 The jury trial started on July 8, 2014.Testimony and arguments were heard until July 22, 2014.On July 29, 2014, after a three-week trial in Federal Court in Saint Paul, including six days of jury deliberations, and upon the agreement of both plaintiff and defendant to accept a divided jury verdict, the jury arrived at an 8 to 2 divided verdict in Ventura's favor, and awarded him $1.85 million, $500,000 for defamation and $1,345,477.25 for unjust enrichment.