EXPLAINER: Johnny Depp's wild testimony, cross-examination

Ellen Barkin will testify at the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The defamation case is set to resume in Virginia on Monday (16. 05.

Johnny Depp’s defamation trial is on a scheduled weeklong break after the world listened to a parade of witnesses, including Amber Heard, testify in recent days.  Depp is trying to prove to a jury that the actress defamed him in an op-ed she penned for the Washington Post that alleged she was the victim of domestic and emotional abuse without specifically naming the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star, 58. Depp’s case is no layup for his legal team, according to a leading entertainment attorney. Daniel Gutenplan, who has represented clients on both sides of high-profile defamation cases, contends Depp still has an "uphill battle" to win his case and secure the $50 million judgment he is seeking.

Johnny Depp’s team has called Amber Heard’s defamation trial testimony the “performance of her life” in a statement.

Amber Heard has claimed Johnny Depp's substance abuse led to him losing "control" of his bodily functions and having to be "cleaned up" by his security team. The 'Aquaman' actress gave evidence in her legal battle with her ex-husband - who is suing her for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post newspaper about being a survivor of domestic abuse - on Wednesday (04. 05.

Taking the stand. Amber Heard spoke out for the first time on Wednesday, May 4, amid her ongoing defamation case involving her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

UPDATE, 12:45 PM: “I will never forget it, it changed my life,” Amber Heard told a Virginia courtroom today of the first time Johnny Depp allegedly hit her in the winter of 2011.

“I am here because my ex-husband is suing me for an op-ed I wrote,” Amber Heard said today in Virginia within seconds of taking the stand in the Johnny Depp $50 million defamation trial

Amber Heard is expected to take the stand in the ongoing defamation trial involving Johnny Depp on Wednesday, just days after she ditched her original PR team. Depp sued ex-wife Heard for $50 million alleging she defamed him when she wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post back in 2018.

The Johnny Depp defamation trial against his ex wife Amber Heard reached the halfway point today (May 3) when Johnny‘s legal council presented their final witness.

Johnny Depp’s sensational defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard slogs on, some social media sleuths have already declared a victor — and believe the defense may have as well in the latest bizarre conspiracy theory surrounding the case.Cultish Depp fans on TikTok are sharing now-viral footage of the “Lone Ranger” star during the flop film’s 2013 premiere in London — which appears to show a familiar-looking, camera-toting tourist gazing at Depp from behind a red carpet barricade. TikTok detectives have declared the starstruck gal bears a striking resemblance to none other than Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredhehoft.The embattled ex-lovers, who married and divorced between 2015 and 2016, have reunited in court as Depp, 58, accuses Heard, 35, of damaging his public reputation, and thus his career, when she wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post alluding to alleged domestic abuses he’d caused.

Lily-Rose Depp, a 22-year-old Hollywood starlet and Chanel billboard queen, has been mentioned several times while various witnesses testify in her father Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.  Depp sued Heard — whom he was romantically linked to from 2012 until 2016 — after the actress wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post detailing alleged abuse. Although Heard didn't name Depp in the op-ed, she detailed allegations of abuse that allegedly occurred in 2016 when she was married to Depp.

A lengthy cross examination of Johnny Depp in his $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard concluded on Monday morning with the actress’s attorney again focusing on a series of the actor’s violent words in texts as well as audio of their arguments.

Johnny Depp is once again on the stand.

Amber Heard's defense team presented shocking evidence against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, in a Virginia courtroom on Thursday during Depp's defamation trial against Heard. Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 35, for $50 million over an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post alleging she was the victim of domestic abuse.

Johnny Depp moaning in pain after mixing opioids and alcohol was played in court as the actor was cross-examined by lawyers for his ex-wife Amber Heard. Actor Johnny Depp testifies during his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, April 21, 2022The defamation trial between Mr Depp and Ms Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has been shown messages and “reminders” Mr Depp scrawled in blood and paint after severing his finger in a fight during which he claims Ms Heard threw two vodka bottles at him. Johnny Depp wrote messages in mix of ‘paint and blood’ after his finger of severed, a lawyer for Amber Heard saidThe defamation trial between Mr Depp and Ms Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019.

Family feud. Johnny Depp revealed that his daughter Lily-Rose Depp did not attend his 2015 wedding to Amber Heard — and he claims her absence was due to conflict allegedly caused by his ex-wife.