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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial has grabbed headlines due to the often grotesque and sordid details of the couple’s troubled marriage. But the jurors are also being asked to consider whether either of them suffered actual career damage from the other’s lies about them.And while there is evidence that both of their careers have been hurt, it’s much trickier to try to connect that damage to specific defamatory statements.Depp has alleged that he lost tens of millions of dollars because of Heard’s allegations of domestic violence, which she alluded to in a 2018 op-ed.

vicious defamation trial with ex-wife and “Aquaman” actress Amber Heard, 36.First up: Actress Ellen Barkin, who had a romantic — or “sexual” — relationship with Depp when they both starred in the 1998 cult classic “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” testified that he threw a wine bottle at her during their relationship.Barkin, 68, said the actor was arguing with friends in a hotel room when he tossed the object. She also reiterated Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard’s claim that he was a “jealous man.”“Controlling,” is how Barkin described Depp.

During the latest day of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s trial, both of the actors’ agents testified about how the allegations about their marriage affected their careers.

Johnny Depp has long been praised for being genuinely awesome to fans and regular folk, including those in the crews of his movies. Countless stories of the actor’s kindness and humility have been told over the past few decades, but according to his former talent agent, alleged behavioral issues that started later in his career were the real reason his Hollywood stardom started to dim.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterJohnny Depp’s longtime agent testified Thursday that his star power declined over the course of years due to his erratic behavior, and that at one point he asked his agency to give him $20 million because he needed money.Tracey Jacobs, a top agent at United Talent Agency, represented Depp for 30 years until he fired her — and his his longtime lawyer and management firm — in 2016. Jacobs appeared by video deposition on the 19th day of Depp’s defamation trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, whom he accuses of destroying his career with false allegations of domestic violence.Jacobs testified that over the last 10 years of her representation of him, Depp would habitually show up late to set. He ultimately got a reputation that made it harder to get jobs for him, she said.

Johnny Depp’s former agent has claimed that he was ‘fed lines through an earpiece’ during his time filming Pirates of the Caribbean 5.The actor played Captain Jack Sparrow in the beloved franchise, making his debut in 2003 flick The Curse of the Black Pearl, alongside Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush.Appearing on the stand during day 19 of his defamation trial against Amber Heard, his ex-talent agent Tracey Jacobs – who was terminated in 2016 – spoke of working together.When asked by Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, if she recalled the 58-year-old using earpieces so people could feed him his lines during filming for the 2017 sequel, and if this became a regular thing, she said: ‘Yes.’She also said that representing the star became ‘far more complicated’ in their last 10 years of working together, due to his ‘unprofessional behavior’.Elaborating, Jacobs continued: ‘Showing up late to set consistently on virtually every movie. I would get yelled at.‘I never said to him, “You’re a difficult client”.

The jury in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial on Thursday saw the actor’s former agent and former business manager describe the collapse of his reputation and his finances by the time they were let go in 2016.

Rich Paul has been appointed to the UTA board of directors. Paul, an agency partner, has been the head of the agency's sports division since July 2019, when UTA invested in Paul's Klutch Sports Group, which was founded in 2012 when LeBron James left CAA to join with Paul.