With jury picked, Johnny Depp opens U.S. libel case against ex-wife Heard
JAN WOLFE LAWYERS for Hollywood star Johnny Depp gave a jury an overview of his U.S. defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard, the latest chapter in a long-running legal fight between the two Hollywood stars. Opening statements kicked off in a Virginia courtroom in a lawsuit Depp, 58, brought against Heard, 35, for $50 million in 2018. Depp alleges Heard defamed him when she penned a December 2018 opinion piece in the Washington Post about being a survivor of domestic abuse. The article never mentioned Depp by name, but Depp's lawyer Benjamin Chew told jurors on Tuesday that it…