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Earlier this month, Pirates of Caribbean actor Johnny Depp had successfully postponed the trial for his $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard to May next year. The actor had cited that Warner Bros. is resuming shooting of the third instalment of Fantastic Beasts. Hence, the dates of the hearing to be held at the Fairfax County, Virginia court clashed with his shooting schedule.
Amber Heard had launched a $100 million counterclaim against her former husband Depp this summer. Following the postponement of the defamation trial, the actress is now asking a Virginia judge to force Depp to sit down for an elongated examination by her attorneys.
In support of Heard’s motion filed by her attorney urges the Virginia judge to force Depp return to the US and attend the defamation lawsuit which he has filed against Heard. The documents of the Heard’s motion, which is procured by Deadline, read, “Defendant is forced to bring this motion after extensive efforts to obtain the deposition of Plaintiff, even after providing a two-month Notice of Deposition, asking for locations and dates for Mr. Depp prior to his filming, seeking discovery to ascertain Mr. Depp’s exact filming schedule, and finally being told that the Plaintiff in this action, suing Defendant for $50 million, will not make himself available for deposition until the filming of Fantastic Beasts is complete, sometime late February 2021, or possibly later.”
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