EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will take the stand in the Fairfax County Courthouse next week as the first witness for her defense in the $50 million defamation trial instigated by Johnny Depp.
10.04.2022 - 00:45 / deadline.com
Johnny Depp’s multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard is set to start on Monday. But before the fireworks begin, Amber Heard gave her Instagram followers a taste of her mood.
Earlier, Depp took a hit in his efforts to hobble his ex-wife’s defense and $100 million countersuit. In a short hearing, Virginia Judge Penney Azcarate ruled against Depp’s summary judgment motion and said Heard can, in fact, utilize the state’s anti-SLAPP statute.
SLAPP is an acronym for a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. A SLAPP suit is a civil complaint or counterclaim filed against people or organizations who speak out on issues of public interest or concern.
That means that her attorneys can argue Heard is deserving of immunity in front of the jury — and that undercuts a large swath of Depp’s legal strategy.
Depp has previously claimed Heard is “not a victim of domestic abuse, she is a perpetrator,” Depp’s spring 2019 suit even alleged the WaPo op-ed cost him a lucrative role in a potential relaunching of the Pirates franchise by Disney.
Both Depp and Heard have weathered ups and downs in the matter.
Heard failed in her moves to get the suit moved to California and dismissed, before countersuing Depp in September 2020. After losing his UK libel suit against Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun tabloid in November 2020 after calling him a “wife beater” (an appeal was denied in March 2021), Depp also came up short in January 2021 in his desire to see Heard’s big-bucks countersuit tossed out.
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Dominic Patten contributed to this report.
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EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will take the stand in the Fairfax County Courthouse next week as the first witness for her defense in the $50 million defamation trial instigated by Johnny Depp.
May 27, 2016 was the day that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s marriage went from private misery to public, career-killing spectacle.
Johnny Depp took to the stand to testify in his civil defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard - and the allegations keep on coming. The 58 year old Hollywood actor married Amber in 2015, but they split acrimoniously only one year later, with the actress claiming the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star had been violent towards her, filing for divorce and a temporary restraining order.The feuding exes engaged in a war of words via the press, and when their divorce was officially finalised in 2017, Amber received a $7m settlement, which she pledged to split between a children's hospital she was a patron of and a domestic violence charity.
Not buying it. Howard Stern criticized Johnny Depp for his “dramatic” testimony in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
What actually went down at Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s downtown LA penthouse six years ago was back in the spotlight today in the former Pirates of the Caribbean star’s $50 million defamation case against his ex-wife..
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is in full swing and ET will be streaming it live as new revelations are revealed and new witnesses take the stand.The court proceedings, in Fairfax, Virginia, kick off at 10 a.m. local time and run through 5 p.m., as witnesses close to Depp and Heard take the stand and give testimony regarding the former couple's tumultuous relationship.Depp is suing Heard for $50 million over in response to an op-ed Heard wrote for the in December 2018 about being the victim of domestic violence.
We’ve been covering every major moment of Johnny Depp‘s defamation trial against Amber Heard. As we’ve said, this has become, in the minds of many viewers, the criminal abuse trial he’ll never face. Much like his UK libel suit before it, in which the result led directly to his firing from the Fantastic Beasts franchise, the outcome of this jury’s decision will likely affect his career for years to come.
Howard Stern isn’t impressed with how Johnny Depp is handling himself during his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019. Mr Depp said that over time his marriage to Ms Heard had begun to feel like he was ‘in a relationship’ with his mother (Evelyn Hockstein/AP)Mr Depp is arguing that she defamed him in a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post titled “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change”.
Johnny Depp has recalled finding a "human poo" on his and Amber Heard's bed. He described the moment as "grotesque" during his defamation trial against his ex-wife.The Pirates of the Caribbean actor said he found "human faecal matter" on the bedsheets and went on to describe his reaction to the discovery. While testifying in his $50 million court trial, the 58 year old said the incident occurred after Heard, 35, had argued with him over his late arrival to her 30th birthday party in 2016.
Johnny Depp in a Virginia courtroom on Thursday as they try to derail his libel lawsuit against Heard over allegations that he abused her.Depp has been on the stand in Fairfax County Circuit Court since Tuesday afternoon. The actor has spent much of that time describing the couple's volatile relationship and denying that he ever physically or sexually abused Heard.Depp said that Heard often violently attacked him.
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's relationship is under the microscope as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star's defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife plays out for all the world to see. As the former "21 Jump Street" star testified during a hearing at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, Tuesday and Wednesday in his defamation suit against Heard, 35, Depp's and Heard's names have topped headlines.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019. Mr Depp said that over time his marriage to Ms Heard had begun to feel like he was ‘in a relationship’ with his mother (Evelyn Hockstein/AP)Mr Depp is arguing that she defamed him in a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post titled “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change”.
Actor Johnny Depp has denied hitting his ex-wife Amber Heard, claiming that he went from "Cinderella to Quasimodo" when he faced abuse allegations. The Hollywood star gave evidence on Tuesday 19 April in his multi-million dollar claim in his civil defamation case against his former wife in Fairfax, Virginia. Johnny, 58, insisted in his defamation case, which is estimated to cost $100 million: "Never did I myself reach the point of striking Ms Heard in any way.” He told the jury that he has faced "six years of trying times" since Amber first claimed her former husband inflicted abuse on her.
Johnny Depp is on the witness stand right now in his defamation case against his ex wife Amber Heard.
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA therapist who worked with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in 2015 testified that the couple engaged in “mutual abuse,” and that Depp could be “triggered” by Heard.Laurel Avis Anderson’s testimony was played for jurors on the third day of the $50 million defamation trial underway in Fairfax, Va. Depp has sued Heard for publishing an op-ed in 2018 in which she alluded to domestic violence claims that she first made in the context of their 2016 divorce.Anderson testified via video deposition in February, and the video was played for the jury on Thursday morning. Anderson said she saw the couple several times between October and December 2015, and that the sessions could be stormy — with both of them threatening to walk out at times.