The Latest Breaking News from Penney Azcarate

A Virginia judge has ordered prosecutors to share documents about the reassignment of a digital forensic examiner in a double-killing case

Over six weeks of testimony, jury heard from string of witnesses including the couple’s friends, psychiatric experts, surgeons and the actors themselves. Testimony painted captivating and disturbing portrait of a doomed marriage, laying bare violent fights, drug use and vicious words to each other. Here are some of most dramatic…

A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by actress Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million judgment awarded against her in favor of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

Amber Heard's legal team argued that Johnny Depp had not substantially backed up his defamation claims with evidence, and questioned the eligibility of one jury member seated throughout the high-profile trial

Penney Azcarate, who presided over the case, dismissed claims that an individual juror had not been properly vetted.

Ms Heard’s legal team had requested the verdict to be thrown out

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard libel trial, which generated intense interest for two months earlier this year as a livestreamed, no-holds-barred soap opera featuring one of Hollywood's biggest stars, is not fading away quietly. Earlier this month, Heard's lawyers filed a 51-page motion asking Judge Penney Azcarate to set aside the…

Actor says in 43-page memorandum that the jury’s verdict should be set aside on the grounds that it was unsupported by evidence

Last week, the judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial made a jury's award official with a written order for Heard to pay Depp $10.35 million for damaging his reputation. Judge Penney Azcarate also ordered Depp to pay Heard $2 million for her counterclaim that his lawyer defamed her.…