Courtney Love says Johnny Depp saved her life after overdosing in 1995 outside The Viper Room

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Courtney Love is supporting Johnny Depp amid his legal battle against his ex-wife Amber Heard. In a video posted on a friend’s social media account over the weekend, the singer described how the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star saved her life after she overdosed outside The Viper Room in 1995.

The Sunset Strip nightclub in West Hollywood, a hotspot for celebrities during the ‘90s, was originally co-owned by the actor.The incident in question took place two years after River Phoenix passed away in 1993 from an overdose outside the venue.The actor and brother of Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix was 23. "I don’t really wanna make judgments publicly," the rocker is heard saying. "I just want to tell you that Johnny gave me CPR in 1995 when I overdosed outside The Viper Room." Courtney Love claimed that Johnny Depp saved her life in 1995 after she overdosed outside The Viper Room, once a hotspot for celebrities. (Getty Images) At the time, the 57-year-old was dealing with the loss of her husband Kurt Cobain.The Nirvana frontman died by suicide in 1994 at age 27.They shared a daughter named Frances Bean, 29.

Love revealed that Depp, 58, reached out to her daughter on multiple occasions amid her father’s sudden death and her mother’s battle with addiction.

According to Love, Depp even wrote Frances a lengthy letter for her 13th birthday. "Johnny, when I was on crack and Frances was having to suffer through that with all these social workers, wrote her a four-page letter that she’s never showed me," said Love, adding that she didn’t "really know" Depp at the time. "Then he sent limos to her school where all the social workers were crawling around, again, unasked, for her and all her friends to go to ‘Pirates [of the Caribbean]’" Love.