BREAKING NEWS: The jury will return a verdict in the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial, which will be announced at 3pm TODAY after three days of deliberations
- The jury has reached a verdict in the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
- The verdict will be read in court at 3 p.m. EST in Fairfax County, Virginia
- Johnny stays in London where he has performed with friends’ bands
- He will follow the verdict with the rest of the world in a video stream
- Amber Heard is expected to stand trial for the verdict but she has not yet been seen
- The trial occupied the world for weeks and exposed the darkest secrets of the couple’s toxic marriage
The jury has returned a verdict in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial, which will be announced at 3:00 p.m. EST today.
The jury deliberated for three days before announcing their verdict just before 2 p.m. Wednesday.
You have 42 questions to consider whether Amber defamed Johnny in her 2018 Washington Post op-ed about abuse.
Johnny will not stand trial over the decision – he remains in London, where he performed in a band over the weekend.
Johnny Depp is screened in London today. He flew there at the end of last week to complete the process. He will watch the verdict via video link today
Camille Vasquez, attorney for Johnny Depp, arrives at the Fairfax County Courthouse on Wednesday
His high-profile attorney, Camille Vasquez, is in court in Fairfax County, Virginia, where the trial has unfolded before the world for the past few months.
He is expected to tune in to a televised stream of the verdict, while Amber is expected to attend in person.
It ends the dramatic defamation trial that has gripped the world for weeks and sheds new light on the couple’s toxic marriage in 2015.
The saga began when Johnny sued Amber for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post that did not credit him but described overcoming domestic abuse and violence.
Amber Heard, shown at the end of the trial on May 27, is expected to appear in court for the reading of the verdict