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There are reports that Hollywood star Johnny Depp may win a defamation cases against his former wife Amber Heard.

Legal expert and former LA District Attorney Emily D. Baker has predicted that Depp might win the case. In an interview with a podcast, Baker admitted she was at first convinced neither the Pirates of the Caribbean star nor Heard would win the case.

However, she has changed her opinion after one key detail in Heard’s testimony, leading her to believe Depp may win the case. The former attorney said Johnny Depp may win trial due to Amber Heard’s past tweet.

Heard had confirmed during the testimony that she had retweeted the Washington Post opinion piece she authored in 2018. Baker said this tiny detail may sway the jury.

In 2016, Heard filed for divorce and alleged that Depp had physically abused her during their marriage under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Depp denied the accusations and stated that Heard was “attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse.” Their divorce was finalised in 2017.

This year Johnny Depp decided to sue Amber Heard for defamation because of an op-ed she wrote in the Washington Post in 2018. In the op-ed, headlined “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change,” Heard claimed that she was a domestic abuse survivor. However, she did not name Depp but the actor ended up losing major filing projects after that oped. Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard began on April 11.

Though Heard never mentioned Depp by name in the piece, his lawyers argue that references to him, and Heard’s previous abuse allegations, are clear and have damaged his career and reputation. Heard has filed a $100 million countersuit, claiming Depp and his legal team defamed her by calling her allegations a hoax.