Here's Why Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Aren't in Court This Week 

TUE MAY 10, 2022 | POSTED IN: CELEBRITY CRIME & LEGAL | SOURCE

Amid all the recent headlines about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard — for example: lost appendages and poop have been some high low-lights — it's easy to lose sight of what their ongoing trial is even about. 

The legal case, which has been streaming live on both Court TV and Law & Crime, has been a parade of sordid, disturbing details from their relationship, which ended in 2016 when Heard filed for divorce and obtained a domestic violence restraining order against Depp, accusing the actor of physically and verbally abusing her (allegations which Depp has denied). 

Why are they not in court this week?

The usual Monday through Thursday proceedings are on hold from May 9 through May 12 while Judge Penney S. Azcarate is attending to a previously-scheduled conference engagement. Depp and Heard will return to court on Monday, May 16.

What to expect when they return? 

Depp had his time on the stand and the next step in Heard's testimony is a cross-examination by Depp's team. Based on separate statements made by their teams, there will be fireworks.

"As Mr. Depp's counsel correctly predicted in their opening statements last month, Ms. Heard did indeed deliver 'the performance of her life' in her direct examination," a spokesperson for Depp said in a statement, which concluded with: "The upcoming cross examination from Mr. Depp's team will be most telling, and will certainly highlight the many fallacies Ms. Heard has now attempted to pass off as fact throughout her convoluted testimony."