Johnny Depp’s assistant ‘said actor kicked Amber Heard in head on private jet’

2022 MTV Video Music Awards. A source close to the production of the show confirmed to The Post that the 59-year-old star will dress up as a real-life Moon Person, the silver astronaut statue that VMA winners are awarded.

Amber Heard has sacked her long-time attorney and hired a new legal team as she prepares to appeal the verdict in her defamation trial with Johnny Depp. Elaine Bredehoft, who represented Ms Heard in the six-week long trial, will step down.

Mads Mikkelsen raised the possibility of Johnny Depp’s return to the Fantastic Beasts saga in light of his recent defamation trial victory over Amber Heard. Mikkelsen replaced Depp as Gellert Grindelwald for the third instalment, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, after Depp resigned at the request of studio Warner Bros last year. Speaking at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Monday, Mikkelsen said “it was very intimidating” stepping into Depp’s shoes for the role.

Amber Heard has hired new legal counsel amid her ongoing litigious battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp. Last month, Heard took the necessary step toofficially appeal the verdict in Depp's defamation case against her. According to the legal documents, obtained by ET, the  actress' lawyers at the time filed the paperwork on July 21 in Fairfax County, Virginia, alerting the court they would be filing an appeal in the case where jurors awarded the  star $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

Amber Heard is replacing most of her legal team and leaning into the Constitution as she prepares to appeal a multi-million defamation verdict awarded to Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp has inked an endorsement deal worth seven figures with French fashion house Dior, a source close to the actor confirmed to Fox News Digital Tuesday. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star will be the face of Dior's cologne Savauge as part of a multi-year agreement, sources told TMZ. The gossip site reported that Depp, 59, hammered out the deal after fashion photographer Greg Williams attended one of Depp and English guitarist Jeff Beck's concerts in Paris.

Marilyn Manson used a racial slur against The Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha during a text message conversation with Johnny Depp.The conversation happened in 2016 after Lindsay Usich (Manson’s current wife) allegedly “filed a police report” against Manson.The text accuses Usich of “pulling an Amber (Heard)” by getting the police involved but, according to Manson, it was only because her brother-in-law James Iha and her “poor, fat Mom want to steal my money”. It’s here Manson uses a racial slur targeted at people of East Asian descent.According to the texts, Depp then offers Manson a place to “hide out”, if he needs it.More text messages between Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp pic.twitter.com/T02Mh1rrqU— kamilla (@k4mil1aa) July 31, 2022Thousands of pages of documents filed in Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation case were unsealed at the end of last month, with Depp supporters paying over $3,300 (£2700) to access the files.At the start of June, the jury in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial gave their verdict, ruling in favour of Depp.The verdict was returned after almost 13 hours of deliberation across three days at the district court in Fairfax, Virginia.Depp has been awarded $10million (£8million) in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages.

Johnny Depp's former girlfriend, actress Ellen Barkin, claimed the actor gave her drugs the first time they slept together in deposition testimony that was revealed as part of the 6,000 pages of pre-trial documents recently unsealed in Depp's lawsuit against Amber Heard.Barkin, 68, sat down for the deposition in 2019 and answered questions about her past relationship with Depp, which she said lasted several months and ended after the pair finished filming in 1997.Barkin said that she and Depp were friends before their relationship became sexual, and she testified about the first time the actor expressed his interest in taking their platonic relationship in a physical direction.«He came on to me in the living room of my house, pulled me onto his lap and said something like, 'Oh, come on Ellen,' or whatever.

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Amber Heard has reportedly sold her $1m home in California after being ordered to pay damages to ex husband Johnny Depp. The actress, 36, has sold her house in Yucca Valley, Southern California, having bought it pre-pandemic, reports TMZ. Amber is liable to pay her actor and musician ex husband Johnny Depp, 59, a total of $8.3million in damages following their highly-publicised libel trial earlier this year.

won his bombshell defamation case against Amber Heard, the actress has quietly sold off her California desert oasis, The Post can confirm. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom Yucca Valley estate,which sits on 6 acres of land in California, sold off-market. Property records show, on July 18, the home traded hands for $1.05 million. New Jersey-based Rickard and Carol-Jeanette Jorgensen, who also own property in Nevada and are founders of Jorgensen & Company LLC, are the new owners, The Post has learned. It is unclear how the Jorgensens discovered the off-market home or if there’s a direct connection to Heard.

the $2 million verdict awarded to Amber Heard in the couple’s defamation battle.Vasquez told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King it was “fair” to say that Depp’s team wouldn’t be seeking to appeal if his ex-wife hadn’t first filed to challenge the jury verdict ordering her to pay Depp $10 million in damages.Depp filed his notice of appeal Friday seeking to overturn the single count of defamation that Heard won at their bombshell trial last month. His filing came one day after Heard filed her own appeal.The 59-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor is hoping that the appeal will nullify the $2 million award the jury handed Heard over her claims that Depp’s lawyer made false and damaging comments about her.Depp, of course, came out victorious last month when a Fairfax County, Va., jury found that Heard defamed him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed piece on being a victim of domestic abuse.Vasquez said Heard’s appeal was “expected.”“I mean, she’s indicated since the day she lost the trial that she was going to appeal,” the lawyer at Brown Rudnick said. Filing their own appeal is an effort “to protect our client’s interest,” Vasquez said, referring to Depp.She also told King she felt “lucky” to represent the star accused of domestic abuse. Johnny Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, tells @gayleking that their relatively young legal team was an asset in his case: “I think young people have a fresh perspective on especially these issues, the issues that we were discussing in this case — abuse, Me Too.” pic.twitter.com/dmg0TnlNZ1EXCLUSIVE: @GayleKing sits down with attorney Camille Vasquez, who represented Johnny Depp in his defamation trial win against ex-wife Amber Heard, for her first interview since Heard filed a motion to

Amber Heard forced Johnny Depp’s hand, according to his attorney.

WATCH: Inside Amber Heard's abuse claims against Johnny DeppThe news came on Thursday, when it was reported the actress’ lawyers had filed documents notifying the Virginia court that oversaw the trial that she intends to appeal the judgement.As well as appealing the massive $10 million payout to Depp, Heard’s lawyers made it clear she would also be appealing rulings the judge made after the verdict.“We believe the court made errors that prevented a just and fair verdict consistent with the first amendment.

Nearly two months after Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s heated defamation suit concluded in his favor, Kate Moss has reflected on her decision to speak up.

Johnny Depp just followed in Amber Heard's footsteps — he, too, has filed a notice of appeal in the verdict that awarded her $2 million in the actor's defamation trial against her.According to new legal docs, obtained by ET, the star's legal team filed the documents Friday in Fairfax County, Virginia. The motion comes just one day after the  actress first filed her notice to appeal the June 1 verdict.While Depp won in sweeping fashion, the same jury that awarded him that victory also found he was liable, after his attorney referred to Heard's claims as a «hoax.» That counterclaim awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages.Heard on Thursday filed to appeal the $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.