Elon Musk will not testify in Johnny Depp, Amber Heard defamation trial

Amber Heard faced another morning of contentious testimony on Tuesday, as one of Johnny Depp’s attorneys tried to raise doubts in the jury’s mind of her claims that her ex-husband assaulted her.

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.

“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard told jurors in a defamation case on Monday that she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in 2016 because she worried she would not survive physical abuse by him.

Amber Heard is denying a claim that she defecated in her and ex-husband Johnny Depp's bed following a fight the couple had regarding her 30th birthday.On Monday, Heard returned to the stand and addressed an alleged incident that occurred in 2016, where Heard allegedly pooped in her and Depp's bed after the couple spent the night prior fighting because he missed her birthday celebration.  The 36-year-old actress told the court that it was the couple’s Yorkshire Terrier, Boo, who defecated in the bed at her and Depp's former penthouse apartment in Los Angeles.

Fans told People magazine they camped out in their cars outside the Fairfax, Virginia, courthouse and even spent up to $30,000 on travel expenses to wait to get in.Hordes of eager enthusiasts revealed they arrive in the wee hours of the morning to secure wristbands that grant access into the courtroom each day to watch the A-listers’ testimonies.“I’ve never been to a public trial before. I’ve never stayed up overnight for anything in line, and I came at 12:45 a.m.,” Sabrina Harrison of Madison, Wisconsin, told People. “I’ve never done something like this in my 46 years of life.”Sharon Smith, 52, told People she crossed the ocean to see the trial.

Johnny Depp has amassed a huge fortune thanks to his highly successful acting career, so it comes as no surprise that the star has owned a number of extravagant properties over the years. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 58, who is currently facing his ex-wife Amber Heard in court, has been the owner of various different lavish homes, including multiple penthouses in Los Angeles and an entire village in France.

Amber Heard has claimed that her ex-husband Johnny Depp “sexually assaulted her with a bottle”, in the latest revelation to come out of the defamation trial that is currently underway between the two. Amber, 36, took to the stand for the second day and broke down in tears as she described the alleged incident, as she claimed Johnny, 58, put a bottle “inside of” her in an alleged evening of alcohol-fuelled rage and violence.

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.

As the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial continues into its third week, Tuesday, May 3 brought testimony from clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Dawn Hughes.

As the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial continues into its third week, Tuesday, May 3 brought testimony from clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Dawn Hughes.

Johnny Depp is still facing off against Amber Heard in a contentious legal battle, where new information is continuously coming to light and new accusations are being leveled during each day of the trial.

Malcolm Connolly was personal security to Johnny Depp for around 23 years and has just given his testimony during the star's $50 million libel trial with ex wife Amber Heard.

As witnesses continue to take the stand or testify via video in the ongoing Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, it was recently revealed that two celebrities — James Franco and Elon Musk — will no longer be testifying in the case.  The witness list for the trial, which is expected to last six weeks, originally included Musk and Franco. However, Musk's lawyer confirmed to Fox News Digital that the Tesla CEO would not take the stand.

Elon Musk is thought to have donated half a million dollars to the American Civil Liberties Union in Amber Heard's name. On Wednesday, amid Johnny Depp's ongoing defamation trial against Heard, Terence Dougherty, the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of the ACLU, testified about what donations the organization has received from and on behalf of the former couple.

The general counsel of the ACLU testified that the foundation believed that billionaire Elon Musk was behind a $500,000 payment to help the actress fulfill a $3.5 million donation pledge to the organization.

Johnny Depp has been spotted doodling during his $50m (£39m) defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Footage of the actor showing his attorney Benjamin Chew what appears to be a portrait of a face has since gone viral on TikTok. Depp is seen slipping Chew the drawing, which the lawyer puts his glasses on to look at before nodding and smiling while conversing with Depp.