Judicial journalist for the defamation trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has revealed a detail from the courtroom about the jury.
While the masses were mesmerized while Johnny Depp and Amber Heard explained it on the live broadcasts, people in the courtroom struggled to stay awake.
Judy Bellinger, the shorthand of the Defam v. Defamation Court. Heard, has released some explosive revelations about the controversial six-week marathon.
“There were a few jurors who were falling asleep,” Bellinger told Law & Crime on Monday, admitting that “it was difficult” to spend hours witnessing.
Bellinger also noted that the sleeping jurors were in both the front and back rows, and fought especially during the video depositions.
“There were a lot of video depositions, and they were just sitting there, and all of a sudden I saw them falling on their heads,” he added, detailing the hours of pre-recorded segments that increased the already long testimonies in person. at the stand.
The stenographer also noted that the most attentive jury was an alternate who did not even participate in the final verdict.
“Unfortunately, the alternative out there was probably the one you listened to the most,” Bellinger said. “I watched his facial expressions. He was very deep in every word he said. I thought he would have been a great jury, and he couldn’t see it to the end. He was paying close attention.”
The Post has contacted Depp and Heard representatives for comment.
Meanwhile, Bellinger’s presence in court also sparked a strange viral conspiracy theory that was “hired by” and “partying” with Depp, who was previously denied by the Emmy-nominated Law & Crime correspondent. Angenette Levy.
Depp’s trial against Heard ended last week, and a seven-man jury of five men and two women sided mainly with Depp, 58, in his verdict. He was awarded more than $ 10 million in damages, and found that Heard, 36, defamed him in his 2018 Washington Post opinion piece on domestic abuse. Heard received $ 2 million in his counterclaim and plans to appeal the verdict.
Depp, who was not in person to hear the verdict read aloud, said in a statement: “The jury brought me back to life.”
Heard said the verdict “delays the clock at a time when a woman who spoke and spoke could be publicly embarrassed and humiliated.”
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