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Judge Formally Denies Amber Heard’s Request For A New Trial In Johnny Depp Case

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">A little over a month after Johnny Depp was victorious in court over his ex-wife <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;amber-heards-attorneys-say-shes-absolutely-not-able-to-pay-johnny-depps-15-million-defamation-settlement-will-file-an-appeal&sol;">Amber Heard<&sol;a> in their highly-publicized defamation trial&comma; there has been a new development that Heard is likely to be pretty upset about&period; It was just confirmed that a judge formally denied Amber Heard’s request for a new trial following her loss to Johnny Depp and being ordered to pay the &dollar;15 million judgement settlement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;Variety reports&comma; Virginia Judge Penney Azcarate <u><a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2022&sol;film&sol;news&sol;amber-heard-johnny-depp-mistrial-denied-1235316064&sol;">officially denied<&sol;a><&sol;u> Amber Heard’s request for mistrial in the defamation lawsuit with ex-husband Johnny Depp&period; Judge Azcarate’s decision was made due to finding no grounds to overturn the &dollar;10 million verdict in Depp’s favor&period; The judge wasn’t done and also stated that Heard’s legal team should have raised an objection sooner in the case&comma; while also stating that there is no evidence of fraud&comma; and no evidence that a jury mistake resulted in a biased trial&period; However&comma; Heard is still moving forward with filing an appeal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Amber Heard previously asked the court to declare the previous verdict as a mistrial&comma; after allegedly discovering that one of the jurors in the trial did not receive an official jury summons&period; Judge Azcarate addressed the jury issue&comma; saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Defendant does not allege Juror Fifteen’s inclusion on the jury prejudiced her in any way&period; The juror was vetted&comma; sat for the entire jury&comma; deliberated and reached a verdict&period; The only evidence before this Court is that this juror and all jurors followed their oaths&comma; the Court’s instructions and orders&period; This court is bound by the competent decision of the jury&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we previously reported&comma; following Johnny Depp’s long-fought victory over her in court&comma; Amber Heard quickly posted her feelings to social media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Twitter&comma; she partially wrote &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The disappointment I feel today is beyond words&period; I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disappropriate power&comma; influence&comma; and sway of my ex-husband&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <u><a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;u><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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