A truck with a boat from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” – the franchise that Johnny Depp, 58, 58, starred in – parked in front of the courthouse in Virginia, in the United States, on Tuesday (31), where the trial of the case by defamation he files against ex-wife Amber Heard, 36.
The ship has a banner from the movie hanging on the side showing the actor’s face and even a replica of the character Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Depp, at the front of the vessel wielding a cannon.
This Tuesday (31), the jury examining the defamation case returned to court to continue deliberations. The group of seven people started the stage last Friday (27) and paused over the weekend and this Monday (30), as it was a holiday in the United States.
The actor asks Heard for $50 million for an opinion piece that the actress published in an editorial for The Washington Post in December 2018, in which she describes herself as a “public figure”. representing domestic abuse”.
Heard, meanwhile, is asking for $100 million in his counter-accusation, claiming he suffered “unrestrained physical violence and abuse.” The two started dating in 2011, got married in 2015 and the following year they filed for divorce, which was finalized only in 2017.
In her closing argument, Elaine Bredehoft, a lawyer for the actress, said the lawsuit filed by Depp and a campaign of “global humiliation” has made Heard’s life “sheer hell”. “It destroyed her life. It consumed her. She is receiving death threats,” the lawyer told the seven-person jury.
Benjamin Chew, part of Depp’s legal team, responded that while the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor is not a “saint” and has had drug and alcohol problems, “he is not a violent abuser.” “He doesn’t deserve to have his life and legacy destroyed by a cruel lie,” he said. “We ask, we beg you to return your name, your reputation and your career,” he concluded.
The trial takes place in the Fairfax County Courthouse, Virginia, in the United States. The process began on April 11 and was almost six weeks long entirely televised and generated great public interest.
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