A tricky one alright. Your best bet if you have a middling judge is to sabotage the key prosecution witness.
The Dowra affair is a classic example of getting the most out of your hand.
"The disappointment I feel today is beyond words. I’m heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband.’
'I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously.
’I believe Johnny’s attorneys succeeded in getting the jury to overlook the key issue of Freedom of Speech and ignore evidence that was so conclusive that we won in the UK.
'I’m sad I lost this case. But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American – to speak freely and openly"
If amber believed so passionately in freedom of speech, then why did she instruct her own lawyers to overlook it and countersue for defamation
Johnny Depp has a history of violence and is on trial again next month for assault. And I believe a lot of his previous assaults on Ms Heard were proved “to the civil standard” a few years back (according to an article I read in the Guardian yesterday).