Whereas the world waits for jurors within the Amber Heard/Johnny Depp trial to achieve a verdict, some have puzzled whether or not the 2 actors will probably be in court docket when the choice is learn.

Depp, 58, has sued ex-wife Heard, 36, for $50 million, charging that he was defamed in a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Put up, by which she mentioned—with out naming Depp—that she was a sufferer of home abuse. Depp argued that the piece was clearly referring to him and had broken his repute, together with his capability to get performing jobs. In response, Heard countersued for $100 million on a cost of nuisance.

The civil trial's jury has been deliberating for a minimum of 10 hours on the time of this writing, and it is unsure when the seven members will attain a call. They've a mountain of proof to undergo, and a number of verdict outcomes are attainable. In the meantime, spectators on the Fairfax, Virginia, trial, which has resulted in a media circus, have famous that Depp was in London over the weekend, resulting in hypothesis about whether or not the Pirates of the Caribbean star or his ex-wife will probably be in court docket as soon as the decision comes down.

Johnny Depp, Amber Heard
The jury remains to be deliberating within the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial, and it isn't recognized if both of them will probably be current for the decision. Left, Depp gestures to followers outdoors the court docket on Might 27 in Fairfax, Virginia. Proper, Amber Heard departs the court docket on the shut of the day's testimony on Might 25.Cliff Owen/Consolidated Information Photos/Getty Pictures

Some authorized consultants have weighed in on the character of the trial and why neither actor must be current when the jury finishes deliberating.

"They are not required to be there as a result of it isn't a prison case," Atlanta legal professional Manny Arora advised Newsweek. "However 99 p.c of the time, individuals will probably be there."

Whereas neither the plaintiff nor the defendant have to be current throughout a verdict studying in a civil trial, each actors' authorized groups will probably be there.

Depp made an look in London over the weekend to carry out at a Jeff Beck live performance, prompting some followers to assume he won't present up in Fairfax for the decision.

"He would not should be there, however I'd think about with the quantity of time, effort and cash that is been put into it, I would be very shocked if he wasn't there. In my expertise, I've at all times had the shoppers there as a result of it is their case. They wish to see it via," Arora mentioned.

One other legal professional, Mark Litwak in Santa Monica, California, predicted that the actors would possibly present up for the jury's choice. "In spite of everything," Litwak advised Newsweek, "each of them testified, and when a verdict comes down, there's gonna be quite a lot of press there they usually might wish to give a remark to the press."

He added, "It is as much as them whether or not they wish to seem."

The trial featured six weeks of detailed testimony, with each actors accusing one another of home abuse of their short-lived marriage, which led to 2016.