A court stenographer has claimed that a "few jurors" dozed off during Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's recently-concluded trial.
Last week, the high-profile court case - which saw the former spouses battling it out in a televised trial - drew to a close.
Depp ultimately won the case and in the wake of the verdict, the trial's stenographer, Judy Bellinger, told the Law and Crime Network: "There were a few jurors who were dozing off."
She went on to say: "And it was tough. There were a lot of video depositions, and they would just sit there and all of a sudden I'd see their head drop."
Bellinger added that one member of the jury who she felt paid the most attention to the trial was an alternate who ended up not being in the deliberation room with the others as they decided on the verdict.
She told the network: "Unfortunately, the one alternate that was on there, she was probably the one that listened the most. She was very deeply into every word that was being said. I thought she would’ve made a great juror, and she did not get to see it to the end. She was paying close attention."
On Wednesday, it was decided by a jury of seven people that the 58-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean star should receive $15 million in damages after they found that 36-year-old Heard had defamed him in all three counts of his lawsuit against her.
The sum was made up of $10 million in compensatory damages and punitive damages of $5 million. However, as Virginia state law caps punitive damages at $350,000, Depp will actually be awarded $10.35 million.
The jury also awarded Heard $2 million in damages as a result of her $100 million counterclaim. She had filed the defamation countersuit against Depp over statements his attorney made about her, namely his referring to her abuse allegations as a hoax.
After winning the trial, Depp took to Instagram to share a statement with his supporters.
He wrote: "Six years ago, my life, the life of my children, the lives of those closest to me, and also, the lives of the people who for many, many years have supported and believed in me were forever changed.
"And six years later, the jury gave me my life back. I am truly humbled. From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome.
"Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that."