Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard are set to battle it out in court once again next week, after the actor launched a $50million defamation lawsuit.

One man, one actor in an unpleasant and messy situation, over the last number of years?" During her testimony, Heard was asked if she was the one who pooed in the bed and she replied: "I did not. She told the court: "We got into a fight on Thanksgiving, where Johnny ripped my shirt and threw me across the room. for Hollywood’s boycott of, erm, me? "There was a bird in the house... She claimed Johnny threatened to kill her "many times, especially later in our relationship", and would blame his actions on a "self-created third party" he called "the monster"– who she said she was "terrified of". Heard told the court she was "smothered", "slapped" and "suffocated" in the "most violent night" of her relationship with Depp. He said Depp took marijuana which was legal in California. The actor was a registered user and could acquire it legally and that Johnny had taken cocaine but it was a "rare occurrence". No." There was blood everywhere..." Amber, meanwhile, alleged he picked up a wall phone and he "hit it repeatedly over and over and over again on the wall". During her testimony, the actress also claimed Depp threw 30 bottles at her "like grenades" and she was left with cuts on her arms and feet.

Court TV, the digital broadcast network known for its 'gavel-to-gavel' coverage of high-profile trials, is to carry the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard court ...

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's legal battle has been going on for years, and now it's going to TV.

And given the financial and emotional stakes involved, there will be plenty of eyes on the ongoing legal battle. He’s suing the Aquaman star over a 2018 op-ed she wrote, claiming she had been the victim of domestic abuse. Corey was born and raised in New Jersey. Double majored in theater and literature during undergrad. As for the network itself, the goal is seemingly to help the public actually understand what’s happening in court, rather than falling for salacious headlines. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard filed for divorce back in 2016, which is around the point where the former couple’s public drama began. The two have been battling in court for years, starting with a libel case in the U.K. before taking things stateside.

In 2016, Heard filed for divorce from the Pirates of the Caribbean star and was granted a restraining order. They finalized their divorce in January 2017. Then ...

"Court cases that are as high-profile as this one often create a lot of noise, and it can be difficult for viewers to break through these distractions to have a clear picture of the facts, but that's where we come in," said Ethan Nelson, Acting Head of Court TV in a statement. Celebrities including James Franco, Elon Musk, Paul Bettany and Ellen Barkin will be called as witnesses during the trial and are set to appear virtually. Meanwhile, Depp was replaced by Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald in Warner Bros.' Fantastic Beasts franchise.

One of the most high profile Hollywood civil cases of recent times is set to begin next week.

While the opinion piece didn't mention the actor by name, Depp claims that it nevertheless seriously damaged his reputation and career prospects, including costing him his most famous role as Captain Jack Sparrow in future Pirates of the Caribbean films. The British judge in that case ruled that Depp had abused Heard on a dozen occasions, which the actor vehemently denies. Depp lost that UK libel trial, against newspaper The Sun in 2020, who had referred to the actor as a “wifebeater" in an article. However, the judge ruled against Depp in this instance, meaning that Heard can claim immunity from the lawsuit on this basis, although this may not ultimately be granted. While Depp is seeking $50 million in damages, Heard has since filed a defamation counterclaim seeking twice that amount owing to statements made about her by the actor's legal team. The civil case, expected to take several weeks in front of a judge and jury, will be televised live on Court TV, and for better or worse, the entire world will be watching as the real-life drama unfolds.

Seven years after Amber Heard first accused Johnny Depp of assaulting her, Heard, 35, and Depp, 58, will come face-to-face in a Virginia courtroom.

The statute effectively shifts the burden of proof, if the speech is defined as protected, to the party bringing the lawsuit to prove to a judge that their lawsuit has merit and that it would result in a favorable verdict for them. “The U.K. case involved a different legal system, and clearly a different standard of law was being applied,” said attorney Emily D. Baker, a former Los Angeles district attorney. Heard’s attorneys argued to have the case moved to California because the events of this case, the witnesses, and the premises were all located in Los Angeles. They also said that Heard was never in direct contact with a Washington Post employee or in an office in Virginia to warrant the case being heard in the state. In 2018, prior to the publication of Heard’s column, Depp sued News Group Newspapers LTD, publishers of The Sun, for libel after it published an article with the initial title “Gone Potty: How Can JK Rowling Be ‘Genuinely Happy’ Casting Wife Beater Johnny Depp in the New Fantastic Beasts Film,” according to Depp’s court papers. Anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) laws allow individuals faced with a defamation lawsuit — where it is alleged the purpose of the lawsuit is to intimidate and silence free speech that is in the public interest — to petition the court for protection. “Johnny Depp regularly abused Amber Heard — both physically and emotionally — throughout much of their relationship,” Heard’s legal team argued in her court papers. Depp’s legal team stated in his court papers that “the false allegations against Mr. Depp have been conclusively refuted by two separate responding police officers, a litany of neutral third-party witnesses, and 87 newly obtained surveillance camera video.” She described two recent alleged incidents of assault by Depp in her court papers — one occurred on her birthday when Depp allegedly threw a magnum-size bottle of Champagne at the wall and then grabbed her “by the hair and violently shoved me to the floor,” and another happened a month later, where he allegedly grabbed her cell phone, “wound up his arm like a baseball pitcher and threw the cell phone at me striking my cheek and eye with great force,” according to a declaration submitted by Heard in the Los Angeles court. Depp said that the accusations against him have damaged his film career and his reputation as a public figure. She appeared days later at the Los Angeles courthouse with a bruised cheek and said in court papers that Depp had been “verbally and physically abusive” to her during the entirety of their relationship. Despite the fact that he wasn’t personally named in the op-ed, Depp filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Heard in Virginia over her characterizations in those three sentences. On Monday, seven years after Amber Heard first accused Johnny Depp of assaulting her, Heard, 35, and Depp, 58, will come face-to-face with each other in a Virginia courtroom over allegations that Heard defamed Depp; he is suing her for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote titled “Opinion: Amber Heard: I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath.