Johnny Depp may lose defamation case even if Amber Heard flops on the stand, legal experts say

But that may not be enough to give her ex-husband Depp a victory in his defamation case against her, experts told Fox News Digital.Trial consultant and body language expert Susan Constantine analyzed Heard’s turn in the witness box and gave her a thumbs down for believability. AMBER HEARD DEFAMATION TRIAL: LIVE UPDATESHeard is countersuing for $100 million, accusing Depp and his former lawyer of conspiring to defame her by calling her abuse allegations a "hoax."Heard spent two days on the stand last week chronicling Depp’s alleged acts of verbal, physical and sexual abuse that she says left her with a broken nose, black eyes and bruises. Amber Heard testifying May 4, 2022, at Johnny Depp's defamation trial against her. If he does, the jury only has to find that Depp verbally abused Heard once for him to lose his defamation case, the attorney has said.But civil and matrimonial lawyer Marilyn Chinitz disagreed, countering that the op-ed clearly referenced Depp and a domestic violence claim Heard publicly made against him two years prior. "You don’t get a favorable feeling about either of them."Heard’s countersuit, alleging that Depp defamed her by calling her abuse claim a hoax, suffers from similar obstacles, said criminal and civil attorney Mark Bederow.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPHeard’s team must prove that Depp, not his lawyer, was actually behind the disparaging comment."But even if one party prevails, it will be a pyrrhic victory," Bederow told Fox News Digital.