Johnny Depp VS Amber Heard: Court Stenographer Reveals Some Jurors Dozed Off During Trial

The court stenographer in the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial has dropped new details about the case. In an interview with the “Law & Crime Network” following Wednesday’s verdict, Judy Bellinger revealed that some of the jurors in the front and back rows fell asleep during the trial.

“There were a few jurors who were dozing off,” she said. “And it was tough. There was a lot of video deposition, and they would just sit there, and all of a sudden I’d see their head drop.”

Bellinger also revealed that one of the jurors who was actually “paying close attention” only served as an alternate during the trial and was not involved in the final verdict.

“Unfortunately, the one alternate that was on there, she was probably the one that listened the most. I watched her facial expressions, she was very deeply into every word that was being said. I thought she would’ve made a great juror, and she did not get to see it to the end,” she said.

Bellinger responded to rumors that she joined Depp and his legal team at a party after they delivered their closing arguments on May 27. According to her, she went to the hotel of Depp’s lawyers that day to pick up her recording equipment, which Depp’s lawyers luckily retrieved after she had left it at the courthouse following the day’s trial.

The stenographer said she met Depp at the hotel and posed for a photo with him, which she did not expect to go viral. “I was in there for probably less than 10 minutes, and he just hugged me and thanked me again. And I had a couple of other people there, and I got my equipment, and I came out,” she said.

On June 1, the seven-person jury ruled in favor of Depp after establishing that Heard intentionally and maliciously defamed the actor when she wrote an op-ed in a 2018 issue of Washington Post. In the said op-ed, the “Aquaman” actress chronicled her alleged experiences as a survivor of domestic violence.