Amber Heard vs. Johnny Depp: Defamation trial hinges on ‘Aquaman’ actor’s defence

Amber Heard’s lawyers rested their defence in the defamation action launched by her ex-husband Johnny Depp on Tuesday, after six weeks of searing charges and counterclaims of domestic abuse.

Depp’s counsel requested that Heard’s countersuit against the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor be dismissed, but the court hearing the case in Virginia, near the United States capital, refused.

Judge Penney Azcarate stated that sufficient information has been produced for the seven-member jury to consider the merits of Depp’s defamation claim against Heard and her countersuit against him.

Depp, 58, sued Heard in December 2018 for an op-ed she penned for The Washington Post in which she identified herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”

Amber Heard’s lawyers rested their defence in the defamation action launched by her ex-husband Johnny Depp on Tuesday, after six weeks of searing charges and counterclaims of domestic abuse.

Depp’s counsel requested that Heard’s countersuit against the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor be dismissed, but the court hearing the case in Virginia, near the United States capital, refused.

Judge Penney Azcarate stated that sufficient information has been produced for the seven-member jury to consider the merits of Depp’s defamation claim against Heard and her countersuit against him.

Depp, 58, sued Heard in December 2018 for an op-ed she penned for The Washington Post in which she identified herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”