Credibility in Court Proceedings Johnny Depp v Amber Heard

Описание: EP 24
Today we discuss the importance of credibility in criminal cases. We used the case of Johnny Depp v Amber Heard to illustrate the importance of credibility in Court proceedings whether it be criminal or civil trials.


EW enlisted two legal experts — Valentina Shaknes, a founding partner of matrimonial law firm Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP with expertise in domestic abuse and complex marital matters, and former assistant U.S. attorney Neama Rahmani — to help answer these and more burning questions about the case. (Interviews were conducted separately and combined.)


Were you surprised by the verdict?



NEAMA RAHMANI: It was surprising. Now, it certainly wasn't surprising that he won after their testimony because Johnny Depp was probably one of the best witnesses I've ever seen on the stand. Depp was likable, he was credible, and Heard was not. I think the jurors saw through that and they punished her as a result.


VALENTINA SHAKNES: I was surprised. It sort of took me a minute to figure out how they both could be awarded damages; how they both could be right. Neither of them got the full amount of the damages they were suing for, but they both got compensatory, partial compensatory damages. And then of course on top of that, Johnny got punitive damages. They were reduced in accordance with the statutory maximum, but still, the jury awarded him 50 percent of the amount of the compensatory damages they awarded. So yes, I was surprised by the results.


Source: https://ew.com/celebrity/johnny-depp-...