Cross Examination Of Johnny Depp Wraps As Amber Heard’s Attorney Again Focuses On Violent Words In Texts, Angry Outbursts Caught On Tape
deadline.comA lengthy cross examination of Johnny Depp in his $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard concluded on Monday morning with the actress’s attorney again focusing on a series of the actor’s violent words in texts as well as audio of their arguments.Depp appeared agitated as attorney Benjamin Rottenborn introduced a series of unflattering articles written about Depp before December, 2018, when Heard published a Washington Post op ed in which she described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Rottenborn was attempting to show that the actor’s reputation was damaged well before the Washington Post piece ran.Rottenborn went through the articles and read their headlines,with Depp was described as drunk, late to the set and a box office failure.
Depp, on the witness stand, tried to interject his own opinion of them, calling them “hit pieces” in some cases orchestrated by Heard’s publicity team.When Rottenborn read the headline and subhead from a 2018 Rolling Stone profile, The Trouble With Johnny Depp: Multimillion Dollar Lawsuits, A Haze of Dooze and Hash and a Lifestyle he Can’t Afford.
Inside The Trials of Johnny Depp, the actor said, “You should read the article.” That drew some laughs in the courtroom.Later, Rottenborn, amid repeated objections from Depp’s side, attempted to run through what has been a central argument of Heard’s team: That the Washington Post op ed, which doesn’t mention Depp, also doesn’t contain any of the details of his alleged domestic abuse.
Heard’s attorney noted that Depp didn’t try to get the restraining order lifted in 2016 nor did he try to clear his name in a divorce trial.“There were no charges pressed against me,” Depp said.He said that he took action after the
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