Friend reveals why Johnny Depp decided to skip Amber Heard trial verdict

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gave the actress a Quaalude the first time they had sex. His alleged erectile dysfunction was exposed, as were crude texts with Marilyn Manson.Separately, Depp and guitarist Jeff Beck were accused of plagiarizing the poetry of a convicted murderer in a new song that they recorded together.But last week, the actor was riding high on headlines touting a $3.6 million sale of his artwork — titled “Friends & Heroes,” it features pop-art renderings of Al Pacino, Bob Dylan, Elizabeth Taylor and Keith Richards.According to Castle Fine Art gallery in London — where the 780-piece show was mounted and sold out “almost immediately” — the wild interest came as a surprise. “I don’t think anyone was talking [ahead of time] about our website crashing or the work selling out in a few hours,” a gallery spokesman told The Post.“The trial may have put an accelerant on it because people think he is a hero,” a Depp insider told The Post. “But people have always bought into what Johnny does.” Depp has also been basking in the onstage spotlight at concerts with Beck and his contract was renewed as the spokesmodel for Sauvage: According to the Wall Street Journal, as Depp’s trial wound down in June, Sauvage was the top selling man’s eau de parfum on Sephora.com.

He’s even back before the cameras, with a starring role in “Jeanne du Barry,” which began shooting Monday. That it’s a European film is probably not a coincidence, as the actor had been pressed to resign from “Fantastic Beasts” in 2020 and was made to walk the plank for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise (before reportedly being wooed back in June).“Being in Europe is business as usual for Johnny,” a friend of Depp told The Post. “He was not canceled or shamed there.