Johnny Depp's defamation trial in London has been postponed due to the coronavirus, Yahoo Entertainment can confirm. The high-profile trial was supposed to start Monday, bringing Depp and ex-wife, Amber Heard, face-to-face. The actor is suing News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the Sun, over a 2018 story that called him a "wife beater."A hearing took place Friday to determine whether the trial would need to be adjourned. Courts in the U.K. have been operating relatively normally as the country is not in lockdown. However, Depp is in France at his 37-acre estate and his legal team said the actor couldn't travel, nor is he able to give evidence through a suitable video link.The Sun's legal counsel, Adam Wolanski QC, claimed in court Depp wanted the trial adjourned "not because of the coronavirus, but because he cannot face the prospect of his lies about his relationship being exposed because he’s a coward and because he knows he’s going to lose."
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