Although the masses ended up rapt as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard hashed it out on livestreams — the people in the courtroom had been having difficulties to stay awake.
Judy Bellinger, the court stenographer for the Depp v. Read defamation demo, has dropped some bombshell revelations about the contentious six-week courtroom marathon.
“There were a several jurors who have been dozing off,” Bellinger advised the Law & Criminal offense community on Monday, admitting “it was tough” to sit by means of the many hours of testimony.
Bellinger’s bombshell revelation also observed that the sleeping jurors ended up in both of those the entrance and back again rows, and they especially struggled for the duration of the movie depositions.
“There have been a ton of movie depositions and they would just sit there — and all of a sudden I’d see their head fall,” she included, detailing the several hours of pre-taped segments that augmented the presently prolonged in-man or woman testimonies on the stand.
The stenographer also mentioned that the most attentive juror was an alternate who was not even associated in the ultimate verdict.
“Unfortunately, the 1 alternate that was on there — she was probably the one that listened the most,” Bellinger explained. “I watched her facial expressions. She was very deeply into every term that was becoming claimed. I thought she would’ve created a good juror, and she did not get to see it to the conclude. She was shelling out close notice.”
The Post has arrived at out to associates for Depp and Read for comment.
Meanwhile, Bellinger’s existence in court also sparked a bizarre viral rumor/conspiracy concept that she was “hired by” and “partying” with Depp, which was previously debunked by Emmy-profitable Law & Criminal offense correspondent Angenette Levy.
The Depp v. Listened to trial ended last 7 days, and the 7-particular person jury, consisting of five gentlemen and two women of all ages, sided largely with Depp, 58, in their verdict. They awarded him additional than $10 million in damages, locating that Listened to, 36, defamed him in her 2018 Washington Submit op-ed about domestic abuse. Listened to was awarded $2 million in her countersuit, and she ideas to enchantment the verdict.
Depp, who was not there in particular person who hear the verdict examine aloud, claimed in a assertion: “The jury gave me my existence back.”
Listened to said the verdict “sets back the clock to a time when a female who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated.”
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