Ellen Barkin Rejects ‘Romantic Relationship’ Label for 1990s Fling With Johnny Depp: ‘Call It Sexual’

Johnny Depp scored a clear and unexpected victory in court last week. His attorney, Ben Chew, implored the Virginia jury to restore his name, his reputation and his career, and the jury responded — finding that Depp’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, had defamed him when accusing him of domestic violence.But while jury verdicts are binary — liable or not liable, guilty or not guilty — Hollywood does not work that way. Depp has suffered tremendous reputational damage, much of it self-inflicted, and still has a lot of work to do if he wants to revive his career.“It’s not a light-switch,” says Howard Bragman, a crisis consultant to celebrity clients.

Gallery: 'I remember he took the foil off of this bottle and put it on my ring finger. . . ' The lovers who fell for Amber Heard (BANG Showbiz)Lex's tweet read: "My takeaways from Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial: 1.

Amber Heard has testified for the final time as the defamation trial between her and ex husband Johnny Depp edges towards its conclusion. While the jury deliberates on a verdict, Amber's ex boyfriend Elon Musk has reacted to the trial after closing statements for the trial were made on Friday 27 May. Tech billionaire Elon, 50, and Amber, 36, first sparked romance rumours in 2016, following Amber's split from Johnny, but their love story wasn't to last.

Elon Musk wants one thing for Amber Heard and Johnny Depp once the verdict for their defamation trial is in: for them to both “move on.”

Elon Musk hopes his ex, Amber Heard, and Johnny Depp «move on» once the verdict is announced in the actor's defamation trial against his ex-wife.The Tesla chief responded to podcast host Lex Fridman's tweet offering his takeaway from the trial. The podcast host, who is also a research scientist at MIT and has 1.4 million followers on Twitter, offered five bullet points.«1. Fame is one hell of a drug (for some).

Johnny Depp's $50million (£40million) defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard has finally come to a close after their lawyers delivered closing arguments on Friday.MORE: Inside Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's 'intensely passionate' 15-month marriageWhile the jury deliberates on a verdict, Amber's ex-boyfriend Elon Musk – whom she dated in 2017 after her split from Johnny and just a couple of months after accusing him of domestic abuse – has had his say on the trial.WATCH: Kate Moss testifies at Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trialElon shared his reaction on Twitter in a reply to MIT research scientist Lex Fridman, who shared his takeaways from the trial, which included: "Fame is one hell of a drug (for some)" and "Psychiatrists & lawyers come in drastically varying levels of skill."Responding to Lex, Elon wrote: "I hope they both move on. At their best, they are each incredible."READ: What Johnny Depp's lawyer REALLY said as he celebrated Amber Heard's Kate Moss commentMORE: The real reason Johnny Depp REFUSED to look at Amber Heard during trialAmber and Elon met on the set of the 2013 movie, Machete Kills, where they swiftly became friends but only started dating several years later.

Johnny Depp is receiving support from a former co-star. Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean" co-star Greg Ellis slammed what he called "false allegations" brought against Depp by his ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp has sued Heard for $50 million, saying she defamed him when she wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post claiming she was a survivor of domestic abuse.

vicious defamation trial with ex-wife and “Aquaman” actress Amber Heard, 36.First up: Actress Ellen Barkin, who had a romantic — or “sexual” — relationship with Depp when they both starred in the 1998 cult classic “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” testified that he threw a wine bottle at her during their relationship.Barkin, 68, said the actor was arguing with friends in a hotel room when he tossed the object. She also reiterated Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard’s claim that he was a “jealous man.”“Controlling,” is how Barkin described Depp.

Ellen Barkin just testified against Johnny Depp in his trial against Amber Heard — and the things she had to say really don’t make the actor look good!

Speaking out. Ellen Barkin testified about her relationship with Johnny Depp during his defamation trial with Amber Heard.

Ellen Barkin testified against ex Johnny Depp in a prerecorded deposition played Thursday for jurors during the ongoing defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard that began in Fairfax, Virginia, April 11. The 68-year-old actress called her ex-boyfriend and former "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" co-star "controlling" and "jealous" in testimony shown at the Fairfax County Courthouse.

Actress Ellen Barkin has testified in the Johnny Depp defamation trial against his ex wife Amber Heard.

Johnny Depp's ex-girlfriend, Ellen Barkin, labeled him as «jealous» and «controlling» in a videotaped testimony shown Thursday in the actor's defamation trial against Amber Heard.The 68-year-old actress was called to testify on Heard's behalf and, in the deposition recorded on Nov. 22, 2019, Barkin recalled her brief «sexual» relationship with Depp in the 1990s.

st and the 27th, when suddenly there were bruises.”Waldman began representing Depp after he and Heard divorced. He admitted to making several statements published in the Daily Mail in July 2020, including; “Amber Heard and her friends in the media used fake sexual violence allegations as both the sword and the shield”; “sexual violence hoax ‘facts'”; and “Quite simply this was an ambush a hoax.”By that, he meant calls to police intended to set up Depp – “but the first attempt didn’t do the trick,” and “so, Amber and her friends spilled a little wine and roughed the place up, got their story straight under the direction of a lawyer and a publicist and then placed a second call to 911.”The day gave way to several witnesses, almost all with something in common: A “former” in their relationship to Johnny Depp.

her ex-lover’s defamation trial against Amber Heard.“I don’t know why he threw the bottle,” Barkin said in a recorded deposition played for the Fairfax, Virginia, jury.The Bronx-born actress said she had a “romantic” relationship with Depp in the 1990s — and then asked the lawyer deposing her, “Can you change that to sexual?”She said Depp launched the bottle while fighting with others in a Las Vegas hotel room, but could not recall who else was present.Barkin, 68, said the two slept together about three to four times a week for five months in 1994.She described Depp as a “jealous man” and “controlling.”“I had a scratch on my back that once got him very angry because he insisted it came from me having sex with a person who wasn’t him,” she said in the deposition, recorded in 2019.She also said Depp was “drunk all the time” in an “out of control” way and she witnessed him doing cocaine and hallucinogens, as well as smoking weed.