Johnny Depp

Actor Johnny Depp has taken the stand in his $50 million defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.

My goal is the truth because it killed me that people that I had met over the years would think that I was a fraud. “I wanted to stand up for my family, my children. Speaking to the jury, Depp says that he wants to stand up for his family, children and all that matters to him, is the truth.

Actor Johnny Depp has taken the stand in his US libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, saying he never struck her.

The Washington Post is not a defendant in the case. Witnesses called by Depp’s lawyers have included friends of the actor and a doctor and a nurse who said they treated him for substance abuse. A state court judge in Fairfax County, Virginia, is overseeing the trial, which is in its second week and is expected to last for six weeks. “I felt it my responsibility to stand up not only for myself in that instance but stand up for my children,” the Pirates of the Caribbean actor said. “Never did I myself reach the point of striking Ms Heard in any way, nor have I ever struck any woman in my life,” said Depp, who wore a dark suit with his hair in a ponytail. Actor Johnny Depp has testified that he never struck his ex-wife Amber Heard and is challenging her accusations in a $US50 million ($A68 million) defamation case in part to protect his children from false information about his behaviour.

Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp is expected to take to the witness stand in his US defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

Depp, who is expected in court on Tuesday, alleges Heard defamed him when she penned a December 2018 opinion piece in the Washington Post about being a survivor of domestic abuse. A London High Court judge ruled the actor had repeatedly assaulted Heard and put her in fear for her life. Witnesses called by Depp’s lawyers have included friends of the Pirates of the Caribbean star, and a doctor and nurse who said they treated him for substance abuse.

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 ...

Actor takes stand in defamation trial and denies ex-wife's domestic abuse claims, saying 'I have never struck any woman in my life'

“She slapped him because he was being incoherent and talking about being with another woman.” Wyatt testified that he accompanied Depp, his former wife Vanessa Paradis and children to their home in the Bahamas on several occasions. “I was bitten by the snake, and before you know it the monkey was on my back,” he said. You’re a whore.” Depp filed a $50m lawsuit against Heard in 2018. Heard has said Depp probably cut his finger when he smashed a telephone. “It would stir up some rather unusual reactions from her,” he said. Several witnesses have characterised Heard as the abusive party. The actor has accused Heard of throwing a bottle at him, severing the finger. From the beginning of our relationship, she was wonderful, and then things just started to change … or reveal themselves, I think is a better way to put it.” But he had periods of sobriety, he said. Nor have I ever struck any woman in my life.”

Actor Johnny Depp took the witness stand Tuesday in his legal battle against his former wife Amber Heard, whom he accuses of lying about his abusing her ...

Heard was granted a protective order in May 2016 after she alleged that Depp hit her in the face with a cellphone. Anderson said Depp told her that Heard “gave as good as she got.” He said he detoxed from the drug prior to his relationship with Heard. During cross-examination, Anderson clarified that her understanding was that Heard “fought back” after Depp became physical. Depp addressed Heard's allegations regarding substance abuse, saying he began taking his mother's "nerve pills" at the age of 11 and proceeded to self-medicate with substances over the years as a coping mechanism for trauma. Little time was spent on his relationship with Heard, who he felt was the perfect partner for him at the beginning of their relationship. "Because I've never appeared loaded or high or any of that ... no one would have ever known." "Then you started to notice other little tidbits and things that come out," Depp said. Anderson also testified that Heard, in a session conducted separately from her husband, said Depp hit her and that she showed her bruises. Although the article never mentions Depp by name, his attorneys said it indirectly refers to allegations she made against him during their 2016 divorce. The trial in Fairfax County, Virginia, is expected to take weeks. Depp told the court Tuesday that he was "obsessed with the truth" and, though he argued with his ex-wife, he never hit Heard.

Mr. Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for an op-ed she wrote saying she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Ms. Heard maintains that he ...

During their opening arguments last week, Ms. Heard’s lawyers told the jury that they would be presenting evidence of “graphic and horrifying” abuse against Ms. Heard, including instances of sexual assault, which Mr. Depp denies. On Tuesday, Mr. Depp provided an account not unlike the one he gave in London two years ago in an earlier defamation case he brought against The Sun newspaper for calling him a “wife beater” in a headline. In court papers, Mr. Depp has alleged that Ms. Heard physically abused him throughout their relationship, including by throwing objects at him. Mr. Depp’s lawsuit claimed that Ms. Heard’s op-ed “devastated” his once flourishing acting career. She has said Mr. Depp hurt his finger while smashing a phone against a wall repeatedly. We use cookies and similar methods to recognize visitors and remember their preferences. In it, she said her career had been harmed after she became a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” We also use them to measure ad campaign effectiveness, target ads and analyze site traffic. “And I didn’t deserve that.” One of her lawyers, Ben Rottenborn, questioned whether Mr. Depp’s accounts of events were credible if he was “blacked out” on drugs and alcohol, and he argued that Mr. Depp was responsible for the decline of his career, not Ms. Heard. In that trial, a judge found that there was “overwhelming evidence” that he had assaulted Ms. Heard repeatedly during their marriage and that he had put her “in fear of her life.” Mr. Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for an op-ed she wrote saying she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Ms. Heard maintains that he abused her repeatedly.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is suing Amber Heard for more than $50 million, saying her claims of domestic abuse have harmed his career and ...

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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — 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 ...

In the article, Heard referred to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” 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 characterization of my ‘substance abuse’ that’s been delivered by Ms. Heard is grossly embellished,” Depp said. He also said he took his mother’s “nerve pills” when he was a kid. Meanwhile, jurors have seen text messages in which Depp used vulgar language to describe Heard and spelled out his desire to get revenge against her. So far, Depp's friends, family and employees have testified that Heard was the aggressor in the relationship, physically attacking him on multiple occasions. When he became a father, Depp said, he made sure his children didn’t experience that kind of upbringing. After one long answer, he admitted: “I forgot what the original question was.” She was kind. She was smart. It’s very strange when one day you’re Cinderella, so to speak, and then in 0.6 seconds you’re Quasimodo.” “She was loving.

In defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, actor Depp says allegations have damaged his career and reputation.

(Depp lost a libel case in the United Kingdom in 2020 against the Sun when a headline called him a “wife beater,” though that has largely not come up during the U.S. trial.) “I am ashamed of some of the references I made. They kissed in a scene and felt a spark; later, he said, they kissed again in his trailer. “I can’t say that I’m embarrassed because I know that I’m doing the right thing.” He suddenly became much more recognizable; fans started trying to trespass onto his property and he had to hire tighter security. Depp said he first tried “nerve pills” at age 11 when he saw they calmed down his mother, and tried every drug imaginable by age 15. Speaking slowly and delivering lengthy answers at times, Depp delved into his childhood and talked about his mother being physically violent and verbally abusive. A murmur rippled through the crowd when his attorney called “John C. Depp” to the stand. In his testimony, Depp said he tried to be a private person and feels very exposed with these intimate details being spilled in public. The actor is suing Heard for $50 million for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post calling herself a survivor of domestic abuse, which Depp says caused further damage and irreparably destroyed his reputation and career. “It’s never been for the party effect. Depp’s testimony comes after four days of the plaintiff’s witnesses who have delved into some of the most personal aspects of his and Heard’s lives and marriage.

Actor Johnny Depp has taken the stand in his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

"One day you're Cinderella so to speak and then in zero point six seconds you're Quasimodo," Depp said of how his career turned after he was accused of abuse. Heard posted a note in advance of the current defamation trial on her verified social media accounts, writing "I never named [Depp], rather I wrote about the price women pay for speaking against men in power. "At this time, I recognize the ongoing support I've been fortunate to receive throughout these years, and in these coming weeks I will be leaning on it more than ever." Late last year, Depp lost a case in the UK against News Group Newspapers and Dan Wootton, executive editor of The Sun, over an article that claimed Depp was violent toward Heard while they were together. Depp was not referred to by name in Heard's piece. Depp denied the allegation and was not charged with any crime.

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They married in a 2015 civil ceremony. Depp and Heard met on the set of their 2011 film The Rum Diary, and began dating in 2012. When their four-year relationship ended in divorce in May 2016, Heard obtained a temporary restraining order and alleged in a court declaration that Depp had been both verbally and physically abusive.

ActorJohnny Depp testified Tuesday in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp has sued Heard for $50 ...

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. Click here to see the full defendant's and plaintiff's witness list. Follow Caroline Patrickis on Twitter for the latest. "Heard was giving Johnny the cold shoulder, she seemed pouty," he recalled. Day 6 of the trial began with Depp's security guard, Sean Bett's testimony. Depp’s lawyer, Benjamin Chew, questioned Wyatt on Depp's drinking and his character.

Actor Johnny Depp is expected to return to the witness stand on Wednesday in a $50 million defamation case he said he brought to expose the truth about his ...

Depp’s lawyers have said they filed the case in Fairfax County, outside the District of Columbia, because the Washington Post is printed at a facility there. A London High Court judge ruled he had repeatedly assaulted Heard and put her in fear for her life. He filed a $50 million lawsuit against Heard in 2018. He wanted to correct the record about his behavior for himself and his children. "Truth is the only thing I’m interested in,” he added. In three hours of testimony in a Virginia courtroom on Tuesday, Depp said he and Heard argued, but he never struck her.

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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The proceedings are taking place in Virginia's Fairfax County Courthouse. The news of Depp's testimony was first reported by Deadline's Dominic Patten and Ted ...

The trial is set to run for five weeks. It is also being run by other outlets. Depp will continue on the stand Wednesday for cross-examination, a source close to the actor’s team tells Deadline. Heard is scheduled to take the stand herself later in the proceedings.

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“She’s got her face out like this to show me, and I’m looking, and I inspect her face,” Baruch said of the encounter in May 2016. I wish I could say that it’s surprising. “She is preparing to give the performance of a lifetime in this trial.” Stop pills”. In his opening remarks, Mr Rottenborn said Depp had brought the suit “rather than take responsibility for his own actions” and planned to turn the trial into a “soap opera”. “Ms Heard took on the role of a lifetime – she couldn’t back down,” she said. “Amber Heard never wanted to offer up to the public who Johnny Depp was, but that is going to come out,” he said. Ms James said Heard was a “very dramatic person” who was deeply insecure in the relationship. Stop coke. The Associated Press reported that Mr Chew told the court that was “a clear reference to a restraining order Heard sought in May 2016 – right after Depp told her he wanted a divorce – in which she claimed she’d been physically abused”. Meanwhile Heard’s lawyer Benjamin Rottenborn said the 58-year-old Depp had brought the lawsuit “rather than take responsibility for his own actions” and planned to turn the trial into a “soap opera”. In opening remarks on April 13, Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez said Heard, 35, was “preparing to give the performance of a lifetime”.

Actor Johnny Depp has returned to the stand for testimony in his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, who he says berated and attacked him ...

But Depp said Heard refused to abstain, even when he asked her to help him in his sobriety. He added: “I had to have something to distance me and distance my heart from those verbal attacks. “And the only thing I learned to do with it is exactly what I did as a child: retreat.” He added: “Ms. Heard was unable to be wrong. I thought maybe I could bring her around.” She couldn’t be wrong.”

Actor Johnny Depp has resumed his testimony in a Fairfax, Virginia court in his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

She did not name Depp in the piece, but he claims it cost him lucrative film work. Depp, known for his work in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, is suing Heard for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about her experience with domestic abuse. In his roughly three-hour testimony on Tuesday, the Oscar-nominated star spoke in detail about Heard's allegations of domestic abuse, his history with substance abuse and his experiences growing up with an abusive mother.

Johnny Depp accused his former wife, Amber Heard, of instigating fights to satisfy a need for conflict as he resumed his testimony Wednesday morning in the.

Heard was granted a protective order in May 2016 after she alleged that Depp hit her in the face with a cellphone. "She has a need for conflict, she has a need for violence. He told the court the day prior that his mother was physically and verbally abusive, and this father would often sit through it calmly until he eventually left his wife when Depp was a teen.

Johnny Depp's prior testimony from day one, which at many points felt Proustian, described an abusive childhood and drug use, starting at age 11, ...

“I’ve never struck a woman in my life and certainly not going to strike a woman if she decides to make fun of a tattoo that I have on my body.” “I’ve never used the word ‘party’ in my life.” Before delving into his relationship with Heard, Depp described his addiction to the opioid Roxicodone after getting hurt on set while filming the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean. He eventually went through withdrawal during his relationship with Heard, Depp said in his first day of testimony. “The way this is heading, I could see the jurors just being like, ‘Look she was a victim of domestic violence. “I was sort of not allowed to be right, not allowed to have a voice,” Depp said of his arguments with Heard. “So at a certain point, what enters your mind is, you start to slowly realize that you are in a relationship with your mother, and I know that that sounds perverse, obtuse, but the fact is some people [search] for weaknesses in people …” The fights and arguments escalated to become violent, he said. Depp continued to explain his relationship with substances on day two of testimony. “I am obsessed with the truth.” On day two, he appeared in court in a three-piece gray suit and immediately dove into his relationship with Heard. He described their “heightened” arguments as “circular” with no way in or out.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Actor Johnny Depp returned to the stand Wednesday for testimony in his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, who he says ...

But Depp said Heard refused to abstain, even when he asked her to help him in his sobriety. He added: “I had to have something to distance me and distance my heart from those verbal attacks. “And the only thing I learned to do with it is exactly what I did as a child: retreat.” He added: “Ms. Heard was unable to be wrong. Depp sued after Heard made an indirect reference to those accusations in a 2018 op-ed piece she wrote for The Washington Post. “Why would I take such great offense to someone making fun of a tattoo on my body?

The actor gave a detailed insight into his tumultuous relationship with ex-wife Amber Heard, including bottles being thrown at him and cigarettes being ...

I was having difficulty in my mind, of course, and in my heart, dealing with that sort of barrage,” he said, likening it to the abuse he suffered from his mother as child. You were not punched.” When Depp replies: “don’t tell me what it feels like to be punched, she tells him: “You are such a baby, grow the f--k up Johnny.” One image included his bloodied, severed finger; another showed a bruise which he claims he received after Heard “landed a roundhouse” punch. “I’ve never had a nervous breakdown, but that was probably the closest that I’ve ever been. After it smashed behind him, he got a larger bottle from behind the bar and poured himself another shot. “I think I ended up locking myself in about nine bedrooms and bathrooms as she was banging on doors, screaming obscenities, wanting to have a physical altercation.”

Actor continues testimony on his life and marriage with Amber Heard, including events that marked the end of their relationship.

“If I had [been drunk], I’d have been hugging the porcelain,” he said, a reference to vomiting. “I learned to deal with it exactly as I did as a child, which was retreat.” On Wednesday, he repeated that denial saying that his disputes with Heard would never cause him to hit her. That allegation never made any sense to me.” Heard, he suggested was jealous that Depp had not had himself inscribed with her name. Heard later explained that it was the dogs’ “fecal delivery”. Depp said he could not accept that. “I tried to bring her mood up. He continued in his second day of testimony: “She wasn’t happy with it but she did eventually leave. “Her need for conflict and violence erupts out of nowhere,” he said. Frequently the focus of their conflict, he said, was his drinking. Asked whether it was possible that it belonged to the couple’s teacup Yorkies, the actor said no. I did not want to put her name in that mix.” Depp testified that he began writing on the walls in his own blood.

The former Pirates of the Caribbean actor says he felt like he was suffering some kind of "breakdown" during a 2015 argument in Australia with his then-wife ...

He said Heard was irate that Depp's lawyers had asked her to sign a post-nuptial agreement. Their divorce was finalised in 2017. According to Depp, Heard accused him of "head butting" her and breaking her nose, returning minutes later with a tissue she said was stained with blood. The actor said he began to write on the walls in his own blood to recount lies in which he had caught out Heard. In a second day on the witness stand in a Virginia courtroom, Depp said the couple had frequent arguments that included "demeaning name-calling" and "bullying" by Heard. Actor Johnny Depp — testifying in a defamation case he has brought against his former wife Amber Heard — says she was the one who became violent in their relationship and that her false accusations have cost him "nothing less than everything".

The actor testified in a defamation case that he filed against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, who has said he often struck her during their relationship.

(Mr. Depp testified that he “flopped” the phone onto the couch and has asserted in court papers that Ms. Heard’s facial marks were of her own doing.) On Wednesday, Mr. Depp testified that as Ms. Heard’s abuse allegations “gained momentum around the world,” calls stopped coming from agents and producers and he felt as though people started to look at him differently. Ms. Heard, who is expected to take the stand later in the trial, has given a very different account of the incident in Australia, writing in court papers that Mr. Depp became violent with her during an argument about his drug use. After a sidebar with the judge, the lawyer moved onto a new line of questioning, indicating that there have been restrictions put on any reference to those proceedings. During his testimony, Mr. Depp strove to present his side of several incidents that have surfaced as their problems in their relationship became public, including the time Mr. Depp’s middle finger was severed. In the courtroom. In testimony on Tuesday, Mr. Depp denied ever striking Ms. Heard or any woman. During more than five hours of testimony on Wednesday, the jury heard snippets of recorded arguments between the couple. She has said that at one point he grabbed her by the neck and collarbone and slammed her into a countertop, then hit her with the back of his hand and slammed a phone against a wall until it “smashed into smithereens,” injuring his finger. Mr. Depp told the jury that, at the time, Ms. Heard was angry about a meeting she had with a lawyer about a potential postnuptial agreement and threw two vodka bottles at him, one of which missed while another shattered into his hand, causing his finger to bleed “like Vesuvius.” He testified that he then experienced a “nervous breakdown” and used his bloody finger to write on the walls messages that “represented lies that she told me.” “She has a need for conflict, she has a need for violence,” he said of Ms. Heard. “It erupts out of nowhere.” “It could begin with a slap, it could begin with a shove, it could begin with throwing a TV remote at my head, throwing a glass of wine in my face,” Mr. Depp told a jury at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia.