US judge Penney Azcarate rejects Heard’s claims after actor filed motion seeking to have defamation verdict against her set aside
Depp won a suit against Heard last month in a high-profile civil trial. Heard won a $2m judgment on a counter-claim against Depp.
Heard’s lawyers argued that Virginia law is strict about juror identities, and the case of mistaken identity is grounds for a mistrial. They presented no evidence that the 52-year-old son, identified in court papers only as Juror 15, purposefully or insidiously sought to replace his father, but argued that possibility should not be discounted.
“The juror was vetted, sat for the entire jury, deliberated, and reached a verdict,” Azcarate wrote. “The only evidence before this court is that this juror and all jurors followed their oaths, the court’s instructions, and orders. This court is bound by the competent decision of the jury.”Depp sued for $50m in Fairfax county after Heard wrote a 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post about domestic violence in which she referred to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”.
The jury awarded $15m to Depp and $2m to Heard. The $15m judgment was reduced to $10.35m because Virginia law caps punitive damages at $350,000.Among other things, Heard argued that the $10m verdict is unsupported by the facts, and seems to demonstrate that jurors failed to focus on the fallout from the 2018 op-ed as they were supposed to and instead looked broadly at the damage Depp’s reputation suffered.
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