Amber Heard accuses Johnny Depp of 'kicking and slapping' her on private plane and says actor 'hated' her co-star James Franco

The sixth week of Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation trial began with an expert witness, an orthopedic surgeon who cast doubt on the actor’s claim of how he severed his finger in March, 2015, forcing a delay on the set of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Johnny Depp‘s defamation trial against his ex wife Amber Heard is underway and celebrities have been speaking out.

A third wheel? Amber Heard took heat on the stand during her ex-husband Johnny Depp’s ongoing defamation trial against her, this time over her relationship with James Franco.

Amber Heard denied Johnny Depp got her the role in  while adding that it was her successful audition that landed her the part.Heard took the witness stand on Tuesday, and during a tense cross-examination by Depp's defense attorney, Camille Vasquez, the actress seemed perplexed after Vasquez asked Heard point-blank, «Mr. Depp got you that role in  didn't he?»The 36-year-old actress responded saying, «Excuse me?» prompting Vasquez to repeat the question.«No, Ms. Vasquez.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentMario Batali has been cleared of charges that he groped a woman at a Boston bar in 2017, as a judge ruled on Tuesday that the celebrity chef is not guilty of indecent battery and assault.Batali — the famed TV chef and restauranteur behind Eataly, who fell from grace in 2017, following a series of sexual misconduct allegations — was on criminal trial this week in Boston with a woman who was accusing him of forcible kissing and groping. Batali was facing two-and-a-half years in prison, if found guilty.The quick trial spanned two days. Batali waived his right to a trial by jury, and did not take the stand.

It keeps getting messier. Amber Heard took the stand for the second time amid her ongoing defamation case against ex-husband Johnny Depp, this time focusing on the actor’s alleged jealousy issues.

Amber Heard described in explicitly graphic nature a series of alleged incidents at the hands of Johnny Depp shortly after their marriage, with the most heinous alleged act involving the actor using a liquor bottle to penetrate his then-wife.Heard sobbed uncontrollably Thursday on the witness stand as she painted a horrid picture of what she claimed took place in Australia in March 2015, merely a month after she and Depp tied the knot in L.A. before celebrating the nuptials on his private island in the Bahamas.Heard had just finished wrapping  and hopped on a plane to visit Depp in Australia, where he was filming. According to her testimony, things turned ugly the second she arrived, adding that the telling sign was he had lost a lot of weight.

Amber Heard is painting a not-so-pretty picture of Johnny Depp’s jealous side during the second day of her testimony.

Amber Heard took the witness stand for the second consecutive day on Thursday and claimed Johnny Depp hated James Franco, to the point that Depp allegedly berated — and allegedly kicked — her for taking a role in a film starring Franco.The 36-year-old actress claimed that Depp was already suspicious that she and Franco had a thing going on after they filmed. But things allegedly escalated to the point of violence after Heard accepted a role in the 2015 drama , starring Franco, Ed Harris, Christian Slater, Timothée Chalamet and Cynthia Nixon. When the topic about Franco came up, Heard visibly struggled to detail the alleged incident.«That's a nightmare,» an emotional Heard said.

Johnny Depp surrounded himself with an entourage of enablers to shield him from the consequences of his drug and alcohol use, his ex-wife Amber Heard testified Thursday.

Amber Heard has claimed that ex-husband Johnny Depp held his dog out of the window of a moving vehicle and "howled like an animal" as she took to the stand in court on Wednesday.

Amber Heard alleged more instances of physical abuse by Johnny Depp, painting a picture of a dream relationship turning into a nightmare as the actor descended into drug and alcohol binges.

Amber Heard has claimed that her ex-husband Johnny Depp "dangled their dog out of a moving car window".The Aquaman actress took the stand on Wednesday 4 May, in a court in Fairfax, Virginia, to testify in the defamation trial between herself and her Pirates of the Caribbean actor ex-husband. And amid a series of shocking allegations, the 36 year old recalled the alleged incident from March 2013, in which she claimed that Depp had consumed a copious amount of cocaine and alcohol. Amber claimed that Depp, 58, then held his dog out of the window in the car while "howling like an animal" after allegedly accusing her of infidelity.

Amber Heard has claimed Johnny Depp's substance abuse led to him losing "control" of his bodily functions and having to be "cleaned up" by his security team. The 'Aquaman' actress gave evidence in her legal battle with her ex-husband - who is suing her for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post newspaper about being a survivor of domestic abuse - on Wednesday (04. 05.

Amber Heard testified in court that Johnny Depp threatened he could “kill” her after she claimed he grew furious for “telling on him” to his kids that he had fallen off the wagon and started drinking again.