Amber Heard Still Hasn’t Fully Paid ACLU Pledge From Divorce Settlement Because Of ‘Financial Difficulties’

Psychologist Dr. Dawn Hughes was the first witness called to the stand by Amber Heard‘s lawyers during the defense portion of her trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA psychologist told jurors Tuesday that Amber Heard suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder due to physical and sexual abuse at the hands of ex-husband Johnny Depp.Dawn Hughes testified that she had diagnosed Heard after examining her for 29 hours and reviewing therapy records, and that she had concluded that Depp engaged in a “high degree of violence.” Hughes recounted numerous instances of alleged sexual violence, which she said were motivated by Depp’s “obsessive jealousy” and a desire to show dominance.Hughes was the first witness called by Heard’s attorneys, as they began their defense in a $50 million defamation trial in Fairfax, Va. They are seeking to counter the image presented by Depp’s lawyers, who portrayed Heard as the abuser in their relationship, and maintained that Depp would retreat whenever she instigated fights.

The Johnny Depp defamation trial against his ex wife Amber Heard reached the halfway point today (May 3) when Johnny‘s legal council presented their final witness.

Amber Heard’s defense in Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation trial against his ex-wife kicked off today with bracing testimony on the danger signs of domestic abuse.

Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard has taken a dramatic turn after the Aquaman star allegedly attempted to have their case dismissed.

Moving forward as planned. Johnny Depp is happy that his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard will continue after a judge denied the actress’ plea for dismissal on Tuesday, May 3.

A new insight. Details of Johnny Depp and Jennifer Grey’s relationship are revealed in Jennifer’s new memoir Out of the Corner . In the memoir, released May 3, 2022, the Dirty Dancing actress recalls her short-lived engagement to the Pirates of the Caribbean star. 

A judge on Tuesday let Johnny Depp move forward with his libel suit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, after the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star rested his case.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge refused to dismiss Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, as the high-profile trial reached its midpoint on Tuesday.Depp is arguing that Heard cost him tens of millions of dollars — and his role in the sixth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film — when she published an op-ed reviving her domestic violence allegations against him. The trial has been underway since April 11 in Fairfax, Va.

The judge presiding over Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit rejected Amber Heard’s motion to toss out the case.

ongoing defamation trial against Johnny Depp, according to reports.The actress is believed to have sacked crisis management specialists Precision Strategies on Thursday (April 28) after being subject to “bad headlines” since the trial began last month.According to The New York Post, a source said Heard is “frustrated with her story not being told effectively”.It’s claimed she’s hired Shane Communications as a replacement, days before her legal team will present evidence at the trial later this week.The new PR team, led by CEO David Shane, has previously worked against Depp before. In 2017, the firm represented the actor’s former business managers The Management Group, who claimed Depp needed to hire a shrink over his “compulsive spending” habits.Depp is suing his ex-wife Heard for defamation over a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post, where she wrote about being a survivor of domestic violence.Heard didn’t mention Depp by name in the piece, though Depp’s lawyers argue it falsely implies she was sexually and physically abused by him in their marriage.

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Johnny Depp’s security guard alleged that Amber Heard ‘punched’ the Pirates of the Caribbean actor in the face as he took to the stand in the former couple’s defamation trial.The 58-year-old is suing his ex-wife for $50million (£39m) over an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post in 2018, discussing being a survivor of domestic violence.While the article does not mention him by name, his lawyers have said that it falsely implies that he physically and sexually abused her – while the 36-year-old is countersuing for $100million (£76m), claiming her former partner libeled her by calling her a liar.Appearing via video link in the Fairfax Virginia Courthouse from LA earlier today, security guard Travis McGivern told the jury that Heard once punched her ex-husband in the face, recalling how ‘shocked’ his client was.He said that the alleged row took place on March 23, 2015, and testified that he ‘heard and saw a closed fist contact Mr Depp in the left side of his face’, noting that it was Heard’s fist.‘The initial look on his face kind of mirrored mine, kind of a look of shock,’ he claimed.‘My job is [to] ensure the safety and wellbeing of my clients, and I felt like I hadn’t done that’.He claimed that Depp ‘had a nice little shiner’ from the alleged punch and that his face was red and swollen – but that he never retaliated in the ‘incident’.During that same argument at their LA penthouse, McGivern said that he saw Heard throw a can of Red Bull which struck Depp in the back.‘The verbal onslaught continued, from both of them,’ he said, and told the court that Depp was ‘giving as good as he got’.He said that Heard then threw something else and at ‘one point she spit’.Speaking to the court, he recalled their argument included

Drew Barrymore is offering her apologies for making jokes about the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial. "It has come to my attention that I have offended people with making light of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, and for that, I just want to deeply apologize," the daytime talk show host, 47, said in a video shared to her Instagram on Sunday.

We can’t say for sure how the trial is going, but this is the second major signal we’ve gotten that the court of public opinion is shifting in the favor Johnny Depp — and the week has just begun!

Amber Heard struck Johnny Depp across the face with a "closed fist". The 36-year-old actress is currently embroiled in a multimillion dollar defamation with her ex-husband Johnny Depp - in which she is countersuing the Hollywood star after he sued her for claiming in a newspaper article that she had been the victim of domestic violence - and the court heard on Monday (02. 05.

Drew Barrymore has apologised for "making light" of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial. The case is currently being heard at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia, with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor suing his ex-wife for $50 million (£38 million) over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she described herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse", while the Aquaman actress is countersuing Depp for $100 million (£77 million), claiming his former lawyer defamed her by rejecting the abuse claims. During a recent conversation on The Drew Barrymore Show, host Drew described the court case as "a seven-layer dip of insanity", and on Sunday, she took to Instagram to apologise for making the controversial comment.

Johnny Depp‘s bodyguard is recalling an alleged fight between the actor and his ex. On Monday, Travis McGivern testified virtually at Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard, and claimed that the actress physically and verbally abused his client.

Breaking up is hard to do. Amber Heard isn’t happy with her public image amid her and Johnny Depp’s ongoing defamation trial — and her public relations team is paying the price.

EXCLUSIVE: Attorneys for Amber Heard are planning to ask a Virginia judge on Tuesday to dismiss Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation case against their client. However, the defense team is almost certain to come up short, and they know it.

Drew Barrymore isn’t laughing anymore.