whatsoever. okay. thank you. it sound like they re bringing in the jury right now. the jury is coming in and getting situated and then we are waiting. joey, are we going to hear guilty or not guilty? are we going to hear that? this is a civil trial. it s assessed in terms of liability or not liable. liable or not liable. if you re liable you get to the issue of damages which are monetary. if not liable, there s nothing further to discuss. whether amber heard is liable or not liable. first johnny, are you defaming johnny depp and is johnny depp liable to amber heard. the standard of proof is not reasonable doubt. it s a preponderance of the evidence meaning is more likely or not. let s go back into the courtroom. can i have the attorneys roach for a moment. they re discussing something, and we done know what it is, and that s why they do it at side bar. i just want to mention there are seven members on this jury. it s not like a criminal trial. we know that there a
lost that because of the op-ed. once again, these two very differing sets of evidence talking about the same issue and they found in favor of johnny depp s witnesses, found them to be more credible. all right. jean casarez, chloe milas, joey jackson, lonnie coombs, thank you very much for helping us understand. this was a complicated case, a complicated verdict. thank you all for all the insights and for covering it so well. the uvalde school police chief who led the response to the shooting and has stayed out of the public eye speaks exclusively with cnn. up next, what he s saying about claims that he is not cooperating with investigators. get decision tech from fidelelity. [ cellphone vibrates ] you ll get proactive alerts for mamarket events before they happen. and insights on every buy and sell decision. with zero-commission online u.s. stock and etf trades. for smarter trading decisions,
answer, no. as against john c. depp ii, we the jury award compensatory damages in the amount of $2 million. as against john c. depp ii we the jury award punitive damages in the amount of $0. does either side wish to have the jury polled? yes, your honor. jamie. members of the jury, if this is your verdict, please answer yes. if this is not your verdict, please answer no. juror number 6. yes. jury number 10. yes. jury number 15. yes. juror number 16. yes. juror number 22? yes. juror number 27? yes. juror number 29? yes. do you find that the jury s verdict is unanimous. ladies and gentlemen, this concludes your service in this case. i want to thank you again for
statements and gave the indication that they rejected amber heard, i mean, completely, just about. we ll get to they are case momentarily, but this is a major victory for him. i can say that i am very shocked and surprised by the nature of this, by the fact that the jury concluded after hearing this that she would be liable for defamatory statements for all three, reminding, $10 million is the compensatory. a brief technical point. punitive damages, which are designed to punish, remember the distinction. compensatory damages are designed to make you whole, money you lost as a result of the defamatory statement. compensatory 10 million, there s a cap in virginia for 350,000. this is the johnny depp legal team. he s not in the courtroom, as jean has told us, he s in europe. that s his legal team. they look like they re doing quite a sort of victory moment here. they re hugging et cetera. jean, your first thoughts.
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