James Franco and Elon Musk to testify at Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial
nme.comJohnny Depp and Amber Heard’s upcoming defamation trial.The long-delayed trial begins next month, with Marvel star Paul Bettany joining Franco and Musk as a witness.
Representatives from the Walt Disney company and Warner Bros will also testify.According to Deadline, Franco and Musk are being brought in to testify on behalf of Heard after Depp accused them both of having an affair with his ex-wife.In 2019, Depp launched a defamation lawsuit against Heard, after she wrote a 2018 article in The Washington Post claiming she was a victim of domestic abuse.Depp and Heard will testify in person, per Bloomberg.
However, Franco, Musk and Bettany will give their testimonies virtually.Depp and Heard were married between 2015 and 2017. After failing to get the case either moved to California or dismissed, Heard countersued Depp for $100million (£75.9million) in September 2020.In November 2020, Depp lost a libel case against The Sun newspaper, after suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) and the paper’s executive editor Dan Wootton over an April 2018 article which labelled Depp a “wife beater” in relation to allegations from Heard.
Depp has strongly denied these claims.The trial originally took place over 16 days in July 2020, and concerned an article titled “Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?”However, in a ruling on November 2, 2020, Judge Mr.
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