Attorneys for Heard petitioned for a new trial, claiming that information on the jury panel list sent to counsel ahead of the trial did not appear to match the demographics of one of the jurors, and so compromised Heard's rights to due process.
In a court order issued on Wednesday, Judge Penney Azcarate stated that Heard's due process rights were not violated because no fraud or wrongdoing occurred during the jury selection process.
'The juror was screened, sat for the entire jury, deliberated, and rendered a decision.'
The only evidence presented to this Court is that this juror and all other jurors followed their oaths, as well as the Court's instructions and orders.
The competent decision of the jury binds this Court.
If Heard's legal team had a problem with the jury selection process, they should have addressed it during the week-long trial, according to Azcarate.
The order states that 'a party cannot wait until receiving an adverse verdict to object for the first time on an issue known since the beginning of the trial.'
Depp's attorneys filed a response memo to Heard's post-trial motions, calling the legal arguments frivolous.
Representatives for both Depp and Heard declined to comment further on the judge's order.
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