We have no idea who Juror 15 is. His identity is legally protected, but according to Heard’s legal team, his inclusion on the jury may have “compromised” its due process. This is because, they claim, his age is allegedly listed incorrectly on the jury roll. Apparently he was identified as being born in 1945, but he looks much younger and appears, in their estimation, to have actually been born decades later. They want to investigate whether he was actually subpoenaed to appear and want to examine whether he was properly vetted by the court. Here’s an excerpt from the filing per Law & Crime… The Court should inquire whether Juror 15 was properly served on the jury. In the juror list panel sent to counsel before voir dire, the Court noted that the person later named as Juror 15 had a birth year of 1945. However, Juror 15 was clearly born later than 1945. Publicly available information indicates that he appears to have been born in 1970. This discrepancy raises the question of whether Juror 15 actually received a summons for jury duty and was properly vetted by the Court to serve on the jury. In the same legal filing, Heard’s team admits that juror mistakes are not usually grounds for overturning a verdict, but they claim there is a possibility that juror 15 is not who he says he is, which, in their estimation , due process violation. The claim is just one in a long list of problems they face in this latest filing. Amber Heard’s team claims Johnny Depp didn’t actually prove he suffered that much financial hardship because of the op-ed. They claim it was highly unlikely the actor would have appeared in Pirates Of The Caribbean 6, and claim Depp himself said he wouldn’t take the part for a million alpacas. Furthermore, her team argues that what really matters here is whether Heard believes she was abused. If she believed her own claims, the jury can’t find that she acted with malice, and they claim Depp’s legal team never proved she didn’t believe her own claims. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were only married from 2015 to 2017, but their relationship lived through a series of court cases and legal issues afterward. Most recently, Depp sued Heard for defamation after she published an article claiming she was a victim of domestic abuse. The six-week televised trial proved hugely popular with the general public and millions watched as both men took the stand and hurled accusations at each other, from abuse to drug use to deliberate bedfellowship. The jury finally awarded mostly in favor of Johnny Depp. The court found that he acted with malice and defamation on several counts and awarded him more than fifteen million dollars in damages, which was later reduced to ten million and change. They also found in her favor, in one case, in a deposition made by Depp’s former lawyer and awarded her two million dollars. There was some hope that the two would settle and move on after the trial, but this latest move seems to indicate that their legal situation will continue. No word on whether Juror 15 will be investigated, but if something shady comes up, expect to hear about it.
