He said, she said: Accounts from Depp and Heard rarely match

Johnny Depp’s legal team started their rebuttal testimony on Tuesday with the video deposition of Walter Hamada, the Warner Bros. executive who said that their concerns over casting Amber Heard in the Aquaman sequel had to do with her chemistry with Jason Momoa.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA Virginia judge on Tuesday denied Johnny Depp’s motion to dismiss Amber Heard’s counterclaim, ruling that the issue should be decided by the jury.The counterclaim alleges that Depp’s attorney, Adam Waldman, defamed Heard and damaged her career when he accused her and her friends of perpetrating an “abuse hoax.” Heard’s side rested their case Tuesday morning, prompting Depp’s team to make the routine motion to dismiss the claim.Depp’s attorney, Ben Chew, argued that Waldman was offering his opinion, and that therefore he cannot have committed defamation. Chew also argued that there is no evidence that Depp saw or knew about Waldman’s statements until the counterclaim was filed.“He did believe, and will to his dying day, that Ms. Heard’s claims of abuse were patently false,” Chew said.

blockbuster defamation trial.Alexandra Cunningham posted the parody video to the social media site Sunday, which co-starred her husband, Shane. The clip — which has clocked up more than 2.1 million views in less than 24 hours — highlights how much of the public has seemingly sided with Depp during the captivating court case, while Heard has been smeared online. “People told me I look like Amber Heard before, but ever since the trial started, things have escalated,” Alexandra — who some say looks almost identical to the “Aquaman” actress — states at the beginning of the TikTok video.

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.

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.

Part of the team. Amber Heard has several lawyers working for her in the Johnny Depp defamation trial, including Virginia-based attorney Elaine Charlson Bredehoft.

A friend of Amber Heard testified on Wednesday about seeing the extent of the actress’ injuries following arguments with Johnny Depp.

Amber Heard’s testimony resumed on Monday in Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation trial against her, as the actress made further details of her ex-husband’s alleged abuse during their marriage.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterFor the past month, jurors in Virginia have been witness to a tabloid spectacle. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have taken turns revealing every detail of their four-year relationship, including serious allegations of bloody violence and sexual assault, as well as merely lurid accounts of screaming fights, promiscuous drug use, and bowel movements.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterFrom his office window, attorney Jon Katz has a direct view of the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia, and for the past several weeks, he has watched fans gathering outside to catch a glimpse of Johnny Depp.The trial pitting the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, is the biggest case Katz can recall in 20 years of practicing criminal defense in the area. He also does free-speech work — clients have included strip clubs, adult toy shops and the Westboro Baptist Church — so he has a professional stake in the outcome.“I want a verdict against both of them,” he says.Depp and Heard are suing each other for defamation. Depp alleges that Heard destroyed his career when she accused him of domestic violence.

Jennifer Grey is heartbroken over the legal saga involving Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The "Dirty Dancing" star, who previously dated the actor, opened up about her life and career in a new memoir titled "Out of the Corner." In it, she detailed her relationship with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star, calling their union "a f---ing bonfire." "I have known him for 30 years," Grey, 62, told "Extra" host Rachel Lindsay on Monday. "I haven’t talked to him.

(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.

Amber Heard detailed disturbing sexual assault allegations against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, on the witness stand Thursday in a Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom. Heard on Thursday described an alleged sexual assault that took place over the course of a three-day-long fight between the couple in Australia in 2015, the first year of their marriage. Heard alleged that when she arrived in Australia to rejoin her husband after not seeing him since their wedding, Depp accused her of cheating on him with her co-star Eddie Redmayne, which started the fighting.

Amber Heard has told a court she was "heartbroken" the first time Johnny Depp hit her, as she tearfully described the alleged incident that had "changed her life".

“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

A day after a forensic psychologist testified about instances in which Amber Heard was subject to domestic and sexual violence by Johnny Depp, the actor’s attorneys attempted to undermine her knowledge of their relationship.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge refused to dismiss Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, as the high-profile trial reached its midpoint on Tuesday.Depp is arguing that Heard cost him tens of millions of dollars — and his role in the sixth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film — when she published an op-ed reviving her domestic violence allegations against him. The trial has been underway since April 11 in Fairfax, Va.