The US judge hearing the defamation suit filed by Johnny Depp rejected a defense request Tuesday to toss the case.
Lawyers for Amber Heard asked Judge Penney Azcarate to dismiss the suit after Depp's attorneys rested their case following three weeks of testimony.
The US judge hearing the defamation suit filed by Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard rejected a defense request Tuesday to toss the case.
Lawyers for the 36-year-old Aquaman actor asked Judge Penney Azcarate to dismiss the suit after Depp's attorneys rested their case following three weeks of testimony in Fairfax County Circuit Court.
They claimed Depp had failed to prove he was defamed by a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post in which Heard described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."
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