Amber Heard's lawyers have made another call for a re-trial of her defamation case with Johnny Depp
The Aquaman star's legal team say that"newly discovered facts and information" about a juror mean that a mistrial should be declared.Amber Heard's lawyers have made another call for a re-trial of her defamation case with Johnny Depp.
In documents filed on Friday, the actress's legal team said that one of the people originally summoned to serve as a juror in the trial had not appeared and had been replaced by someone else. The documents, reported by the PA news agency, said:"Juror No 15 was not the individual summoned for jury duty on 11 April, 2022, and therefore was not part of the jury panel and could not have properly served on the jury at this trial.
"As the court no doubt agrees, it is deeply troubling for an individual not summoned for jury duty nonetheless to appear for jury duty and serve on a jury, especially in a case such as this. "This was a high-profile case, where the fact and date of the jury trial were highly publicised prior to and after the issuance of the juror summonses."Lawyers added that Ms Heard had the right"to rely on basic protection... that the jurors in this trial would be individuals who were actually summoned for jury duty".
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