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Johnny Depp says a Virginia judge should reject Amber Heard’s request for a new trial — claiming his ex-wife had plenty of time to raise potential issues over a juror, new court papers show.

Lawyers for Depp said the 36-year-old “Aquaman” star’s motions for a new trial “verge into the frivolous,” and asked the Fairfax, Virginia, judge to uphold the $10 million verdict he won last month.

Specifically, Heard’s claims that Juror 15 was not the person who was summoned for jury duty, tainting her right to a fair trial, should be rejected, Depp’s lawyers wrote in court papers filed Monday.


  Johnny Depp asked a Virginia judge to reject ex-wife Amber Heard’s request for a new defamation trial. SplashNews.com Johnny Depp asked a Virginia judge to reject ex-wife Amber Heard’s request for a new defamation trial. SplashNews.com

Lawyers for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star claim that what Heard’s team couches as “new” pieces of information about the juror in question – who was seated at the trial – were facts that were available to her when their defamation trial began.

The clerk’s office gave both sides the “pre-panel jury list” more than two months before the blockbuster proceedings started. And Heard admitted that she knew there were problems with Juror 15 when trial began, the filing claims.

“Ms. Heard therefore concedes she had more than enough time before the trial started, and during the six-week trial, when at least two alternates were available, to investigate and discover the alleged ‘new’ facts,” the court doc states.


  Depp’s lawyers said Heard’s motions for a new trial “verge into the frivolous.” NBC Depp’s lawyers said Heard’s motions for a new trial “verge into the frivolous.” NBC

Last week, Heard’s team argued that there were two people with the same last name living at the same address – one 77 and one 52. But the younger one showed up for jury duty despite the summons going out to the septuagenarian.

“It is deeply troubling for an individual not summoned for jury duty nonetheless to appear for jury duty and serve on a jury, especially in a case such as this,” her lawyers wrote in the papers arguing for a new trial.

But Depp’s team said that even if “a son served instead of his father, there would be no prejudice, as Juror 15 was qualified to serve as a juror in Fairfax County and was vetted by the court and the parties counsel just as all of the other jurors were.”


  Depp’s legal team dismissed Heard’s issues over a juror. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Depp’s legal team dismissed Heard’s issues over a juror. POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Reps on both sides declined to comment.

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