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.
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The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial continued on Tuesday, April 19 with Depp taking to the stand to testify in the $100-million lawsuit.
As the Daily Mail reports, Depp — “speaking in a low voice with halting speech and measured words — attempted to counter Heard’s claims that he was abusive during their marriage by describing the abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of his mother, Betty Sue Palmer, while growing up in Kentucky.
Describing Palmer, who died in 2016, as “very unpredictable,” he described incidents of both verbal and physical abuse, claiming that she took “any opportunity to be as cruel as anyone could be.”
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According to Depp, this included having Palmer throwing an ashtray that struck him on the head, beatings with her high-heeled shows, telephone receivers or any other object that was “handy” at the time.
“In our house we were never exposed to any type of safety or security, the only thing to do was stay out of the line of fire,” he said while under oath.
“When she was going to get riled up and somebody was going to get it and generally it was me,” Depp continued.
“Physical violence, physical abuse. That was a constant,” Depp added. “We were all somewhat shell-shocked.”
After detailing more examples of the childhood abuse he allegedly experienced, Depp’s testimony turned to his ex-wife.
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“About six years ago Miss Heard made some quite heinous and disturbing criminal acts against me that were not based in any species of truth. It was a complete shock that it would, it just didn’t
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.
After 13 days of testimony, and more than a dozen witnesses including bodyguards, Hollywood insiders, doctors and accountants, Johnny Depp’s legal team rested their case Tuesday in the actor’s $50 million defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.Before resting, the Depp team called forensic accountant Mike Spindler, who said Depp lost tens of millions of dollars as a result of Heard’s 2018 Washington Post op-ed.“I concluded that Mr. Depp suffered lost earnings of approximately $40 million,” Spindler told the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom. The accounting expert was hired by Depp’s team to calculate the actor’s total lost earnings from the piece, in which Heard described herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse, although she did not use Depp’s name.Spindler said he reviewed “accounting records, trial exhibits, deposition and trial testimony, and various other documents and exhibits in connection with the case.” He calculated Depp’s lost earnings by analyzing the period from October 2018 through October 2020, after the op-ed was released.
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Johnny Depp has been a household name for decades, starring in the likes of Edward Scissorhands, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Alice in Wonderland. However, the actor, 58, is taking a break from filming to attend his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, which is currently underway at Fairfax County Circuit Court, Virginia. Those who have seen clips from the court have been left scratching their heads at Depp’s accent, with many noting that it doesn’t resemble his birthplace.
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We’ve heard some of this before. But it’s no less chilling this time.
Actor Johnny Depp is suing his ex-wife, Amber Heard, for defamation over an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post alleging she was the victim of domestic abuse. The actor, 58, told jurors on Wednesday that Heard hurled a bottle of vodka at him, which severed the tip of his finger. The pair were in Australia, where Depp was filming "Pirates of the Caribbean," and had a vicious fight in 2015 over a postnuptial agreement he had asked Heard to sign, he told jurors. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in a Fairfax, Va., courtroom.
With his ongoing legal issues, it’s understandable why there’s interest in Johnny Depp’s net worth and how much he lost after her divorce from Amber Heard.
Johnny Depp‘s testimony continued Wednesday as he took the stand for a second day to testify against ex-wife Amber Heard, whom he has accused of ruining his reputation and career with false accusations of domestic violence.
Johnny Depp’s life as an A-list Hollywood actor appeared to be a far comparison from that of the life he grew up witnessing while living with his family as a kid. As it turns out, despite acting for a living and becoming a main draw at the box office, once the cameras stopped rolling on set, Depp’s own life at home would have all the makings of a true drama, according to his words. The former "Pirates of the Caribbean" star testified during a hearing at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia on Tuesday to the idea that he initially made the decision to sue his ex-wife, Amber Heard, 35, for libel after she made scathing allegations against him that he had been physically abusive toward her during their time together.
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