supports HTML5 videoThis week the legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has taken a break, but that’s not stopped punters from dissecting every morsel from the trial so far, after Kate Moss was recently mentioned.Depp, 58, is suing ex-wife Heard, 36, over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post, which the Pirates Of The Caribbean actor’s lawyers say falsely implies he physically and sexually abused her.
The article does not mention him by name. Aquaman actress Heard is countersuing for $100million (£76m) claiming Depp libeled her by calling her a liar.Following several days of testimony from Depp, and various witnesses testifying on behalf of the plaintiff, Heard also took to the stand before the trial took a hiatus this week.However, following Heard’s testimony on Thursday, interest is still piqued in the case, after she mentioned Depp’s former girlfriend Moss while discussing an alleged altercation between Depp and Heard’s sister, Whitney, in March 2015.During her statement, Heard claimed her sister was near a staircase ‘in the line of fire … trying to get Johnny to stop,’ before mentioning it ‘reminded’ her of an alleged incident between Moss and Depp, who were the ‘it’ couple of the mid-90s.Walking the court through one of her fights with Depp, Heard – who testified over several days last week – said she threw a can of Red Bull towards the actor, which struck him in the back.
Heard claims Depp became enraged and followed her up a staircase before her sister Whitney intervened in an effort to get between the pair.She told the court: ‘[Whitney’s] back was to the staircase, and Johnny swings at her.
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