Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are in a contentious defamation trial in a Virginia court, with proceedings set to resume on Monday.
He said, however, "I believed in the character wholeheartedly." Depp confirmed in court that he had done so. "I didn't want to get her in trouble. Depp has also claimed he physically defended himself at times, speaking about one incident in which Heard said her nose was injured. Anderson said the former couple "engaged in what I saw as mutual abuse." Though Depp was not named in the article, he claims it cost him lucrative acting roles.
The trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will resume today after Depp was cross-examined by Heard's lawyers last week.
“I just came across a TikTok of someone making and SELLING tshirts of Johnny Depp and quotes from the current trial happening. Melbourne-based online storefront Redbubble, which stocks designs from independent creatives, currently returns 106 results for “Johnny Depp trial” products. Depp is seeking $50m (£39m) in damages over The Washington Post column which, he alleges, impacted his Hollywood career directly. Fans on Twitter have criticised the sale of merchandise around the trial as “tone deaf” and “weird”, with one user calling it “icky”. Meanwhile, Urban Dictionary’s e-commerce platform is selling a $33 (£26) “Amber Heard” mug, which describes her as “an actress that can’t even act and is known best for divorcing Johnny Depp and then lying about her relationship with him to the media”. These include t-shirts printed with the words “Justice for Johnny” and “Fck Amber” in multiple colour and style options.
The trial has turned into a spectacle in which Depp has testified about everything from taking pills as a child to a near mental breakdown.
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. Heard's attorney repeatedly asked Depp whether he was responsible for drawing a penis on a painting inside his home shortly after the actor said Heard severed his finger. Depp said he used the resulting blood to write on his walls and recount lies in which he had caught Heard. At the hospital, Depp said he lied to protect Heard and told the doctors that he had injured himself. "It was sort of a rapid-fire, sort of endless parade of insults," Depp said. He said she once threw two bottles of vodka at him, the second of which exploded and severed his finger to the point where bone was exposed. Depp said Heard's allegations of his substance abuse have been "grossly embellished" and that he was never out of control during that time period. 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. Heard's attorney repeatedly asked Depp whether he was responsible for drawing a penis on a painting inside his home shortly after the actor said Heard severed his finger. Depp said he used the resulting blood to write on his walls and recount lies in which he had caught Heard. At the hospital, Depp said he lied to protect Heard and told the doctors that he had injured himself. "It was sort of a rapid-fire, sort of endless parade of insults," Depp said. He said she once threw two bottles of vodka at him, the second of which exploded and severed his finger to the point where bone was exposed. Depp said Heard's allegations of his substance abuse have been "grossly embellished" and that he was never out of control during that time period.
Testimonies will continue Monday morning as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard head into week three of adefamation trial being held at a Fairfax County, ...
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. Depp told the courtroom that abuse allegations turned him from “Cinderella to Quasimodo” in the public's eyes.
A tech firm said 11 percent of Twitter accounts commenting on Depp and Heard's trial aren't genuine, up to four times higher than the percentage for similar ...
While Depp was not named in the article, his lawyers argue that Heard's implication is obvious. "I'm surprised it's only 11 percent," the host of The Joe Rogan Experience said in his caption. The findings were published in a report by Fox News which Rogan shared to his