Johnny Depp Libel Case Against Amber Heard Begins With Opening Statements

Johnny Depp is currently involved in a defamation case against his ex wife Amber Heard and it is all being streamed live.

Johnny Depp has claimed his ex-wife Amber Heard or a friend purposely defecated his bed.The Pirates of the Caribbean star will take to the stand on Tuesday (April 19) in his defamation lawsuit against Amber.Johnny, 58, is currently suing Amber, 35, for $50million (£38.4m), claiming she lied when she previously accused him of physically abusing her during their relationship.However, Amber is countersuing him for $100m (£76.8m) for defamation, claiming her ex-husband coordinated a smear campaign against her to tarnish her name and reputation.A crucial date in the trial is April 22, 2016, when Amber threw a birthday party for herself at their downtown LA penthouse.But Amber allegedly became infuriated when Johnny showed up late and decided he would later leave.Amber then claimed Johnny threw a magnum wine bottle at her before he left.The following morning, the housekeeper called the Pirates of the Caribbean actor and informed him that someone had done a poo on his side of the bed and then covered it over in order to conceal it.According to reports, Johnny believes Amber wanted him to unsuspectingly hop into bed and land in the poop.Despite, Johnny's accusations, Amber said one of their Yorkshire terriers was to blame for the accident.But Johnny has refuted the claims, saying the poop was too large for a three to four pound dog to excrete.During the trial, Johnny's texts to his private doctor about Amber were also shared.The Mirror reports that Johnny wrote: "Hi f**k man had another one. I cannot live like this.

Johnny Depp’s private nurse Debbie Lloyd has claimed during the Hollywood star's defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard that she'd attempt to "instigate" by following him "from room to room" and "not giv[ing] him his space".Mr Depp is currently suing his ex-wife via a trial in which he argues that she defamed him in a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post, where Ms Heard claimed she was a victim of domestic violence. The trial heard Lloyd witnessed similar incidents on several occasions during her testimony on 8 March, the Independent reports.Footage of Lloyd's testimony was played to the court, in which she claims Ms Heard used the word "mania" to describe Mr Depp’s behaviour.In her notes she claimed Mr Depp was "upset at this label" and that she "processed" his feelings with him and that he was "able to see" Ms Heard’s "negative behaviour".Lloyd said Ms Heard would try to "instigate" Mr Depp, adding she claimed to have witnessed this more than once.She said: "He was going from room to room trying to remove himself from a situation and she would just follow him from room to room and not give him his space."She alleged she saw similar behaviour from Ms Heard on other occasions.

Johnny Depp began last week in a courtroom in northern Virginia, pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of celebrity enablers and hangers-on.Depp is suing his ex-wife, Amber Heard, for $50 million for describing herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse” in a 2018 Washington Post opinion piece. That revived allegations she made when the couple divorced in 2016 — about which they had each promised to remain silent — and in Depp’s view the public characterization could not go unchallenged.But after Depp lost a similar case in London in 2020, his public reputation — and career — are in tatters.

Fantastic Beasts franchise.The actor is now playing Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore after Depp was asked to leave the franchise by Warner Bros in 2020.Depp lost his libel case against The Sun in November 2020, which was launched after the newspaper described the actor as a “wife-beater” in relation to allegations from his ex-wife Amber Heard, claims Depp has strongly denied.Depp later addressed the Fantastic Beasts situation on his Instagram account in a statement responding to “recent events”, explaining why he was leaving the franchise.In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Mikkelsen has now recalled how he was given just two days by producers to make a decision on playing Grindelwald.“It was quite chaotic,” Mikkelsen said of that period, during which he watched the first two films and read the script for Secrets, which he said was “a great story”.“You don’t want to copy anything [Depp was] doing — that would be creative suicide,” the actor added. “Even if [a role has] been done to perfection, you want to make it your own.

Johnny Depp is reportedly set to take the stand today in his defamation trial against Amber Heard to speak on the claims that she defecated on his bed.The Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 58, is suing his ex-wife, 35, for libel after she penned an op-ed in the Washington Post, with the headline: ‘I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change’.She discussed her experiences of domestic abuse in the 2018 article, but did not mention her former partner by name.Despite not being named, Depp’s lawyers have said that this ‘falsely implies’ that Heard was subjected to abuse during their marriage –  the actor is seeking $50million (£39m) in damages.While the court has heard from various witnesses, the actor will testify on his own behalf on Tuesday at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia.The actor will speak on the claims that Heard defecated in his bed (which her rep previously denied), according to TMZ.Pictures of poo claimed to be Heard’s and found in Depp’s bed were previously shown to the court during the actor’s libel trial against The Sun newspaper, which he lost.Depp’s housekeeper at his penthouse in the Eastern Columbia building in LA, who had come across the defecated bed, gave evidence.Hilda Vargas told the court that she had taken photographs of the faeces, after being left ‘horrified’ and ‘disgusted’.Vargas said that she believed the faeces in the bed was from a human – ruling out that it could have come from the two dogs, Pistol and Boo, owned by Depp and Heard, as the pets couldn’t reach the bed on their own.In his written statement, Depp accused Heard or ‘one of her friends’ of defecating in the couple’s marital bed back in 2016.

Lorraine Kelly has blasted Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's "toxic" relationship following their ongoing court battle.The Scottish presenter told her viewers that the trial, which is being live-streamed, is "madness" as she spoke to LA showbiz reporter Ross King.Lorraine said: "Ross this is madness! It must be costing them a fortune, once again all their dirty laundry is being aired and it goes on today."Having a swipe at the Hollywood couple, Ross commented it wasn't just their dirty laundry being aired but the "whole walk-in closet and a few hampers full".He then went on to inform viewers of the ongoing trial in which Johnny Depp is expected to return to court later today (April 19) to face the judge and jury.The LA showbiz reporter caught viewers up with what has happened so far, including hearing from Johnny's sister, friends and doctors.Ross agreed with Lorraine saying the trial was "mad" before adding it's "very invasive".He said: "It's he said, she said. This could go on for another five weeks or so."Cutting him off, Lorraine shouted: "Why?! Why in public.

Johnny Depp's personal doctor, has claimed the Pirates of the Caribbean actor informed him he had chopped part of his own finger off with a knife, revealing in his court testimony: "I think that's what it said, yes." The doctor's testimony contradicts previous claims made by Depp that his ex-wife Amber Heard was responsible for the horrifying injury.The 58-year-old had claimed that 35-year-old Amber had hurled a vodka bottle at him in a rage, resulting in part of his finger being cut off.He'd also told the court as part of his first defamation case in the UK in 2019 that he'd feared for his life after an attack by her.However, Dr Kipper has now testified that he could see blood around the home, but not on the glass shards from the broken bottle Amber is alleged to have thrown.Kipper attended the scene after being summoned when a chef found Johnny's finger tip in the kitchen.Meanwhile, Johnny maintains that Amber attacked him, as he fights his $50 million defamation case against the Aquaman actress some six years after their initial divorce.He had previously stated of his injury: "I had to have three surgeries to reconstruct my finger and contracted MRSA three times. I feared that I would lose my finger, my arm and my life."Meanwhile, Dr Kipper also referred to a text written by Depp saying he himself had "cut the top of my middle finger off.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s trial continued on Monday (April 18) and a pre-recorded deposition from his doctor was played in court during the latest session.

Johnny Depp’s security guard Sean Bett testified during the defamation trial between the actor and his ex-wife Amber Heard that he told Ms Heard that he worried the relationship would end badly. After witnessing a number of fights, Mr Bett said he told Ms Heard that “this can’t continue” and that “you’re either going to kill each other or you’re going to be in jail”.

Johnny Depp is facing off against Amber Heard in a contentious legal battle, where new information is coming to light and new accusations are being leveled during each day of the trial.The libel lawsuit, which was first filed in 2019, kicked off on April 11, with opening statements the following day that set the tone for the tumultuous courtroom battle that was about to commence. Depp's lawyers alleged that Heard was fabricating claims to cast her ex-husband in a bad light, and Heard's lawyers accused Depp of sexual violence during their marriage — among other claims.The lawsuit itself kicked off nearly six years after Heard first filed for divorce from Depp, on May 25, 2016, after 15 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.

Johnny Depp sent an explicit text message to his doctor about his penis, the court heard as his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard continued on Monday. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is suing his former spouse over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post about her experiences with domestic abuse. Depp was not named in the article but Depp’s lawyers argue that the article falsely implies Heard was physically and sexually abused by him when they were married, and is seeking $50million (£39m) in damages. Heard is countersuing her ex-husband. During Monday’s court hearing, the jury was shown a text message which Depp allegedly sent to his nurse Debbie Lloyd as part of an apology, after he refused to see her or anybody else that day. The message read: ‘Hey sweetheart, I’m so sorry about today.

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Johnny Depp was taken to hospital by his doctor after they could not find his missing finger - sliced off by a bottle his wife Amber Heard threw at him, a court has heard.The actor’s private physician David Kipper told how he helped the star clean up the wound before taking him for medical attention.The top of Depp's finger was later found by his personal chef on the kitchen floor.Dr Kipper, a Beverly Hills physician who treats celebrities for addiction, told a US court through a video deposition of the incident that took place while in Australia.He gave evidence in the explosive defamation trial in Fairfax, Virginia, between Depp and his former wife, Heard.Depp, 58, hired the physician to treat him for opioid addiction in May 2014 and was behind a plan whereby he would detox on his island in the Bahamas.The following year, while the star was filming Down Under, Kipper recalled finding the actor bleeding profusely from the finger but said he was unsure how the injury occurred.The doctor said Depp told hospital doctors he cut his finger with a knife.It contradicted what the star’s attorneys told the jury during opening statements that Heard, 35, threw a bottle at him, severing part of his finger.The doctor said he spoke to Heard the same day but did not observe any wounds on her.The actress had said Depp threw her against a ping-pong table and shoved her into a fridge.Dr Kipper said she never sought medical attention from him for alleged abuse.At one point during Monday's (April 18) evidence, Kipper was asked about texts he exchanged with Depp.On March 7, 2015, Depp messaged: ”Hi f*ck man had another one. I cannot live like this.

Amber Heard’s close friend Eve Barlow was reportedly kicked out of the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom last week amid the actress’ ongoing defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA doctor and a nurse recounted the hunt for Johnny Depp’s severed fingertip, as testimony continued on Monday in his $50 million defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.Depp suffered the injury in March 2015, while he was in Australia for the filming of the fifth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. Depp has accused Heard of throwing a bottle at him, severing the top of his middle finger.

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Johnny Depp‘s personal text messages to his former doctor, Dr. David Kipper, were revealed in court today.

Johnny Depp was shown footage of himself breaking smoking rules during a trial against his ex-wife, in which he is attempting to sue her for defamation.The Hollywood actor, well known for his roles in Pirates of the Caribbean and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is currently in the midst of suing his ex-wife Amber Heard for $50 million, which works out to £38.2 million, for defamation after abuse claims. Depp, 58, decided to take action against Heard, 35, after she wrote an opinion piece in 2018, detailing her experiences with domestic abuse.The article in question, initially published by the Washington Post does not name Mr Depp but legal representatives for Heard say it is protected by freedom of speech.During the lawsuit, the 58-year-old was shown footage of himself in the Eastern Columbia Building on 21 May 2016, in which he can be seen smoking a cigarette in an elevator.Johnny kept a poker face while he watched the clip as his manager answered questions and mentioned that smoking “is not” permitted in the elevator of that particular building.Dr.

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