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whatsoever. okay. thank you. it sound like they're bringing in the jury right now. the jury is coming in and getting situated and then we are waiting. joey, are we going to hear guilty or not guilty? are we going to hear that? >> this is a civil trial. it's assessed in terms of liability or not liable. liable or not liable. if you're liable you get to the issue of damages which are monetary. if not liable, there's nothing further to discuss. >> whether amber heard is liable or not liable. >> first johnny, are you defaming johnny depp and is johnny depp liable to amber heard. the stan...

Statement. damages have to be filled in. >> yeah, that's what i heard, and just to make the distinction as lonnie brilliantly explained, there's a couple of portions of damages, compensatory and punitive. compens compensatory damages are designed to make you whole, damages lost that are attributable to defamation. someone does something to you, you can pinpoint the specific amount. that's designed to compensate you. punitive damages are designed to punish you, to say what you did is wrong, and i'm going to show how wrong it is by putting as many zeros as i can. before we go on or get too excit...