Amber Heard's bid for Johnny Depp defamation re-trial thrown out by judge

Amber Heard's request for a retrial in her legal dispute with Johnny Depp was denied.

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The actress claimed that one of the jurors was not properly vetted and that the defamation trial should be re-tried.

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Judge Penney Azcarate denied her application, stating that Depp's court victory stood and that the jury had made a "competent decision."

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Last week, Heard's lawyers filed papers claiming that "newly discovered facts and information

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about the juror meant the widely publicized verdict should be declared void.

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They claimed that one of those summoned to serve on the jury, a 77-year-old man,

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did not appear and was replaced by his son, who shares the same name and lives at the same address.

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