Johnny Depp furiously slams kitchen cabinets in violent footage shown to court

metro.co.uk:

supports HTML5 videoA seemingly irate Johnny Depp was seen furiously slamming cabinet doors in video footage shown to the court during the actor’s defamation lawsuit against former wife Amber Heard.It marked the conclusion of the second week of the trial, with Depp, 58, suing Heard, 36, for libel over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post, which his lawyers say falsely implies he physically and sexually abused her.

The article does not mention him by name. Heard is countersuing for $100million (£76m) claiming Depp libeled her by calling her a liar.The pair met on the set of 2011’s The Rum Diary before marrying in 2015.

They divorced a year later.On Thursday members of the jury were shown footage and audio of the Pirates Of The Caribbean actor’s allegedly violent episodes, which included a video filmed by Heard.In the clip, Depp – wearing a feathered hat and dark sunglasses – was seen to be slamming kitchen cabinets and throwing items.

At one stage he appears to hurt himself as he shouts ‘motherf***er’ and kicks out at pieces of furniture.He’s also seen pouring himself a large glass of wine in one clip before appearing to become angry after discovering he was being filmed by Heard.Depp, who denies physically abusing Aquaman star Heard, on Thursday admitted he had ‘assaulted a couple of cabinets’.In the clip, Heard asks Depp ‘What happened?