Johnny Depp is ‘out to destroy’ Amber Heard, lawyer says in opening statement

msn.com:

Amber Heard's defence attorney claimed Johnny Depp would try to turn the defamation cause against his ex-wife into a "soap opera," but warned that it was a distraction.

Ben Rottenborn, Heard's lawyer, said the case was about her First Amendment rights to discuss her experiences, and argued that context matters and asked the jury to read the entire article she wrote for The Washington Post – which led to the lawsuit – and not just the parts highlighted by Depp.

He then read the article to the jury and asked why Depp did not sue The Washington Post as well as Heard, claiming he wanted to "ruin her life, to destroy her. " Mr Rottenborn said the argument from Depp that Heard’s accusations hurt his career are illegitimate, claiming Disney had already decided to move on from Pirates of the Caribbean 6 due to his alleged drug use during work on the previous film.

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