Depp Legal Analysis: Impeachment Misstep

What happened with Jennifer Howell on Day 21 of the Depp v. Heard trial? Is there a reason that the testimony in court on May 24 was not what we expected?

In this video I give an analysis of the situation, including Howell's July 2020 Witness Declaration, and the applicable court rule about impeachment that applies to this Virginia case.

Jennifer Howell did the right thing by coming forward to tell the truth, years ago. She knew about the "staircase incident," and she knew that Whitney had made prior inconsistent statements. So why didn't the jury hear everything Jennifer Howell had to say?

Timecodes
0:00 Intro / Recap of Day 21
2:24 Prior testimony about staircase incident
6:29 Howell's UK Witness Declaration
9:41 Hearsay exception for prior inconsistent statements
10:47 Virginia court rule
13:43 What Depp's team needed to do
17:43 Jennifer Howell paid a price
18:53 Tomorrow is another day