"I'm glad on the last day we finally have an agreement." "Well, that's a first," Azcarate said of the applause.Įlaine Bredehoft, one of Heard's attorneys, then told Azcarate the deputies and courthouse staff have been "absolutely phenomenal." Benjamin Chew, one of Depp's attorneys, chimed in to agree. Depp joined in, as did members of his legal team and Heard's. Moments later, people throughout the courtroom began clapping. "All right, it is out of my hands," she told the courtroom as the jurors headed to the jury room.Īzcarate then thanked both parties' attorneys for their "professionalism" and "hard work" throughout the case, as well as for the "kindness and the great demeanor" they showed her staff, the courthouse staff, the deputies and the local sheriff's department. The courtroom burst into a round of applause for Judge Penney Azcarate after closing arguments ended on Friday.īefore the display of thanks began, Azcarate gave the jury their final instructions and dismissed them to begin deliberations. The jury's deliberations will continue until they reach a verdict. Jurors will then reconvene on Tuesday no later than 9 a.m., Azcarate said. If no verdict is reached by the end of the day on Friday, the jury will pause their deliberations over the Memorial Day weekend. Give Amber Heard her life back."Įarlier this week, Azcarate told the jury they would be permitted to deliberate as late into the evening as they wished "within reason." The jury can decide when they break for lunch and the times at which they take other collective breaks. "Stand up for the freedom of speech, the freedom to speak about your life, that the First Amendment protects. "Stand up for victims of domestic abuse everywhere who suffer in silence," Rottenborn said. Heard that what she did was wrong," Vasquez said.ĭepp gave Vasquez a hug after her rebuttal was over.īenjamin Rottenborn, an attorney for Heard, then presented his rebuttal in response to Vasquez's. We ask you to set the record straight that he is not the abuser she described and that she is not the heroic survivor she portrayed. "We ask you, we implore you, to render a verdict for Mr. Depp would put himself through this" if he were guilty. She called on the jury to "ask yourselves why Mr. Heard is an abuser and that she is a liar." Jurors for the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial began deliberations after closing arguments ended on Friday.Īttorneys for Depp and Heard summarized the main points of their arguments in the case before Judge Penney Azcarate presented the jury with their final instructions and dismissed them from the courtroom.Ĭamille Vasquez, an attorney for Depp, said in her rebuttal to the Heard legal team's closing arguments that the evidence "overwhelmingly shows that Ms. If No Friday Verdict, Jury to Reconvene After Holiday
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