Johnny Depp; Amber Heard.Photo: getty (2)
An anonymous juror who sat on the defamation trial ofJohnny DeppandAmber Heardinsists that social media had nothing to do with the verdict he and the six other jurors came to.
In aconversation with ABC Newsthat aired Thursday morning, one of the five male jurors said that despite Heard and her attorney Elaine Bredehoft’s claims to the contrary, social media did not play a part in the jury’s decision.
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“We followed the evidence,” the juror alleged. “Myself and at least two other jurors don’t use Twitter or Facebook. Others who had it made a point not to talk about it.”
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Amber Heard and her attorney Elaine Bredehoft.JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty
“And it was horrible —it really, really was lopsided,” the attorney continued. “It was like the Roman Colosseum, how they viewed this whole case.”
In her own conversation with Guthrie, 50, theAquamanactress said, “Even somebody who is sure I am deserving of all this hate and vitriol, even if you think that I am lying, you still couldn’t look me in the eye and tell me that you think onsocial media there’s been a fair representation.”
“You cannot tell me that you think this has been fair,” Heardadded.
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“The crying, the facial expressions that she had, the staring at the jury. All of us were very uncomfortable … " the juror said. “She would answer one questionand she would be cryingand then two seconds later she would turn ice cold … "
“Some of us used the expression ‘crocodile tears,’ " he added.
“Ultimately,” according to the juror, “what I think is truthful was thatthey were both abusive to each other.”
“I don’t think that makes either of them right or wrong,” he said. “But to rise to the level of what she was claiming, there wasn’t enough or any evidence that really supported what she was saying.”
Johnny Depp; Amber Heard.Jim LO SCALZO/POOL/AFP/Getty (2)
Heard has saidshe doesn’t blame the jury for their verdict, telling Guthrie in their interview that aired in part this week that she understands where they came from.
I don’t blame them, I actually understand,” Heard said. “He’s a beloved character and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.””
But, when Guthrie reminded Heard that the jury’s “job is to not be dazzled … and look at the facts and evidence,” Heard replied, “Again, how could they, after listening to three and a half weeks of testimony about how I was a non-credible person, [and] not to believe a word that came out of my mouth?”
“There were a few jurors who were dozing off,” she said, adding that the sleeping jurors were in both the front and back rows. “And it was tough. There were a lot of video deposition, and they would just sit there and all of a sudden I’d see their head drop.”
The juror’s names will be sealed for at least one year, the judge previously ruled.
source: people.com
