Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Verdict: The drama surrounding Johnny Depp’s multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and ‘Aquaman’ star Amber Heard refuses to die. Things have gotten awkward judicially, as an erroneous juror takes over the chair during legal proceedings, ‘Deadline’ reports. The new filing, partially amended by Aquaman Star’s legal team, accessed by ‘Deadline’, read, “Ms. Heard had the right to rely on the original security, as determined by Virginia Code, that this The jury members in the trial will be the persons who were actually called for jury duty.”
“In this case, it appears that Jury No. 15 was, in fact, not the same person listed on the jury panel,” Attorney Ellen Breidhoft added in language similar to the previous June 24 filing. Ms. Hurd had due process so compromised. In these circumstances, a false trial must be declared, and a new trial ordered.”
Unlike a previous motion and memo placed in the Fairfax County Courthouse docket at the end of last month to overturn the June 1 decision and allow a new trial, today’s supplemental memo contains much more detail that calls from Depp in his lengthy legal Can snatch their victory in battle. former wife. Read also: Netflix is helping Johnny Depp film return after Hollywood star’s defamation lawsuit
According to the revised filing, the summons for jury duty was sent in April to the Virginia resident for a $15 million defamation action Depp wrote for a 2018 “Washington Post” op-ed against Heard in March 2019. On being the “public face” of domestic abuse.
Also, according to recent filings, it appears that the two individuals at the same address have, at least, “the same surname”—one a 77-year-old and the other a 52-year-old.
The former was called, but it seems that the latter was the one who showed up. “Thus, the 52-year-old [redacted] Sitting on the jury for six weeks, was never called for jury duty on April 11 and ‘did not list’ as required,” the filing claims.
Unnoticed by court officials or clerks, the young man apparently made it all the way to the jury without producing any ID, or perhaps even a fake ID, the filing implies. Additionally, it appears that someone intentionally or accidentally filled out the required online information form to state that they were born in 1945.
Unaware of this at the time and during the media frenzied trial, Heard’s defense team now wants an explanation and some results that could take Team Depp’s shine.