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. “Asking me, ‘Where are you going?
Who are you meeting with?”’Another time, “I had a scratch on my back that once got him very, very angry because he insisted it came from me having sex with a person who wasn’t him,” she said in the deposition, recorded in 2019 and played for jurors in the Virginia trial on Thursday.Meanwhile, Depp’s former agent, Tracey Jacobs, said his professional reputation took a hit when he started showing up late to projects due to drugs and alcohol, including the production of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”“Crews don’t love sitting around for hours and hours for the star to show up,” Jacobs said. “People talked … and it made people reluctant to use him.” His former business manager, Joel Mandel, echoed Jacobs’ allegations, claiming Depp’s spending habits became “alarming” in 2011, and that he spent thousands on prescription drugs.
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