About This Archive

What This Is

A searchable, cross-referenced archive of the Depp v. Heard defamation trial — 64,736 utterances across 27 trial days, with court reporter page and line citations. 27 days of testimony from Fairfax County Circuit Court, April–June 2022.

This is a research tool, not a legal document. It exists because court transcripts are expensive and inaccessible, and public trial records deserve a better reading experience.

How It Was Built

Transcripts are derived from Planet Depos court reporter PDF transcripts — official records from Fairfax County Circuit Court. Native text extraction with AI-assisted correction and speaker resolution across multiple passes.

The result preserves court reporter page and line numbers for citation. While significantly more accessible than raw PDFs, verify against official court records before citing in legal contexts.

Video Sync

23 of 27 trial days are synced to Law & Crime’s YouTube broadcast. Click the Video toggle in a transcript’s right sidebar to dock the player; click any ▶ gutter button to jump the player to that line. The Sync transcript to video checkbox auto-scrolls the transcript as the video plays.

Timestamps are produced by aligning YouTube’s auto-generated captions to the court reporter’s transcript using a direct-token anchor plus linear interpolation for gaps. They are close but not frame-accurate — expect drift of a few seconds, especially in sections with overlapping speakers or where the transcript’s phrasing diverges from what was said.

Four days have no video sync: Day 0 (jury selection — not broadcast), Day 11 (the broadcast is marked private on YouTube), Day 16 (Amber Heard’s first day of direct testimony — YouTube did not generate auto-captions for this video), and Day 25 (short jury-question day, no usable caption anchors). All other days are playable.

Known Limitations

• Speaker attribution is imperfect. PDF extraction sometimes loses speaker boundaries. Most errors have been corrected through AI resolution and review, but some may remain.
• Proceeding boundaries are approximate. Sidebars, bench conferences, and overlapping speakers can shift boundaries by a few utterances.
• Text accuracy varies. Most text is highly accurate (native PDF extraction, not OCR). Some formatting artifacts from PDF conversion may persist.

If you find an error, use the Report an Issue button in the footer or the flag icon on any transcript line.

Disclaimer

This is not a legal document, not an official transcript, and not a substitute for the court record. Do not cite this archive as a primary source without verifying against official Fairfax County Circuit Court records.

This project is not affiliated with any party to the case, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Planet Depos, or any law firm. All content is derived from public court records.

Contact

Found an error? Have a question? Use the Report an Issue button on any page, or email contact@courtdaemon.com.