{"id":22777,"date":"2022-07-14T06:20:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T10:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22777"},"modified":"2022-07-14T06:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T10:20:19","slug":"amber-heard-loses-bid-to-throw-out-johnny-depp-verdict-over-wrong-juror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/07\/14\/amber-heard-loses-bid-to-throw-out-johnny-depp-verdict-over-wrong-juror\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Heard loses bid to throw out Johnny Depp verdict over wrong juror"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amber Heard has lost her attempt to have the verdict in her trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp thrown out because one juror served instead of his father, in a case of mistaken identity.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A judge has denied Heard’s request to declare a mistrial and hold a new one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Heard said the US defamation trial was flawed because a jury summons meant for one man was fulfilled by his son, who shares the same name and address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Penney Azcarate said there was “no evidence of fraud or wrongdoing”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The latest ruling comes six weeks after the jury in Fairfax, Virginia,\u00a0decided that Heard had defamed Depp<\/a>, the star of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, when she wrote an article saying she had been a victim of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was awarded $10.35m (\u00a38.2m) damages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Aquaman actress won one of her counter-claims against him, awarding her $2m (\u00a31.5m).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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