Johnny Depp's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' co-star shows support, slams 'false allegations' brought by Heard
foxnews.comJohnny Depp is receiving support from a former co-star. Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean" co-star Greg Ellis slammed what he called "false allegations" brought against Depp by his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Depp has sued Heard for $50 million, saying she defamed him when she wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post claiming she was a survivor of domestic abuse.
Although she didn't name Depp specifically, his agent testified the article has had a "catastrophic" impact on his career. Ellis, who starred in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise as Lt.Theodore Groves, emphasized the importance of remembering someone is "innocent till proven guilty." Johnny Depp attends his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Virginia, April 27, 2022. (Reuters) "Too many lives ruined by false allegations because the #MeToo ‘iron clad certainty’ replaced the ‘reasonable doubt’ of jurisprudence.
Merely proffering an accusation does not mean someone is guilty.The cultural default must always be innocent till proven guilty," he wrote Monday on Twitter.
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