the two were in Australia as well as an alleged purposeful defecation on Mr. Depp’s side of the bed. 

Evidence in favor of Ms. Heard included detailed text exchanges between Mr. Depp and one of his friends threatening to kill Ms. Heard in gruesome fashion as well as photos of cuts and bruises on Ms. Heard’s body. 

While the Jury has been out deliberating for the last two days, the public has shown overwhelming support of Mr. Depp with 4.4 million people signing a petition to have Amber Heard removed from Aquaman II. On Tik Tok and other social media platforms, there have been videos circulating of the mistakes Ms. Heard and her legal team have made, with the famous music video “Objection! Hearsay” receiving almost 350,000 views.

After seven weeks of trial, the jury has a lot of evidence and testimony to sift through to finally conclude one of the most watched legal battles of all time. Hopefully, more will be known in the coming days.

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