Johnny Depp has denied hitting Amber Heard or any woman, saying she was the one who turned violent in their relationship.
Jury members in Virginia will resume deliberations Wednesday on multimillion-dollar defamation claims brought by Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, who abused each other before and during their two-year marriage. accused of.
A seven-member jury weighed the evidence for nearly seven hours on Tuesday without a verdict.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Depp, 58, sued Heard for $50 million, arguing that he defamed him when he called himself "a public figure representing domestic abuse" in the newspaper's opinion .
Hurd, 36, countered for $100 million, saying Depp defamed her when her attorney called her allegations "hoax."
Depp has denied hitting Heard or any of the women, saying she was the one who turned violent in their relationship.
Depp and Heard met in 2011 while shooting "The Rum Diary" and married in February 2015. Their divorce was finalized almost two years later.
During deliberations on Tuesday, jurors asked Judge Penny Azkaret whether she should consider the entire article or just the title. The title states that Heard "spoke out against sexual violence – and faced the wrath of our culture."
Azcarte said she would tell the jury that the title was the statement they should consider in order to reach their decision.
During the six weeks of testimony, Heard's lawyers argued that he told the truth and that his comments were covered as free speech under the First Amendment to the US Constitution. (Reuters)