Amber Heard receives a new blow in her lawsuit with Johnny Depp

A judge in Virginia has rejected Amber Heard's request for a retrial in the libel case she lost to ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Heard's lawyers had asked Judge Benny Azcaret to overturn the jury's ruling ordering Heard to pay Deeb $10 million in compensation, in addition to declaring the trial void, but their request was rejected by the judge.

The reason for Heard's request for a retrial was that a member of the jury was not the man summoned by the court but his son, in an error that occurred because the names of the two men were similar.

Azcaret confirmed that "there was no evidence of fraud or a violation that took place," and that the sworn member "had fulfilled the legal requirements to provide this service," according to "AFP".

She added, "He was investigated, sat before the entire jury, deliberated on the case and reached a verdict."

A jury concluded on June 1 that Depp and Heard were responsible for defamation, but sided with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star after an intense six-week trial in which they accused each other of violent practices.

The trial, broadcast live in front of millions of people, provided bitter and intimate details of the two Hollywood stars' private lives.

Depp filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife over an article she published in the "Washington Post" newspaper, in which she did not mention his name, but described herself as a "public figure exposed to domestic violence."

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