approximately 13 hours. depp is suing heard for $50 million in damages over a 2018 op-ed published in the washington post in which heard claims she was a public figure representing domestic abuse. it s important to know that never mentions johnny depp by name. depp s attorney say that piece indirectly referred to claims heard made against depp during their divorce. depp claims it cost him movie roles. she is counter suing and sought to prove he did physically abuse her. she claims she was only ever violent with depp in self-defense or defense of her younger sisters. jurors have heard 100 hours of testimony. you see everyone seated as they prepare to hear the verdict. some of the big names who testified include kate moss, depp s former girlfriend. now a source close to johnny depp says he ll not be in the courtroom. he had previously scheduled work commitment. joining me now to discuss this and to track this coverage live, nbc s ron allen and we re going to go to the cou
The jury in the bitter defamation trial between "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard concluded deliberations for the day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict.
and the jurors have to go through each one of those, you know, there are six statements at issue here. and they have to go through the standards with respect to each statement. so i think this is a very quick verdict. and i wouldn t be surprised if, you know, again, going back to what are the options here? i don t think they re going to find defamation on both sides. i think it s clearly one or the other at this point. and, paul, given that before i bring in matthew, because i do want to get his take, let me just follow up on this idea of just 13 hours. we don t think it will be defamation on both sides. do you have a sense who have it may have benefited? you know, there was another trial with many of the same allegations were aired in 2020, johnny depp sued a london tabloid for basically saying that he was abuser. he lost that case based on the same evidence. there were over 14 allegations of abuse by mr. depp that were
he had previously scheduled work commitment. joining me now to discuss this and to track this coverage live, nbc s ron allen and we re going to go to the courtroom. they re going to read the verdict any moment now. and as we await the reading of the verdict, we re staring at amber heard looking very serious, very somber there. i do want to bring in ron allen. i also have a legal team here with me. as we try to digest what we are about to hear. so, ron, set the scene. obviously, throngs of fans outside of the courthouse.