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When the jury in Johnny Depp's libel suit against ex-wife Amber Heard resumes deliberations after the Memorial Day weekend, its focus will be on issues much removed from the public debate that has engulfed the proceedings

The seven-person civil jury began its deliberations at 3 p.m. Friday and finished for the day about two hours later. They will resume Tuesday.

Amber Heard isn’t really asking for the $100 million she sued Johnny Depp for. Her lawyer said Friday that they simply asked for that amount to send a message to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star after he asked for half that amount when he sued her for defamation.

After six weeks of evidence and testimony, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's US trial has ended, with both sides giving their closing speeches, and the verdict now lying with a jury

After six weeks of testimony, the jury in the high-profile defamation trial finally began deliberating on Friday afternoon. Rachel Sharp reports from Fairfax, Virginia, on what you need to know about the case

Jury began deliberation on 27 May in Fairfax, Virginia

Jurors began deliberation in high-profile case on 27 May

Actor gave nearly four days of testimony

Over six weeks of testimony, jury heard from string of witnesses including the couple’s friends, psychiatric experts, surgeons and the actors themselves. Testimony painted captivating and disturbing portrait of a doomed marriage, laying bare violent fights, drug use and vicious words to each other. Here are some of most dramatic…

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Heard’s lawyer raised eyebrows in his closing argument as he sought to downplay the importance of a fight in which Depp’s finger was severed