Jury ends deliberations for the day in Depp vs Heard trial without reaching verdict
- The seven-person jury will resume their deliberations on Wednesday morning at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia
- Depp is suing Heard over an article she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018 in which she described herself as a ‘public figure representing domestic abuse’
The jury in the bitter defamation trial between Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard concluded deliberations for the day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict.
The seven-person jury will resume their deliberations on Wednesday morning at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia.
The panel met for seven hours on Tuesday and two hours on Friday.
Closing arguments in the high-profile case were held on Friday at the end of a six-week trial featuring claims and counterclaims of domestic abuse.
Depp, 58, flew to England over the Memorial Day weekend and made surprise appearances at concerts by Jeff Beck in Sheffield on Sunday and at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Monday.
Depp, a guitarist, has his own band, the Hollywood Vampires, with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry of Aerosmith.
Depp filed suit against Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in December 2018 in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
The Texas-born Heard, who had a starring role in Aquaman, did not name Depp in the piece, but he sued her for implying he was a domestic abuser and is seeking US$50 million in damages.
