Johnny Depp has a starring role in a real-life courtroom drama Tuesday in London, where he is suing a tabloid newspaper for libel over an article that branded him a “wife beater.” The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star wore a suit, sunglasses and a face covering as he arrived at the neo-Gothic High Court on the first day of his claim against The Sun.
Depp is suing the tabloid’s publisher, News Group Newspapers, and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over an 2018 story alleging he was violent and abusive to then-wife Amber Heard.
Depp strongly denies the claim. Depp, 57, and model-actress Heard, 34, met on the set of the 2011 comedy “The Rum Diary” and married in Los Angeles in February 2015.
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