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A Virginia jury on Wednesday ruled that actor Amber Heard defamed her ex-husband Johnny Depp in a widely watched six-week trial that featured explicit and graphic evidence and testimony detailing the former Hollywood couple’s soured relationship.

Actor Johnny Depp watches the jury leave as a lunch break starts during his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., April 18, 2022.Actor Johnny Depp watches the jury leave as a lunch break starts during his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., April 18, 2022.

Depp has denied hitting Heard or any woman and said she was the one who turned violent in their relationship. During six weeks of testimony, Heard’s attorneys argued that she had told the truth and that her comments were covered as free speech under the US Constitution’s First Amendment. Testimony was livestreamed widely on social media, drawing large audiences to hear details about the couple’s troubled relationship.

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