JOHNNY DEPP VS. AMBER HEARD TRIAL LIVE: Closing arguments set to begin after six weeks of testimony

By Dorcas Funmi

Published: May 27, 2022 | 2:24 PM GMT

Judge notes the jurors’ names will be sealed for one year ‘due to the high-profile nature of this case’

Circuit Court Judge Penney Azcarate gave jurors jury instructions Friday morning ahead of closing arguments.

‘Ladies and gentleman of the jury, you now have heard all the arguments in this case,’ she said.

She added that a copy of the instructions will be allowed inside the deliberation room with jurors.

Judge Azcarate noted that the names of the jurors will be sealed for one year ‘due to the high-profile nature of this case.’

Cheering fans greet Johnny Depp on final day of trial

Johnny Depp arrived at Fairfax County Courthouse Friday for the final day of trial and was greeted by a crowd of cheering fans.

The jury will hear closing arguments from both sides today. Jury deliberations are expected to begin later today and last into next week.

The Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial will be live streamed on DailyMail.com’s homepage.

Court is expected to start at 9 a.m. ET. The trial takes place at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia.

Each side will have two hours to present closing arguments.

The jury is expected to begin deliberations later this afternoon.

It’s day 24 of Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard.

Closing arguments are set to start at 9 a.m. ET.

After six weeks of dramatic testimony in the high-profile defamation case, the jury is expected to begin deliberations later this afternoon.

Each side will have two hours to summarize their case in a trial that has garnered intense interest and has only gained momentum as fans have weighed in on social media and lined up overnight for coveted courtroom seats.

Depp is suing Heard for $50 million in Virginia’s Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as ‘a public figure representing domestic abuse.’

His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name.

Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim against Depp after his lawyer called her allegations a hoax.

Depp says he never struck Heard and that she concocted the abuse allegations to gain an advantage in divorce proceedings.

Heard testified about more than a dozen episodes of physical and sexual

JOHNNY DEPP VS. AMBER HEARD TRIAL LIVE: Closing arguments set to begin after six weeks of testimony

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