Judge Denies Amber Heard’s Request for a Mistrial

On July 8, Heard’s legal team filed a motion for a mistrial, stating in court documents obtained by E! News that the trial’s jury list included an individual listed as born in 1945, making them 77 years old, but that voter registration information also listed a 52-year-old with the same last name living at the older person’s address.

“The individual who appeared for jury duty with this name was obviously the younger one,” the filing read. “Thus, the 52-year-old…sitting on the jury for six weeks was never summoned for jury duty on April 11.”

Heard’s attorneys argued in the papers that the star’s “due process was therefore compromised,” adding, “Under these circumstances, a mistrial should be declared, and a new trial ordered.”

Earlier this week, Depp and his lawyers submitted an opposition requesting that Heard’s motion be struck down. “Though understandably displeased with the outcome of trial, Ms. Heard has identified no legitimate basis to set aside in any respect the jury’s decision,” read the filing. “Mr. Depp respectfully submits that the Court should deny Ms. Heard’s Post-Trial Motions, which verge into the frivolous.”

E! News has reached out to Depp and Heard’s reps and has not received a comment.