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Heard's team change course on Johnny Depp testimony | Heard's team change course on Johnny Depp testimony |
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Amber Heard took the stand earlier in the trial | Amber Heard took the stand earlier in the trial |
Amber Heard's team will not call Johnny Depp to the stand, a source close to Ms Heard said, a strategic U-turn in the last days of the high-profile trial. | Amber Heard's team will not call Johnny Depp to the stand, a source close to Ms Heard said, a strategic U-turn in the last days of the high-profile trial. |
Ms Heard's team had planned to call Mr Depp for more questioning on Monday, but changed course without explanation at midday. | Ms Heard's team had planned to call Mr Depp for more questioning on Monday, but changed course without explanation at midday. |
Mr Depp, 58, sued his ex-wife for $50m (£40m) for a column she wrote in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse. Ms Heard, 36, has countersued. | Mr Depp, 58, sued his ex-wife for $50m (£40m) for a column she wrote in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse. Ms Heard, 36, has countersued. |
The case is expected to wrap this week. | The case is expected to wrap this week. |
British supermodel Kate Moss, a former girlfriend of Mr Depp, is among witnesses expected to take the stand in the remaining days of the defamation trial. | British supermodel Kate Moss, a former girlfriend of Mr Depp, is among witnesses expected to take the stand in the remaining days of the defamation trial. |
On Monday, the court in Fairfax, Virginia, heard from several witnesses called by Ms Heard's team, including psychologist David Spiegel. | On Monday, the court in Fairfax, Virginia, heard from several witnesses called by Ms Heard's team, including psychologist David Spiegel. |
Dr Spiegel testified that Mr Depp "has behaviours that are consistent with someone that both has substance use disorder as well as behaviours of someone who is a perpetrator of intimate partner violence". | Dr Spiegel testified that Mr Depp "has behaviours that are consistent with someone that both has substance use disorder as well as behaviours of someone who is a perpetrator of intimate partner violence". |
About 40-60% of intimate partner violence is committed under the influence of alcohol or substance use disorders, Dr Spiegel told jurors. | About 40-60% of intimate partner violence is committed under the influence of alcohol or substance use disorders, Dr Spiegel told jurors. |
Mr Depp's lawyers sought to undermine this testimony on cross-examination, highlighting that Dr Spiegel had reached his conclusions without any direct contact with Mr Depp. | Mr Depp's lawyers sought to undermine this testimony on cross-examination, highlighting that Dr Spiegel had reached his conclusions without any direct contact with Mr Depp. |
Also on Monday, a hand surgeon testified it was unlikely that Mr Depp's finger was cut during a fight with Ms Heard in Australia in the way that he has described. | |
Mr Depp has said the tip of his middle finger was severed when Ms Heard threw a vodka bottle at him. | |
The jury saw graphic images of Mr Depp's injured finger as Dr Richard Moore said that the damage was more consistent with being pinched by a closing door. | |
Dr Moore did not physically examine Mr Depp at the time of the injury. | |
Ms Heard's team is expected to rest its case early this week before Mr Depp's team takes its final chance to sway the jury. | Ms Heard's team is expected to rest its case early this week before Mr Depp's team takes its final chance to sway the jury. |
Kate Moss and Johnny Depp in Cannes in 1998 | Kate Moss and Johnny Depp in Cannes in 1998 |
The testimony from the two medical doctors on Monday was just the latest in a long line of competing expert testimony. One psychologist, called by Mr Depp's team, testified that Ms Heard suffers from two personality disorders. | The testimony from the two medical doctors on Monday was just the latest in a long line of competing expert testimony. One psychologist, called by Mr Depp's team, testified that Ms Heard suffers from two personality disorders. |
Another, called by Ms Heard's team, rejected this finding and said instead that Ms Heard had post-traumatic stress disorder. | Another, called by Ms Heard's team, rejected this finding and said instead that Ms Heard had post-traumatic stress disorder. |
Ms Heard and Mr Depp have each testified in the weeks-long battle, offering starkly different accounts of their brief, tempestuous marriage. | Ms Heard and Mr Depp have each testified in the weeks-long battle, offering starkly different accounts of their brief, tempestuous marriage. |
Ms Heard claimed Mr Depp was prone to alcohol and drug binges, easily triggered by feelings of jealousy and often consumed by violent rages. | Ms Heard claimed Mr Depp was prone to alcohol and drug binges, easily triggered by feelings of jealousy and often consumed by violent rages. |
Mr Depp, in turn, alleged he was the victim of Ms Heard's volatile moods, telling jurors he routinely endured her verbal, emotional and physical abuse. | Mr Depp, in turn, alleged he was the victim of Ms Heard's volatile moods, telling jurors he routinely endured her verbal, emotional and physical abuse. |