Get the latest updates from Johnny Depp’s ongoing defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard from the New York Post, as Depp is set to go back on the stand Monday.
04.05.2022 - 23:09 / variety.com
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAmber Heard took the stand on Wednesday afternoon, telling jurors in often emotional terms about the times that Johnny Depp hit her, screamed at her, punched walls and shoved her to the ground.Heard was called to testify on the 14th day of the defamation trial that has been underway in Fairfax, Va. Depp has sued her for $50 million, alleging that she destroyed his career by alluding to her domestic abuse allegations in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post.Early in her testimony, Heard made it clear that she did not want to be there, saying that the trial has been among the worst experiences of her life.“This is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything,” she said.
“This is the most painful and difficult thing I have ever gone through.” Heard also testified over the course of four days in the United Kingdom in 2020, after Depp sued the The Sun newspaper for calling him a “wife beater.” The Sun prevailed in that trial, as the judge ruled that Heard’s allegations were “substantially true.”Depp is looking for a second chance to redeem his reputation. In his own testimony two weeks ago, Depp maintained that Heard had repeatedly struck him, and that while he had yelled at her during their relationship, he never struck back.
Depp’s attorneys also argued that Heard’s opinion piece, in which she described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse,” cost him his role in the sixth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise — which would have netted him $22.5 million.Heard told jurors that she met Depp when she was cast in “The Rum Diary,” and they began their relationship on the press tour for the film in late 2011. She said they bonded over obscure
.Get the latest updates from Johnny Depp’s ongoing defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard from the New York Post, as Depp is set to go back on the stand Monday.
Last month Depp testified that Heard’s domestic abuse allegations against him were “heinous” and “not based in any species of truth.”Depp was third on the list of potential witnesses for Monday’s proceedings. Last week saw a flurry of the former couple’s acquaintances testify, mostly via videotaped deposition that went by relatively quickly, so Depp’s appearance Monday seemed a good bet.Heard previously told the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom that she suffered cuts on her arm and feet from broken glass, and a bruised jaw from getting “clocked” by Depp after a violent fight in Australia.
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterJohnny Depp repeatedly hit Amber Heard in the face during an argument at the couple’s penthouse in March 2015, Heard’s sister told a jury on Wednesday.The sister, Whitney Henriquez, was called to the stand to corroborate Heard’s allegations that Depp repeatedly assaulted her over the course of their four-year relationship. Heard is defending herself from a defamation suit brought by Depp in Fairfax, Va.Henriquez described witnessing a fight in which Depp and Heard were screaming obscenities at each other. Depp ran upstairs toward a mezzanine and hit Henriquez in the back, she said, and then Heard smacked him, saying “Don’t hit my fucking sister.” Depp’s security guard then ran up the stairs.
Things got a little strange at the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial on Tuesday.
Johnny Depp questioned the truthfulness of Amber Heard's claim that Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle.Heard was cross-examined Tuesday after her testimony in Depp's libel suit against her.Depp is suing Heard in Virginia's Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name. The trial is now in its fifth week.Depp's lawyer, Camille Vasquez, questioned Heard about a variety of incidents in which she says she was assaulted by Depp.Questioning was particularly intense over a March 2015 fight the couple had in Australia, shortly after they were married, while Depp was shooting a fifth film in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.It was during that fight that Heard says she was sexually assaulted.
Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions. Johnny Depp fans are not pleased with Amber Heard’s testimony. Ever since the actress, 36, took the stand in her defamation trial against Depp, social media has been flooded with accusations that Heard is "fake crying" on the stand.
(CNN)Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, best known, perhaps, for their performances as a swashbuckler and a sea warrior, respectively, currently find themselves starring in a contentious defamation trial in Virginia. Depp is suing Heard, his ex-wife, for $50 million as he alleges that she defamed him with a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about her experience with domestic violence.Depp was not referred to by name in Heard's piece, but he has said it's cost him work.In testimony this week, Depp was asked by his attorney about some of the film franchises he has starred in beyond his work as Capt. Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films."Boy, um, 'Alice in Wonderland'? I'm so pathetic when it comes to knowing what movies I've done.
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