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Johnny Depp Trial: Jury to hear opening statements in libel case
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - A jury in Virginia is scheduled to hear opening statements Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife, Amber Heard.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe jury has been selected for Johnny Depp's defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.Depp says Heard libeled him when she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse."Depp is never mentioned by name, but he says the article implicates him nonetheless because it refers to past accusations Heard made when she sought a restraining order against him. Depp denies the abuse allegations.US actor Johnny Depp leaves the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 11, 2022.