Johnny Depp was spotted in a British pub shortly before it was announced that he had won the defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
“Due to pre-planned work commitments made before the trial, Mr Depp will not be physically present at today’s verdict at 3pm and will be monitored by the United Kingdom,” a source close to Mr Depp told Law & Crime in a statement. earlier on wednesday.
“I just met Johnny Depp at Bridge Tavern Newcastle … it was pretty surreal,” Gary Speding tweeted about 20 minutes before the verdict was announced.
Mr Depp was seen leaving The Bridge Tavern in Newcastle shortly before the verdict was read, according to ITV News.
Ms. Hurd, meanwhile, arrived at Fairfax Court, Virginia, to hear the verdict in person. A spokesman for the actress from Aquaman told The Independent: “Your presence shows where your priorities are. Johnny Depp plays guitar in the UK while Amber Heard awaits sentencing in Virginia. Depp accepts his giggles and lack of seriousness on tour.
Jurors reached a verdict in Mr Depp’s million-dollar case after less than 13 hours of debate on Wednesday afternoon.
Singer Sam Fender spent the evening at the pub with Mr. Depp. Minutes after the verdict was handed down, Mr Fender shared a photo of his stories on Instagram while sitting in a brewery with Mr Depp and musician Jeff Beck.
“Some serious characters,” he signed the post.
(Sam Fender / Instagram)
Mr Depp is suing Ms. Hurd for $ 50 million in the United States for a Washington Post publication entitled “I spoke out against sexual violence – and faced the wrath of our culture.” That needs to change. “
The article does not mention Mr. Depp’s name, but his lawyers told him that this wrongly suggests that he physically and sexually abused Ms. Hurd while they were together.
Ms. Hurd countered by suing her ex-husband for $ 100 million, claiming he had launched a “defamation campaign” against her.
Mr Depp has consistently denied “outrageous, strange” allegations of abuse and said he has “talked about what I have been reluctantly carrying on my back for six years” during his own testimony during the trial.
During the closing remarks, both sides called on jurors to consider other victims of domestic violence.
Ms Hurd’s legal team emphasized the message that a verdict in favor of Mr Depp would send to others, while the actor’s representatives said her allegations were “an act of profound cruelty to real survivors”.
In the last few days, Mr Depp has appeared on stage with musician Mr Beck in the United Kingdom.
Mr Depp appeared to play with Mr Beck in Sheffield on Sunday (May 29th).
Mr. Depp – who began his career as a musician and founded The Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Joe Perry in 2015 – and Mr. Beck performed their collaboration Isolation from 2020, a remake of a song by John Lennon from 1970 They also performed covers of What’s Happening by Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing.
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