Depp v. Heard is a free, public archive of court records, published by Court Daemon and built by Trice Digital. By using depp-heard.courtdaemon.com you agree to these terms.
What This Archive Is
The archive organizes material that is already public: court reporter transcripts and courtroom video from the 2022 defamation trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court. It exists so that the record is searchable and citable. It is a reference work, not journalism, not advocacy, and not entertainment. It is not affiliated with any party to the case, with any court, with Planet Depos, or with any law firm.
Accuracy And The Official Record
Transcripts are derived from Planet Depos court reporter PDF transcripts through native text extraction, with AI-assisted correction and speaker resolution across multiple passes. Court reporter page and line numbers are preserved for citation. Errors are possible, and some sources contain errors of their own. The About page describes the sources, the method, and the known limitations in full.
The official court record always governs. Nothing on this site is a certified transcript, and nothing here should be relied on as one. If a passage matters to you, verify it against the official record before you use it. Where the archive links to an official source, that source outranks anything shown here.
Supporting Material
Alongside the transcripts, the archive includes person profiles, proceeding and day overviews, key moments, and notes on what attorneys challenged during examination. This material is drafted with AI assistance from the transcript data and reviewed before publication. It is written to describe what the record contains, not to interpret it or characterize anyone’s conduct, and it takes no position on the merits. It is supplementary, may contain errors, and is not a substitute for reading the transcript.
Testimony, Argument, And Findings
Testimony, argument, exhibits, and allegations in the record are not findings of fact. A jury returned a verdict in this case; the verdict is what the jury found, and nothing else in the record carries that weight. The archive presents the proceedings on that basis and does not adjudicate what was true.
Not Legal Advice
Nothing on this site is legal advice, and using the archive creates no attorney-client relationship of any kind. If you have a legal question, consult a lawyer.
Corrections And Removal Requests
Accuracy matters more here than volume, so corrections are genuinely welcome.
To report an error, use the report link in the footer or the flag icon on any transcript line, or write to contact@courtdaemon.com. Please include the page address and enough of the passage to locate it. Verified errors are corrected.
To request removal, write to contact@courtdaemon.com and identify the specific material and the basis for the request. Every request is read and answered by a person.
Please understand the standard that is applied. The archive publishes material that is already part of the public court record, and it will not remove accurate public-record content simply because a person would prefer it were not findable. What will be acted on is material that is inaccurate, material that is under a sealing order or an equivalent legal restriction, and material that identifies a person in a way the court itself protected. Requests that fall outside those grounds may be declined, and the reason will be given.
Copyright And Reuse
Court records are public documents. The selection, organization, correction, annotation, design, and code of this archive are the work of Trice Digital and are protected accordingly.
Citing, quoting, and linking to the archive is encouraged, including deep links to individual lines. Attribution to Depp v. Heard is appreciated. Crawling and indexing, by search engines and by AI systems alike, are permitted, and the archive is built to be quoted accurately. What is not permitted is republishing the archive wholesale as your own, or presenting its content in a way that misstates what the record says.
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Availability And Liability
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Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.
Changes
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