Amber Heard Set To Testify As First Defense Witness Next Week In Johnny Depp $50M Defamation Trial

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EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will take the stand in the Fairfax County Courthouse next week as the first witness for her defense in the $50 million defamation trial instigated by Johnny Depp.The Aquaman actress could begin her testimony as soon as Monday May 2, once Depp’s team finish their case, we hear.

Previously to the April 11 start of the much delayed five-week trial in Virginia, Heard tried unsuccessfully on numerous occasions to have the March 2019 filed suit by her ex-husband and Run Diary co-star dismissed or moved to another jurisdiction.

In the summer of 2020, the actress filed a $100 million countersuit against Depp.There is a chance that Heard’s time on the stand could be changed if a substantial shift occurs in the plaintiff’s closing witnesses, we’re told, but that is seen as unlikely.Representatives for Heard had no comment when contacted by Deadline about the actress testimony schedule. “it’s hard to see how Amber won’t prove to be a highly effective weapon against Depp in her own advocacy,” an industry insider with connections to both camps told Deadline. “Regardless of how they have tried to characterize her, she has been nothing but well composed and pretty conservative in court without having said a word,” the individual added.Repeatedly and vehemently denying Heard’s allegations of domestic abuse at his hand during their relationship, the former Pirates of the Caribbean star spent four days giving testimony in the highly charged matter.

While often long winded and full of non sequiturs, as well as prickly under cross examination, Depp’s April 25 concluding stint on the stand sought to not only hobble Heard’s claims, but also assert that the Fear and Loathing in Las Vega actor was the real victim of