Court Documents in Johnny Depp’s Defamation Case Against Amber Heard Have Been Unsealed: The Biggest Revelations

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The legal battle continues. Two months after a jury ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his defamation case against Amber Heard, pretrial court documents have been unsealed, revealing evidence that was ruled “inadmissible” during the highly publicized trial.According to a filing submitted in March, the Pirates of the Caribbean star, 59, allegedly tried to submit “nude pictures” of Heard, 36, along with other evidence that she worked as “an exotic dancer years before she met Mr.

Depp.” The Aquaman star’s team claimed Depp’s move was an attempt to “frivolously and maliciously suggest or imply that Ms. Heard was at one time an escort.” Heard’s lawyers were able to prevent the “irrelevant personal matters” from being brought up during the highly publicized, arguing that it was inappropriate, according to the Daily Beast.The documents also detail another incident in which Depp’s team claimed that the court should exclude any evidence of “supposed misdeeds” from Depp’s former lawyer, Adam Waldman, which was granted by the judge.

The jury was also reportedly prevented from seeing any evidence “of negative social media traffic and purported Russian ‘bot’ campaign regarding Ms.

Heard.”The Edward Scissorhands star’s lawyers later asked that all references to his friendship with Marilyn Manson be excluded from the trial, out of concern that it would “smear Mr.