About This Archive

What This Is

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

Transcript Source

Transcript text comes from Planet Depos court-reporter PDFs from Fairfax County Circuit Court. Reporter page and line numbers accompany the HTML transcript so readers can check passages against the source PDFs.

Video Sync

25 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.

Video timing is approximate and may drift by a few seconds, especially around overlapping speakers or where the transcript differs from what was said. Passages without a supported timestamp have no play control.

Two days have no available source video: Day 0 (jury selection — not broadcast) and Day 11 (the broadcast is private on YouTube). All other trial days have video sync where the alignment is supported.

Supporting Material

Summaries, profiles, timelines, and other guides are separate from the transcript. Some are produced with AI assistance and may contain errors or miss important context; use the transcript and cited records for important questions.

Known Limitations

• The HTML transcript may contain errors. Speaker labels, line breaks, or formatting may differ from the source PDFs.
• Some proceeding boundaries are approximate. Sidebars, bench conferences, and overlapping speakers can shift a boundary by a few lines.

If you find an error, use the Report an Issue button in the footer.

Disclaimer

This is not a certified transcript and is not a substitute for the court record. Verify important passages against the Planet Depos transcript or original broadcast, as applicable.

This independent archive is not affiliated with any party to the case, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Planet Depos, or any law firm. Transcript text comes from public court-reporter PDFs; public courtroom broadcasts supply video.

The full statement, including reuse, citation, and removal requests, is on the Terms of Use page.

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