Johnny Depp defamation trial against Amber Heard to begin Monday

EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will take the stand in the Fairfax County Courthouse next week as the first witness for her defense in the $50 million defamation trial instigated by Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp took to the stand to testify in his civil defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard - and the allegations keep on coming. The 58 year old Hollywood actor married Amber in 2015, but they split acrimoniously only one year later, with the actress claiming the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star had been violent towards her, filing for divorce and a temporary restraining order.The feuding exes engaged in a war of words via the press, and when their divorce was officially finalised in 2017, Amber received a $7m settlement, which she pledged to split between a children's hospital she was a patron of and a domestic violence charity.

Not buying it. Howard Stern criticized Johnny Depp for his “dramatic” testimony in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Johnny Depp was “overacting” when he testified against Amber Heard during the former couple’s defamation trial, calling Depp a “huge narcissist”.Depp is suing Heard for defamation over an opinion piece she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018 about their alleged abusive relationship. Depp’s lawyers have argued that the article falsely implies she was sexually and physically abused by Depp during their marriage.

Howard Stern isn’t impressed with how Johnny Depp is handling himself during his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Howard Stern is calling out Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019. Mr Depp said that over time his marriage to Ms Heard had begun to feel like he was ‘in a relationship’ with his mother (Evelyn Hockstein/AP)Mr Depp is arguing that she defamed him in a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post titled “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change”.

Johnny Depp is once again on the stand.

Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard was shown a photo of Mr Depp asleep on a couch with ice cream spilt across his lap. Mr Depp said he had worked a 17-hour day, taken some opioids, and that Ms Heard gave him the ice cream “because she knew what was going to happen”. The 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 is back on the stand in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019. Mr Depp said that over time his marriage to Ms Heard had begun to feel like he was ‘in a relationship’ with his mother (Evelyn Hockstein/AP)Mr Depp is arguing that she defamed him in a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post titled “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change”.

Johnny Depp is sharing his “truth” amid his blockbuster libel lawsuit trial against Amber Heard.

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Actor Johnny Depp told jurors Tuesday that he felt compelled to sue his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel out of an obsession for the truth after she accused him of domestic violence.“My goal is the truth because it killed me that all these people I had met over the years ...

New details have come out about Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s intense first week in court…

Amber Heard's former personal assistant accused the "Aquaman" actress of creating an abusive work environment in a videotaped deposition played Thursday during actor Johnny Depp's defamation trial against his ex-wife in Fairfax, Virginia. 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. Heard never identified Depp directly, but attorneys for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor say her allegations have negatively impacted Depp's career and relationship with his family.

A second day of testimony in Johnny Depp’s defamation case got underway Wednesday with his sister testifying that the “Pirates” star suffered abuse from their mother, and was a “very sad” person during his troubled marriage to now ex-wife Amber Heard.Christi Dembrowski, Depp’s older sibling and personal manager, began her testimony Tuesday and returned Wednesday for cross-examination. When Heard’s attorney’s questioned Dembrowski about Depp’s allegedly toxic behavior and aggressive text messages he sent in May 2014, she didn’t recall the conversation but told the court, “I wanted to be able to be helpful … because they were arguing all the time.”Dembrowski began her Tuesday testimony by detailing abuse they suffered from their mother: “She would hit us, she would throw things.” Dembrowski said Depp never hit his mom back, instead “he would get away.”She told the jury that Depp and Heard had many problems in their marriage and she believed Depp was a “very sad” person during that time.

Johnny Depp was an ‘obsessed ex-husband hell-bent on revenge’, a court has heard, as the actor’s defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard got underway in the US state of Virginia.  Lawyers on behalf of the Justice League actress said Mr Depp had sought to ‘ruin her life’ and that the situation was ‘disturbing, but not surprising’.  The 58-year-old Pirates Of The Caribbean actor is suing Heard, his former partner, for libel over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post in which she discussed her experiences of domestic abuse.

Johnny Depp’s defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard opened Tuesday in Fairfax, Virginia with explosive allegations of “excessive” drug and alcohol use, and claims of physical and psychological abuse in the couple’s marriage.Depp’s attorneys Benjamin Chew and co-council Camille Vasquez painted Heard as the aggressor telling the jury that the actress and model concocted stories of abuse because Depp “wanted out” and told his wife it was time to divorceDepp is suing his ex-wife for $50 million claiming she libeled him in a 2018 op-ed piece in the Washington Post, costing him a lucrative role in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. Although Heard didn’t name Depp in the article, she said she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”Depp’s lawyers laid out their case to the seven jurors and four alternates Tuesday.