Johnny Depp Testifies He Fought Back Against “Diabolical” Domestic Abuse Claims By Amber Heard For His Children’s Sake
deadline.com“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.
Calling Heard’s allegations of domestic abuse by Depp to her “diabolical,” the actor said he was “doing the right thing” pursuing the high profile case. “It was a complete shock, it just didn’t need to go in that direction, as nothing of the kind ever happened,” Depp told the Fairfax County Courthouse in a halting and sometimes mumbling voice. “There were arguments and things of that nature, but never did myself reach the point of striking Ms.
Heard in anyway, nor have I struck anyone in my life,” he added.“It was my responsibility to not only clear my name …I wanted to clear my children of this horrid thing they had to read about their father, that was untrue,” Depp went on to say of his motivation to bring this exposure of he and Heard’s relationship into the public sphere.
Observing her litigious ex-husband testifying, Heard sat close by in courtroom as she has every day since the much delayed trial began on April 11.
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