Celebrity lawyer Weighs in on Depp-Heard Jury Deliberation

Quote: “Johnny Depp claims that specific portions of her 2018 are false. Those passages were identified for the jury and they must decide whether each statement is false. One of the alleged defamatory statements  is the headline of Amber’s op-ed article,”shares top family law attorney Christopher C. Melcher.  “The jury asked whether they must find that the headline is a false statement about Johnny or whether they must consider the whole article is false. The judge answered that they are only asked, in this instance, whether the headline is false. This indicates that the jury is taking their job seriously.  They cannot answer the questions on the form unless they are clear about what is being asked.”