Amber Heard alleges a juror in Johnny Depp trial was never chosen for duty

Weeks after she was found liable for defaming Johnny Depp and ordered to pay the actor millions of dollars, Amber Heard has alleged that one of the jurors was not actually the person summoned to be on the jury. Heard's legal team said that the inclusion of the erroneous juror violated her due process rights and asked the judge to declare a mistrial. 

The Friday filing provides more information about a claim Heard's lawyers made when asking the judge to throw out the verdict last week. Her team asked the judge at the time to investigate "potential improper juror service," The Associated Press reported, noting that in documents given to attorneys before jury selection, the person was listed as being born in 1945 — but public information showed the juror who showed up to the trial was born in 1970. 

The new document, filed Friday by Heard's legal team, offered new details on the alleged incident. A 77-year-old was randomly selected for jury duty, the document said — but instead, a 52-year-old with the same last name who apparently lives at the same address came to the court and served as a juror throughout the trial. Their names were redacted in the document.