Amber Heard testifies she met ‘real gentleman’ Elon Musk after Johnny Depp ‘stood her up’

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 Amber Heard, 36, met billionaire Elon Musk, 50, and believed him to be a “real gentleman” after her ex-husband Johnny Depp, 58, “stood her up” on the red carpet, the court heard.The actress took to the stand yesterday for a third day of testimony in the highly-publicised multi-million-dollar defamation trial after a one-week hiatus.Amber claimed she began conversing with Tesla founder Elon on the red carpet at the Met Gala event, which was held in New York City on May 2, 2016.The actress told the court in Fairfax, Virginia yesterday that she and her then-husband Johnny had planned to attend the event together as guests of Ralph Lauren.However, the court heard how Johnny “stood her up” on the red carpet, giving Amber the opportunity to meet “real gentleman” Elon.The Met Gala came not long after Amber’s 30th birthday - a time in which Amber said she was “attacked” by her ex Johnny.The Aquaman actress went on to tell the court she was unable to find out if Johnny would still be joining her at the event.She claimed this was because she didn’t have a phone at the time thanks to Johnny throwing it out of the window.Amber told the court: “I wasn’t sure what was going on or when he would show up or if he would show up.“I had no way of knowing,” she added.The court heard that Amber walked the red carpet by herself and “sat next to an empty place setting for Johnny” after he “effectively stood her up on the carpet”.She went on to describe how she had met Elon whilst walking the red carpet alone.Amber told the court that the Tesla founder was “a gentleman” and that he had attended the event with his mother.“I was standing in line right in front of a gentleman.