By Blessing Udeobasi
A Virginia Court judge, Penney Azcarate on Wednesday dismissed Amber Heard’s claims that one of the jurors during the defamation suit between her and Johnny Depp committed fraud.
Following her loss in the fight for a new trial after being hit with a $15 million verdict in her battle with her ex-husband, her legal team filed documents claiming that juror 15 committed fraud as he was not the person summoned by the court.
They argued that the juror actually took the summons from his father – who shared the same name – and got himself fraudulently impaneled. The father and son live together.
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“It was “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.” Amber’s legal team demanded an investigation into juror 15.
The presiding judge however ruled there was no fraud because the summons did not include a birth date, suggesting either the father or son could have shown up for jury service.
The judge said Amber’s motion was sour grapes and she could have made it much earlier, but the only reason she’s doing it now is that she lost the case.
