The jury decided the fate of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. One of the jurors now explains why she emerged as a loser from the process.
Whoever told the truth in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has been the subject of many debates in recent weeks. However, only the jury assigned to the case could decide on this. Now the first member of the jury speaks up and finds clear words about Amber Heard on “Good Morning America”: Her behavior in the courtroom was “not credible”.
In the court case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, the actor emerges victorious. For weeks, the ex-couple had made serious allegations in court in Fairfax County in the United States: in their relationship and short marriage, violence, abuse and drug excesses are said to have occurred. Ultimately, both have to pay, but the jury found the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor right on most counts.
After the verdict was announced, the jury was immediately criticized: the members are said to have let themselves be influenced by social media. After all, many online were behind Depp and especially against Heard. Now a juror clarifies: Social media did not influence the jury. “We didn’t consider anything outside [of the courtroom],” he told Good Morning America. According to the TV show, the juror was one of five men on the jury, which included two women. He adds that the plaintiffs’ celebrity was never a factor, and neither had any of the jury members been big fans of Depp or Heard before. “We were just looking at the evidence,” he says firmly.
And the said evidence simply could not support Amber Heard’s allegations, explains one of the jury members a few weeks after the end of the trial. Although the jury was aware that the former couple had obvious problems in their marriage and could be assumed to have even “abused” one another, Amber Heard’s behavior in the courtroom “did not come across as credible.” “She answered a question and cried and two seconds later she went cold,” he describes Heard’s actions in the courtroom. “The crying, the facial expressions she was making, the staring at the jury — we all felt very uncomfortable,” he recalls. In contrast, according to the jury member, Johnny Depp made a more authentic impression.
In addition, Heard’s allegations that Depp had abused her were based on the fact that he used drugs to excess and then freaked out and became aggressive while intoxicated. That didn’t really make any sense to the jury either, since the drugs Depp was allegedly taking were said to have a more sedative effect. “We’ve talked at length about the fact that many of the drugs they say he used were primarily tranquilizers. And when you’re on sedatives, you don’t usually get violent. You become a zombie,” said the juror on American TV.
The trial between US actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard lasted six weeks. A verdict was reached in early June. Now a juror unpacked about the decision-making.
Her trial electrified millions and largely ended in defeat for Amber Heard. In a TV interview, the 36-year-old now revealed that she still has no grudge against Johnny Depp. On the contrary: “I love him”.
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