Tomorrow will be the final day of Johnny Depp’s evidence in #DeppvHeard at Fairfax County Court, Virginia. I’ll be in court. If you want to sign up to my newsletter for the rest of the trial (for a one-off donation), this is the link:
Tomorrow is also quite a special day for another reason…
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… at 8pm BST tomorrow on BBC1 there will be a one-hour Panorama special on the Post Office. It’s actually quite an emotional watch. If you miss it go out in the TV schedule it will be up shortly after on the BBC iplayer here:
Good morning from Fairfax County Court, Virginia where Day 10 of the Depp v Heard trial is well underway. You can watch the live feed on youtube here
Or follow these tweets for an overview of what’s going on. Everything I write is a summary...
… or paraphrase of what is happening in court. Nothing is a direct quote unless it is in “direct quotes”.
Yesterday saw the conclusion of Ben King’s testimony. Today we start with our first remote live testimony from Tara Roberts [TR], estate manager on Johnny Depp’s island.
She’s managed his island for 15 years - her job is to look after the staff and day to day operations on the island, houses, fuel, food etc. She describes it as like an estate in the middle of nowhere.
Welcome to the longest queue so far outside Fairfax County Court, Virginia for the beginning of Week 3 of DeppvHeard. Johnny Depp’s cross-examination is expected to conclude today.
I am told the witness schedule for today is likely to be as follows (subject to change):
Johnny Depp
Ben King - house manager in Australia (who found the tip of JD’s finger) - in person.
Tara Roberts - island estate manager
Managed to spend the first part of today in court before diving out to do an as live for @5_News (on air now in the UK).
There was a 24 minute delay this morning before the jury filed in.
Then JD’s xe resumed - short audio clips were played in. Some were indistinct, but in...
Good morning from Fairfax county Court. This was the queue for wristbands to Depp v Heard this morning as we approach Day 3 of Johnny Depp on the stand.
Jury has come into the court room. I’m going to sit outside for the morning session and do a bit of live tweeting. You can watch proceedings live here:
JD is being questioned by AH’s attorned Ben Rottenborn.
BR asking JD about his abusive mum and that he saw his dad punch walls when he was abused by his mum.
Biggest queue of the trial so far for Day 2 of Johnny Depp giving evidence for #DeppvHeard. #JohnnyDepptrial
As you may know my presence here is both crowdfunded AND funded by fees from a UK broadcaster who sponsored my visa. I only spent a small amount of time in court this morning before having to go out and file for 5 News and then all hell of tech problems commenced...
... we did make it to air. Which I want to show you.
Hmm.
[wonders how to add an existing tweet to a thread]
Welcome from the very cold queue to get into Fairfax County Court for Week 2 Day 6 of Depp v Heard. Can you spot your favourite YouTuber in here? I counted at least four.
Proceedings begin at 10am ET with the cross-examination of Sean Bett, then it’s….
…not Johnny Depp, but his band’s sound engineer Keenan Wyatt. THEN it’s Johnny Depp. If I had to bet on it (no pun etc), judging by the speed of proceedings to date, I reckon we’ll get to JD’s evidence at around 4pm ET, by which stage LA will be fully awake.
Good morning from the queue outside Fairfax County Court to get into #DeppvHeard week 2. It’s 7am. Proceedings will commence in three hours time. After breakfast.
I recorded a podcast in the back of the Uber on the way here reflecting on the drama of the weekend. It will be posted here: reportingdeppvheard.net/podcasts/ when it lands or search “Reporting Depp v Heard” on your usual podcast platform.