Amber Heard’s Lawyers Shock With THIS Claim About a Juror While Pushing for New Trial
Johnny Depp won his defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, but she appears to be unable to move on.
Lawyers for the "Aquaman" actress allegedly demanded that the jury's judgment be "put aside," the charge be dropped, or a fresh trial be conducted.
Heard's legal team outlined many reasons why they believe it is critical to overturn the Virginia-based jury's decision, which was revealed in early June, in a 43-page court file acquired by Radar Online.
The lawyers believe the jury's findings were "unsupported" by the evidence, claiming that even one of the jurors was not properly vetted and that there is a discrepancy with "Juror 15's" birth year, leading them to believe their identity was not properly verified before they were forced to serve in the high-profile trial.
"On the jury panel list supplied to counsel before voir dire, the Court observed that the individual who would subsequently be designated Juror 15 had the birth year of 1945," according to the memorandum.
"However, Juror 15 was certainly born after 1945."
The court filing also stated that from public information, they were able to determine that the juror in issue was most likely born in 1970, implying that Juror 15 may not have received the summons for jury service.
According to Virginia Code 8.01-353.1, "because Juror 15 was not born in 1945, it appears his identity could not have been verified through any of the means of identification the Code provides," and "it also raises questions about whether and how Juror 15 could have signed a statement affirming, under penalty of perjury, that he was the named juror if he was 15 years younger than the person the Court recognized as Juror 15 if he was 15 years younger than the person the Court recognized as Jur
The analysis stated that if the identification of Juror 15 was not properly validated, Amber Heard's "due process" was jeopardized.
This originates from Johnny Depp's lawsuit against Amber Heard after she penned an op-ed piece for The Washington Post in 2018 in which she identified herself as a victim of domestic and sexual assault.
The jury concluded after a six-week trial that Heard defamed the "Edward Scissorhands" star and owed him $10.35 million in damages. In comparison, Heard will earn $2 million in damages after being defamed by Depp's former lawyer.
