Johnny Depp firmly says he was domestic violence victim amid 'shame' at 'burn Amber' texts

express.co.uk:

Johnny Depp, 58, has been making headlines over the last few weeks as his libel trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, 36, has rolled on.

In the trial's latest update, Johnny has claimed he was the victim of domestic violence during their marriage.The actor took to the stand to conclude his testimony in the $50 million libel case against Amber.Camille Vasquez, Johnny's lawyer finished with the question: "What did you say in response when Ms Heard said, ‘Tell the world Johnny, tell them I Johnny Depp, a man, am a victim too of domestic violence?'"Johnny then firmly told the court: "I said, 'yes I am'."During his testimony earlier in the day, the Hollywood actor admitted that he was "ashamed" of texts he had sent to fellow actor Paul Bettany.Johnny had sent several texts, including seemingly threatening messages concerning Amber, to his friend, where he suggested he wanted to "burn" and "drown" his ex-wife.The Pirates of the Caribbean star said he shared an "abstract sense of humour" with Paul and the jokes were based on a Monty Python sketch.The court had previously seen a text exchange between Johnny and Paul in 2013.Johnny had written: "Let’s burn Amber.

Let’s drown her before we burn her. I will f*** her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she’s dead."Johnny, defending himself, claimed that this was how the friends dealt with hard moments and they were never "intended to be real".He continued: "As these are private texts there was a lot … in context."It’s important to know none of that was ever intended to be real, and the language used, which yes I am ashamed [of] has to be spread on the world like peanut butter."For example, the text that is about burning Ms Heard is directly from Monty Python and the sketch about.