US judge rejects Amber Heard's demand for new Johnny Depp trial

Amber Heard's lawyers had asked Judge Penney Azcarate to set aside the jury verdict awarding US$10mil to Johnny Depp and declare a mistrial, but the judge denied the request. Photo: AFP

A Virginia judge on Wednesday (July 13) rejected actress Amber Heard's demand for a new trial in the defamation case she lost to her former husband Johnny Depp.

Heard's lawyers had asked Judge Penney Azcarate to set aside the jury verdict awarding US$10mil to Depp and declare a mistrial, but the judge denied the request.