The blockbuster Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial in the US concluded today with both legal teams pulling out all the stops to try to convince the jury to side with them.
Following a six-week long multi-million dollar trial, with Depp, 58, and Heard, 36, making shocking allegations on both sides, the stars’ lawyers made one final impassioned plea in their closing speeches.
In Johnny’s corner his attorney Camille Vasquez called Amber Heard an ‘abuser’ and a ‘deeply, troubled person desperate for attention’.
While Amber’s lawyer Ben Rottenborn used his time to read out dark texts from the actor about wanting to ‘burn’ his now ex-wife and said while Heard ‘isn’t perfect’ if ‘Johnny abused her one time, she wins’.
The jury is now set to face agonising hours of deliberations about who will come out victorious after having heard from friends of the pair, expert witnesses and even supermodel Kate Moss, an ex of Depp’s.
We have taken a look at the bombshell moments from the closing arguments today.
‘There is an abuser in this courtroom, but it is not Mr Depp’
The day began with Depp’s lawyer Camile Vasquez giving their side’s closing speech.
“There is an abuser in this courtroom, but it is not Mr Depp. And there is a victim of domestic abuse in this courtroom, but it is not Ms Heard,” she said.
She said the evidence has shown “Ms Heard is in fact the abuser”.
