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It’s Wednesday 15 July and we’re back at the Royal Courts of Justice for Day 7 of the Johnny Depp v NGN libel trial. He is suing the publisher of the The Sun newspaper for libel after it claimed he was a “wife-beater”
Today's schedule is as follows:
AM:
Ben King (in person) – Mr Depp’s former estate manager
Kevin Murphy (video link) – Mr Depp’s estate manager
Ben King (in person) – Mr Depp’s former estate manager
Kevin Murphy (video link) – Mr Depp’s estate manager
PM:
Katherine Kendall (video link) – Actor and #MeToo
advocate
Winona Ryder (video link) – Actor and former girlfriend of Mr Depp
Kate James (video link) – Former personal assistant to Ms Heard
Katherine Kendall (video link) – Actor and #MeToo
advocateWinona Ryder (video link) – Actor and former girlfriend of Mr Depp
Kate James (video link) – Former personal assistant to Ms Heard
No Winona in person. Shame.
The action is happening in court 13 - the principal court for the purposes of this trial.
Proceedings are due to start today at 10am BST. I will be live-tweeting throughout the day from the reporters court (38) which is connected by videolink.
Proceedings are due to start today at 10am BST. I will be live-tweeting throughout the day from the reporters court (38) which is connected by videolink.
Just a reminder that I cannot record video, audio or take any pictures whilst anywhere in the court or court precincts. It is a potential criminal offence to do so.
With regard to the live-tweeting I have a legal and professional responsibility to be “contemporaneous, accurate and fair”. I can’t speculate or answer any questions as to how I think it might be going for either party.
Also - what I am writing is a summary of what is being said in court. I am paraphrasing the exchanges in order to keep up with people as they talk. Nothing is a direct quote unless it is in “direct quotes”.
For direct quotes you will need to read the transcripts which I am now posting each evening after proceedings have finished. You can read the first six days here: https://www.nickwallis.com/depp-trial plus all the witness statements.
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As I mentioned earlier I had a look at the analytics this morning and my twitter feed has received more than 50,000,000 impressions in the last 7 days, which is a bit of a bump from the previous week (by about 50m).
I am also getting 1000 replies a day. Thanks very much indeed to everyone taking an interest. Please accept my apologies if I don’t respond.
Today there are 11 other journalists with me in court 38, but @SianHarrisonpa and @SamioTobin who work High Courts full time for the Press Association have disappeared. Maybe they’re making the representations over access to documents to the court (mentioned yesterday).
Sam Sian and I are meant to be going for a drink this evening but as I was up after midnight trying to wrestle transcripts onto my website I think I will be better off walking out of court tonight and trying to find a quiet corner in which to sleep.
I’m sure they’ll understand.
Having been pasty-shamed for my lunch choices over the last two days I am going to attempt something healthier today, and I might even give up the chocolate bar. But i draw the line at swapping out the Diet Coke (other colas are available).
