When the six-week blockbuster defamation process came to an end between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, the courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia, broke out in spontaneous applause to congratulate the stenographer that had written down every detail.
The drink, the drugs, the separated finger, the faeces in bed, Kate Moss, the witness, who said when steaming in a car, the bodyguard who gave a homeless $ 420 ($ 333) to get Mr. Depp's phone back afterwards Ms. Heard threw it out of a window during a fight. Everything was there.
A seven -member jury now has to decide whether Ms. Heard Depp defamed after she wrote in a comment for the Washington Post that she was "a personality of public life that represents domestic violence".
The article mentioned Mr. Depp, 58, never by name, but he sued her to $ 50 million (£ 40 million). His lawyer told the jury that it was clear that Ms. Heard referred to him and that he denies the claims.
Ms. Heard, 36, sued $ 100 million (£ 79 million) and said that Mr. Depp smeared her when his lawyer described her accusations as "joke".
The former couple has been involved in a dramatic, destructive process for 24 days, which was played live on television and whose highlights were cut out and shared on all social media.
A Twitter user asked about the process of defamation of prominent Colleen Rooney against Rebekah Vardy before the High Court in London:
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