Johnny Depp-Amber Heard

2022 - 4 - 20

Johnny Depp prepares to testify against his ex-wife Amber Heard for ... (NPR)

Depp is suing his ex-wife, Amber Heard, for $50 million in a libel case, after she wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post talking about her experience as a ...

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Johnny Depp takes the stand, calls ex-wife Amber Heard's ... (CBS News)

Actor Johnny Depp took the stand Tuesday in his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, saying her domestic abuse allegations against him were ...

"The characterization of my 'substance abuse' that's been delivered by Ms. Heard is grossly embellished," Depp said. And he admitted to taking many substances "over the years to numb myself of the ghosts, the wraiths that were still with me from my youth." The lawsuit itself is over whether Heard libeled Depp when she wrote a 2018 op-ed piece in The Washington Post about domestic violence. Meanwhile, jurors have seen text messages in which Depp uses vulgar language to describe Heard and spells out his desire to get revenge against her. When he became a father, Depp said, he made sure his children didn't experience that kind of upbringing. It's very strange when one day you're Cinderella, so to speak, and then in 0.6 seconds you're Quasimodo."

How is Elon Musk connected to the Johnny Depp- Amber Heard ... (WION)

Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and ex-wife, actress Amber Heard are fighting a bitter court battle in Virginia, US. Depp filed a defamation case against Heard ...

Speaking to Page Six, Musk said that he began dating Heard after her divorce was filed with Depp. He also maintained that Delevingne was just a friend. He further explained, "Also, I wish to confirm again that Amber and I only started going out about a month after her divorce filing. Musk’s name was in fact dragged into the trial by Depp, who accused him of having an affair with Heard during his famous 2020 libel case in the UK. Depp lost a libel case in London in November 2020 that he brought against a well-known tabloid that called him a "wife-beater" - after which he filed the defamation complaint against his ex-wife and sued her for $50 million in the US.

WATCH: Johnny Depp back on the stand in defamation trial against ... (WJLA)

TheJohnny Depp-Amber Hearddefamation trial continues Wednesday in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom. Title: Depp-Heard trial.

But a judge ruled that Depp was within his rights to bring the case in Virginia because The Washington Post’s computer servers for its online edition are located in the county. But Depp said Heard refused to abstain, even when he asked her to help him in his sobriety. Click here to see the full defendant's and plaintiff's witness list. Depp told the courtroom that abuse allegations turned him from “Cinderella to Quasimodo” in the public's eyes. “I had to have something to distance me and distance my heart from those verbal attacks. He added: “Ms. Heard was unable to be wrong.

Johnny Depp to continue testimony Wednesday in defamation trial ... (FOX 5 DC)

Johnny Depp is expected to continue his testimony Wednesday in the defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

Heard received a fine for bringing pet dogs, Pistol and Boo, illegally into Australia in 2015. Depp discussed a childhood of physical abuse, his early movie career, and even apologized to the jury for the vulgar language he used in past text messages to describe Heard that had been introduced as evidence. He said he has experienced long periods of sobriety over the years.

Sympathy For Johnny Depp Not Surprising Amid Heard ... (Newsweek)

"The Pirates of the Caribbean" star insisted that he "never" hit Heard while testifying in court in Fairfax, Virginia this week.

Hyper-organizing" and described the actress as "belligerent and abusive." "Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love," the pair said in a joint statement at the time. She would rather be in a fight than have him leave." "Whether Depp was violent or abused Heard is at issue here, so the credibility of the parties is vital and every inconsistency will be exposed to help the jury determine who they believe more." The publication had described him as a "wife-beater." While Depp was not named in the article, his lawyers argue that Heard's implication is obvious.