Johnny Depp’s Childhood Friend Testifies He Didn’t See Amber Heard With Physical Marks Of Abuse After 2016 Argument

While taking the stand in his libel trial against Amber Heard, Johnny Depp addressed his ex-wife’s claims of domestic abuse.

Johnny Depp revealed that he has never seen Pirates of the Caribbean, as he took to the stand during his defamation court case.The 58-year-old – who starred as Captain Jack Sparrow in the hugely popular blockbuster franchise – is suing ex-wife Amber Heard after she wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post, discussing her experiences with domestic abuse.Depp is seeking $50million (£39m) in damages. He was not named in the article, which was published in 2018, but his lawyers argued that it falsely implies that his former partner was physically and sexually abused by him when they were married.

Hollywood star Johnny Depp took to the stand for the first time in the £100million civil defamation case to provide evidence against his ex Amber Heard.The actor, 58, claims her domestic abuse accusations have not only damaged is reputation but also his career.Depp, who is suing Heard for more the £38million in damages, explained he'd gone from being "Cinderella to Quasimodo" as a result of previous claims.The Pirates Of The Caribbean star admitted that giving evidence for the first time in Fairfax, Virginia (Tuesday April 19), wasn't something he found easy to do while he described himself as "private person".He told the jury: "It's very strange when one day you’re Cinderella so to speak then 0.6 seconds later you’re Quasimodo."The star added: "I didn’t deserve that nor did my children nor did the people who believed in me all these years. I didn’t want any of those people to believe I had done them wrong or that I was a fraud."I pride myself on honesty.

Johnny Depp is sharing his “truth” amid his blockbuster libel lawsuit trial against Amber Heard.

Johnny Depp took the stand on Tuesday to testify in his $50 million libel lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, more than five years after their divorce was finalized.Days after their divorce, Heard was granted a temporary restraining order against Depp when she claimed that Depp had physically attacked her. During his testimony, Depp said that Heard's allegations, which he's long denied, «were not based in any species of truth.»«It was a complete shock,» he said. «It just didn't need to go in that direction as nothing of the kind had ever happened.

Johnny Depp is currently giving testimony in his defamation case against his ex wife Amber Heard.

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterJohnny Depp took the stand on Tuesday afternoon in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, saying he was focused on “clearing the record” regarding allegations that he engaged in domestic violence.“Truth is the only thing i’m interested in. Lies will get you nowhere, but lies build upon lies and build upon lies,” Depp said.

Johnny Depp is on the witness stand right now in his defamation case against his ex wife Amber Heard.

Actor Johnny Depp took the witness stand on Tuesday in the U.S. defamation trial where he accuses ex-wife and actress Amber Heard of ruining his career with false accusations of violence during their relationship.

“My goal is the truth,” said Johnny Depp on the stand today one week into the $50 million defamation trial instigated by the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star against Amber Heard back in March 2019. “Lies build upon lies,” he testified.

As Deadline reported exclusively yesterday, Johnny Depp is testifying on his own behalf today in the exceedingly high-profile case that is taking place in Virginia’s Fairfax County Courthouse. The news was first reported by Deadline’s Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson, who are covering the trial. See all their exclusive coverage here.

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.

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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.