Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial brings Hollywood to Fairfax County

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Hollywood is coming to Fairfax County, but without the red carpet and high-fashion couture. Two famous actors embroiled in a

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bitter defamation case are scheduled to face off in a trial starting April 11 in Fairfax County Circuit Court.

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Johnny Depp, 58, and Amber Heard, 35, who were briefly married from 2015 to 2017,

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are set to begin their long-anticipated defamation trial with jury selection that day

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The trial is expected to last through the end of May, and the case has drawn national and

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international attention. Depp is seeking $50 million from Heard for a 2018 Washington Post op-ed

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she wrote in which she discussed domestic violence.

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