Malcolm Connolly: Last News

It turns out that Amber Heard has not been too thrilled with the press she has been getting since her defamation trial with Johnny Depp began – so much so that she suddenly fired her PR team days before she’s set to take the stand!

Johnny Depp broke out in laughter in the courtroom this week after his genitals were referenced during a line of questioning from Amber Heard‘s lawyer.

Johnny Depp, 58, has been involved in an ongoing high-profile defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, 36.

that close.As the trial against Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard rolled on Friday, proceedings took an amusing turn when Malcolm Connolly, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star’s security agent, was asked if he’d ever seen his employer’s penis.“I think I would remember if I’d seen Mr. Depp’s penis,” Connelly said — prompting an eruption of giggles from Depp and others in the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom.Connelly’s quip came in response to Heard’s lawyer, who asked if the confidante could describe his anatomy — per previous testimony that the actor had been caught urinating in the foyer of the embattled ex-lovers’ home.The uncomfortable question refers to the couple’s well-reported trip to Australia in 2015 that also saw Depp’s finger severed in a heated argument, according to prior testimony, which Connelly, a former prison guard, described as “chaos.”Connelly, who addressed the court via Zoom, also characterized the pair as once “lovey-dovey” and called Heard “lovely, charming.” However, that began to change, according to Connelly, about the time of the move Down Under, attesting that Heard had called Depp a “coward” as she bandaged his finger.Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 36, with a $50 million defamation claim over a 2018 op-ed she penned about domestic violence for the Washington Post.

Malcolm Connolly was personal security to Johnny Depp for around 23 years and has just given his testimony during the star's $50 million libel trial with ex wife Amber Heard.

A member of Johnny Depp’s security team recalled his boss “panicking” as his finger had been sliced open by ex-wife Amber Heard, he told the High Court in London on Tuesday.Malcolm Connolly, who has worked for Depp and his family for about 16 years, was giving evidence on day six of the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s libel trial against News Group Newspapers chiefs, over a story published in Britain’s The Sun newspaper in 2018, branding him a “wife beater.”According to Sky News, under cross-examination, Connolly said he never saw Depp hitting Heard, and that he would never tolerate any man hitting a woman, even if he was “the Pope,” and disputed her account of an incident in Australia in March 2015.

A member of Johnny Depp’s security team recalled his boss “panicking” as his finger had been sliced open by ex-wife Amber Heard, he told the High Court in London on Tuesday.

Johnny Depp's bodyguard Malcolm Connolly has claimed Amber Heard stubbed out her cigarette on the actor's face after his finger was severed by a smashed vodka bottle.

One of Johnny Depp’s security team has told the High Court in London the actor was “in emotional distress and panicking” after his finger was severed during an incident in Australia.

Johnny Depp's bodyguard Malcolm Connolly claimed he lied about Johnny's severed finger to protect Amber Heard.