David Sherborne, Johnny Depp‘s lawyer, laid into his ex wife Amber Heard in court today in the closing arguments for Johnny‘s trial against a UK tabloid for calling him a wife beater. Johnny has repeatedly denied these claims.
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Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentKate James, Amber Heard’s former personal assistant, alleged that Heard had appropriated her story of being a “sexual violence survivor,” giving evidence at London’s Royal Courts of Justice on the seventh day of Johnny Depp’s libel trial against the publisher of The Sun newspaper.Depp is suing News Group Newspapers and journalist Dan Wootton for an article on The Sun website that described him as a “wife beater.” Depp denies that he was violent
.David Sherborne, Johnny Depp‘s lawyer, laid into his ex wife Amber Heard in court today in the closing arguments for Johnny‘s trial against a UK tabloid for calling him a wife beater. Johnny has repeatedly denied these claims.
Last week, Johnny Depp made a strong case against his ex-wife’s claims in the libel trial against UK tabloid The Sun.
Amber Heard has accused ex-husband Johnny Depp of abusing her both physically and verbally while he was allegedly bingeing on alcohol and drugs, claiming that at various times during their tempestuous relationship she feared for her life. On the first day of her testimony Monday at Britain's High Court in London, Heard also denied accusations she was a heavy drug user and drinker as well as a controlling and abusive person.
Amber Heard took the witness stand for the first time today in Johnny Depp‘s trial against a British tabloid for saying he’s a “wife beater.” Johnny has denied all of these claims, and Amber reiterated today that she was afraid he would kill her.
An old friend of Johnny Depp was the latest person to give evidence in the actor’s libel trial against the Sun newspaper Friday.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s tumultuous relationship has been put on full display amid his court battle with the United Kingdom’s The Sun newspaper. Depp is currently suing the outlet for libel after they published a story about him which featured the term, “wife-beater,” to describe him.
Amber Heard didn’t make up her sexual assault narrative: she stole it — or parts of it, at least — according to her ex-personal assistant.
Johnny Depp’s former estate manager found a piece of the star’s finger following an argument with his ex-wife Amber Heard in Australia, the employee told Britain’s High Court on Wednesday.Ben King, who worked for the Pirates of the Caribbean actor in Australia, London and Canada between 2014 and 2016, was called as witness the libel trial against U.K.
© Thomson Reuters Actor Johnny Depp arrives at the High Court in London, Britain July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay In his first statement, King, whose role was described as house manager or butler, said: “I frequently witnessed Ms Heard goading and attempting to provoke Mr Depp.
Johnny Depp’s former estate manager today claimed Amber Heard “drank two bottles of wine a night” in 2014 while the Pirates of the Caribbean star was tee-total.Ben King said he was informed that Depp “had been a drinker” when he was first hired in London in 2014, but was told the actor was in recovery and not drinking alcohol at the time.He said he saw “a relatively large number of cases of wine” at the property Depp was staying at with then-wife Heard in London.“You found it strange given you
A Hollywood stylist has told the High Court Amber Heard had “no visible” injuries the day after the actress alleges Johnny Depp was violent towards her during a heated row.Samantha McMillen said she spent “much of the afternoon and early evening” with Ms Heard, 34, on December 16 2015 as the star prepared to appear on James Corden’s The Late Late Show and she could “see clearly” that Ms Heard had no marks, cuts or bruises.Mr Depp, 57, is alleged to have been violent towards Ms Heard in an
Amber Heard kept nude movie scenes secret from ex-husband Johnny Depp as she feared an outburst from the star, the Aquaman actress’ lawyers have claimed.According to documents in Depp’s explosive London libel case against British newspaper The Sun, the Pirates of the Caribbean star told the judge that he was “uncomfortable with the idea of (Heard) doing nudity,” reported The Guardian.While Depp admitted he told his ex “she didn’t have to be naked in films,” Heard’s lawyers said she went so far