{"id":1499404,"date":"2022-06-01T08:59:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T12:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499404"},"modified":"2022-06-01T08:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T12:59:41","slug":"depp-team-asks-judge-to-toss-statement-from-heard-lawyer-they-say-could-improperly-sway-jury-she-denies-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/depp-team-asks-judge-to-toss-statement-from-heard-lawyer-they-say-could-improperly-sway-jury-she-denies-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Depp Team Asks Judge To Toss Statement From Heard Lawyer They Say Could Improperly Sway Jury. She Denies It."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdepp-team-asks-judge-to-toss-statement-from-heard-lawyer-they-say-could-improperly-sway-jury-she-denies-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1499404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Judge Penney Azcarate has denied a request from Johnny Depp\u2019s legal team to toss a statement from ex-wife Amber Heard\u2019s attorney that Depp\u2019s team\u00a0argued could improperly sway the jury.<\/p>\n<p>Depp is suing Heard for $50 million over alleged defamation stemming from a domestic violence Washington Post op-ed penned by Heard in 2018. The \u201cAquaman\u201d actress has countersued for $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Rottenborn told the jury during closing arguments that they must send a message to\u00a0\u201cevery victim of domestic abuse everywhere\u201d via their verdict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe language could potentially shift the jurors to weigh in on domestic violence as a social issue and away from the facts of the case, Depp\u2019s attorney\u2019s argued,\u201d a Fox News report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/johnny-depp-amber-heard-judge-toss-statement?intcmp=tw_fnc\">outlined<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch argument by Ms. Heard\u2019s counsel improperly invites the jury to decide the case \u2018based on passion and prejudice\u2019 and a specific jury instruction is necessary to cure this impropriety,\u201d Depp\u2019s team said.<\/p>\n<p>Rottenborn further told the jury during closing arguments that ruling in favor of Heard\u00a0\u201csends a message that no matter what you do as an abuse victim, you always have to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter how honest you are about your own imperfections and your own shortcomings in a relationship, you have to be perfect in order for people to believe you. Don\u2019t send that message,\u201d the attorney added.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Azcarate refused to toss the statement since the jury was already deliberating.<\/p>\n<p>The jury thus far has deliberated a total of nine hours, two on Friday and seven on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The jury on Tuesday asked the court a question about Heard\u2019s op-ed and jury instructions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuestion pertains to this page of jury instructions, items 1 (the title) &#038; 3 \u2026 QUESTION: Does question #3 (the statement is false) pertain to the headline or does it to pertain to the content of the op-ed?\u201d Court TV legal correspondent Chanley Sh\u00e1 Painter explained, captioning a copy of the instruction page. \u201cANSWER: The statement is the headline not the entire op-ed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeppvsHeard?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DeppvsHeard<\/a> Question pertains to this page of jury instructions, items 1 (the title) &#038; 3<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION: Does question #3 (the statement is false) pertain to the headline or does it to pertain to the content of the op-ed?<\/p>\n<p>ANSWER: The statement is the headline not the entire op-ed <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/swdqGP05h9\">pic.twitter.com\/swdqGP05h9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chanley Sh\u00e1 Painter (@ChanleyCourtTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChanleyCourtTV\/status\/1531696384721698816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heard has detailed serious allegations of abuse at the hands of Depp, including a rape with a possibly broken Maker\u2019s Mark bottle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know if the bottle he had inside me was broken,\u201d the actress\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-amber-heard-sobs-uncontrollably-on-stand-recalling-depp-allegedly-beating-penetrating-her-with-bottle\">said<\/a> on the stand this month, recalling an alleged incident from 2015 in Australia. \u201cI couldn\u2019t feel it. I couldn\u2019t feel anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Depp and his legal team, alternatively, have denied all allegations, telling the jury that Heard is perpetrating a #MeToo hoax to take from Depp, and also to punish him for leaving her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge Penney Azcarate has denied a request from Johnny Depp\u2019s legal team to toss a statement from ex-wife Amber Heard\u2019s attorney that Depp\u2019s team\u00a0argued could improperly sway the jury. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million over alleged defamation stemming from a domestic violence Washington Post op-ed penned by Heard in 2018. 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