Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp is suing ex wife Amber Heard over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post. On Wednesday, Depp finally took the stand.

The first day of Depp’s testimony concluded with him looking back at his relationship with Heard. He said the relationship began when they filmed a shower scene for The Rum Diary. “I think there was something with the kiss in the shower that was very real,” Depp said. Wyatt was asked to describe interactions between Depp and Heard. He recalled being on a flight with them to Boston in 2014 and said that Heard “was giving Johnny the cold shoulder, being quiet, and seemed pouty.” “The op-ed’s clear implication that Mr Depp is a domestic abuser is categorically and demonstrably false,” his civil claim maintains. Wyatt described Depp glowingly, saying he was “great to work with on films” and “always comes prepared,” making for a “fun” day. He recalled the alleged water-bottle incident and remarked: “In California, it’s assault if you attempt to swing or throw something at somebody, even if you don’t hit them.” “At one point, I went up to her and said something to the effect of ‘He cares about you,’ and all of a sudden she snapped and said, ‘How dare you talk to me? All of a sudden it got very loud.” When asked if he had ever seen any violent or physical altercation between Depp and Heard, he responded: “I’ve never seen Johnny be violent toward anybody.” Heard’s attorney tried to ask Wyatt about Marilyn Manson, who is also an alleged abuser and suing his ex Evan Rachel Wood for defamation over her allegations against him detailed in her documentary, Phoenix Rising. They had previously brought up Manson during opening statements, describing him as Depp’s “good friend.” Depp said that he became addicted to the opioid Roxycodone after suffering an injury while filming the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean, and detoxed during his relationship with Heard. Get away from me!’” Wyatt said he “went back to my seat and minded my own business.” Heard, he said, “was abruptly loud. He was filling out job applications in “video stores, clothing stores, anything … just to be able to pay the rent.” Depp said that his friend, actor Nicolas Cage, told him, “I want you to meet my agent.” Cage told Depp he thought he could act. Depp said that he first abused drugs at 11, when he took one of his mother’s “nerve pills.” Depp claimed he didn’t take drugs for enjoyment. I was a musician, but the fact that these people were going to pay me what I found to be a ludicrous sum of money … I had never seen that kind of dough in my life.”

Actor takes stand in defamation trial and denies ex-wife's domestic abuse claims, saying 'I have never struck any woman in my life'

“She slapped him because he was being incoherent and talking about being with another woman.” Wyatt testified that he accompanied Depp, his former wife Vanessa Paradis and children to their home in the Bahamas on several occasions. “I was bitten by the snake, and before you know it the monkey was on my back,” he said. You’re a whore.” Depp filed a $50m lawsuit against Heard in 2018. Heard has said Depp probably cut his finger when he smashed a telephone. “It would stir up some rather unusual reactions from her,” he said. Several witnesses have characterised Heard as the abusive party. The actor has accused Heard of throwing a bottle at him, severing the finger. From the beginning of our relationship, she was wonderful, and then things just started to change … or reveal themselves, I think is a better way to put it.” But he had periods of sobriety, he said. Nor have I ever struck any woman in my life.”

Actor Johnny Depp testifies during his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard in the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on April ...

"At this time, I recognize the ongoing support I've been fortunate to receive throughout these years, and in these coming weeks I will be leaning on it more than ever." Heard posted a note in advance of the current defamation trial on her verified social media accounts, writing "I never named [Depp], rather I wrote about the price women pay for speaking against men in power. He said, however, "I believed in the character wholeheartedly." in the UK against News Group Newspapers and Dan Wootton, executive editor of The Sun, over an article that claimed Depp was violent toward Heard while they were together. "One day you're Cinderella so to speak and then in zero point six seconds you're Quasimodo," Depp said of how his career turned after he was accused of abuse. He also alleged that his first experience with taking controlled substances occurred when he was roughly 11 years old and would take his mother's prescription pills "to escape the chaotic nature of what we were living through."

The actor describes his childhood of physical abuse as he takes the stand in a Virginia court.

And generally it was me," he said. On Monday, a nurse who was hired to treat Mr Depp's drug addiction and attended the couple's wedding testified that she witnessed Ms Heard "try to instigate" conflict with her former husband on several occasions. The jury has heard evidence presented by the celebrity ex-couple's former therapist, who described how Mr Depp and Ms Heard engaged in "mutual abuse", as well as from medical workers who treated Mr Depp as he was detoxing himself from opiates. Mr Depp began his testimony saying that Ms Heard's claims are "not based in any species of the truth". The trial has focused so far on Mr Depp's demeanour and whether he was ever verbally or physically abusive towards Ms Heard. Lawyers for Mr Depp have accused his ex-wife, an actress, of giving the "performance of her life" in her descriptions of alleged abuse. "I never struck Ms Heard in that way, nor have I struck any woman in my life," he testified, adding that "her accusations sort of permeated the industry".

Actor Johnny Depp took the witness stand Tuesday in his legal battle against his former wife Amber Heard, whom he accuses of lying about his abusing her ...

Heard was granted a protective order in May 2016 after she alleged that Depp hit her in the face with a cellphone. Anderson said Depp told her that Heard “gave as good as she got.” He said he detoxed from the drug prior to his relationship with Heard. During cross-examination, Anderson clarified that her understanding was that Heard “fought back” after Depp became physical. Depp addressed Heard's allegations regarding substance abuse, saying he began taking his mother's "nerve pills" at the age of 11 and proceeded to self-medicate with substances over the years as a coping mechanism for trauma. Little time was spent on his relationship with Heard, who he felt was the perfect partner for him at the beginning of their relationship. "Because I've never appeared loaded or high or any of that ... no one would have ever known." "Then you started to notice other little tidbits and things that come out," Depp said. Anderson also testified that Heard, in a session conducted separately from her husband, said Depp hit her and that she showed her bruises. Although the article never mentions Depp by name, his attorneys said it indirectly refers to allegations she made against him during their 2016 divorce. The trial in Fairfax County, Virginia, is expected to take weeks. Depp told the court Tuesday that he was "obsessed with the truth" and, though he argued with his ex-wife, he never hit Heard.

'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Johnny Depp denied ever physically abusing Amber Heard as he took the witness stand on Tuesday at the defamation trial ...

FAIRFAX - Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp denied ever physically abusing Amber Heard as he took the witness stand on Tuesday at the defamation trial against his former wife. Depp filed the defamation complaint against Heard in the United States after losing a separate libel case in London in November 2020 that he brought against the tabloid The Sun for calling him a "wife-beater." 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Johnny Depp denied ever physically abusing Amber Heard as he took the witness stand on Tuesday at the defamation trial against his former wife.

Three yrs after he sued his ex-wife, the Pirates star took the stand this morning for what could be one of his most important performances.

While acknowledging that Depp has a high burden to meet for defamation, sources close to the actor’s team say he will “own” his various vices on the stand, but aim to “make sure the truth comes out. As has been noted by Heard’s legal team in and out of court, the op-ed never mentioned Depp by name. “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. “I didn’t deserve that nor did my children nor the people who’ve believed in me all these years,” he added with no small degree of humility. As she did in the 2020 UK libel trial that Depp lost, the Aquaman actress is scheduled to give her own testimony at some point in the five-week trail on this side of the ponf. The Aquaman star is scheduled to take the stand herself later in the proceedings. As he had earlier in his testimony, Depp emphasized his concern for his kids and their safety amidst all the attention. “Sometimes pain has to be dealt with humor, and sometimes dark very dark humor,” he went on to testify as Heard watched stone-faced. Depp added that once he finally kicked the drug, he vowed to stay off it no matter how much pain or discomfort he suffered, such as when one of his fingers was sliced off while on location in Australia in 2015. The actor also addressed his reported deep-seated issues with drugs and drinks, laying a lot of the blame on his abusive mother and her “nerve pills.” That pose is very important after claims in filings by Heard’s side and prior testimony by others of a seemingly endlessly pampered Depp’s cavalier attitude towards his profession and production. With less than hour left in Tuesday’s testimony, Depp’s attorney turned the actor towards describing how he met Heard and how their relationship developed.

Mr. Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for an op-ed she wrote saying she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Ms. Heard maintains that he ...

During their opening arguments last week, Ms. Heard’s lawyers told the jury that they would be presenting evidence of “graphic and horrifying” abuse against Ms. Heard, including instances of sexual assault, which Mr. Depp denies. On Tuesday, Mr. Depp provided an account not unlike the one he gave in London two years ago in an earlier defamation case he brought against The Sun newspaper for calling him a “wife beater” in a headline. In court papers, Mr. Depp has alleged that Ms. Heard physically abused him throughout their relationship, including by throwing objects at him. Mr. Depp’s lawsuit claimed that Ms. Heard’s op-ed “devastated” his once flourishing acting career. She has said Mr. Depp hurt his finger while smashing a phone against a wall repeatedly. We use cookies and similar methods to recognize visitors and remember their preferences. In it, she said her career had been harmed after she became a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” We also use them to measure ad campaign effectiveness, target ads and analyze site traffic. “And I didn’t deserve that.” One of her lawyers, Ben Rottenborn, questioned whether Mr. Depp’s accounts of events were credible if he was “blacked out” on drugs and alcohol, and he argued that Mr. Depp was responsible for the decline of his career, not Ms. Heard. In that trial, a judge found that there was “overwhelming evidence” that he had assaulted Ms. Heard repeatedly during their marriage and that he had put her “in fear of her life.” Mr. Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for an op-ed she wrote saying she was a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Ms. Heard maintains that he abused her repeatedly.

Actor Johnny Depp testified on Tuesday that he never struck his ex-wife Amber Heard and was challenging her accusations in a $50-million defamation case in ...

Depp’s lawyers have said they filed the case in Fairfax County, outside the District of Columbia, because the newspaper is printed at a facility there. Heard accused Depp of domestic abuse after filing for divorce in 2016. The witnesses testified that they were aware of arguments between the couple but had not witnessed physical abuse by Depp towards Heard. He filed a $50 million lawsuit against Heard in 2018. His two children from a previous relationship were in high school at the time, he said. “I felt it my responsibility to stand up not only for myself in that instance but stand up for my children,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star said.

The proceedings are taking place in Virginia's Fairfax County Courthouse. The news of Depp's testimony was first reported by Deadline's Dominic Patten and Ted ...

The trial is set to run for five weeks. It is also being run by other outlets. Depp will continue on the stand Wednesday for cross-examination, a source close to the actor’s team tells Deadline. Heard is scheduled to take the stand herself later in the proceedings.

In defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, actor Depp says allegations have damaged his career and reputation.

(Depp lost a libel case in the United Kingdom in 2020 against the Sun when a headline called him a “wife beater,” though that has largely not come up during the U.S. trial.) “I am ashamed of some of the references I made. They kissed in a scene and felt a spark; later, he said, they kissed again in his trailer. “I can’t say that I’m embarrassed because I know that I’m doing the right thing.” He suddenly became much more recognizable; fans started trying to trespass onto his property and he had to hire tighter security. Depp said he first tried “nerve pills” at age 11 when he saw they calmed down his mother, and tried every drug imaginable by age 15. Speaking slowly and delivering lengthy answers at times, Depp delved into his childhood and talked about his mother being physically violent and verbally abusive. A murmur rippled through the crowd when his attorney called “John C. Depp” to the stand. In his testimony, Depp said he tried to be a private person and feels very exposed with these intimate details being spilled in public. The actor is suing Heard for $50 million for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post calling herself a survivor of domestic abuse, which Depp says caused further damage and irreparably destroyed his reputation and career. “It’s never been for the party effect. Depp’s testimony comes after four days of the plaintiff’s witnesses who have delved into some of the most personal aspects of his and Heard’s lives and marriage.

Actor Johnny Depp took the stand Tuesday in his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, saying her domestic abuse allegations against him were ...

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Actor Johnny Depp told jurors Tuesday that he felt compelled to sue his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel out of an obsession for the truth ...

In the article, Heard referred to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” And he admitted to taking many substances “over the years to numb myself of the ghosts, the wraiths that were still with me from my youth.” “The characterization of my ‘substance abuse’ that’s been delivered by Ms. Heard is grossly embellished,” Depp said. He also said he took his mother’s “nerve pills” when he was a kid. Meanwhile, jurors have seen text messages in which Depp used vulgar language to describe Heard and spelled out his desire to get revenge against her. So far, Depp's friends, family and employees have testified that Heard was the aggressor in the relationship, physically attacking him on multiple occasions. When he became a father, Depp said, he made sure his children didn’t experience that kind of upbringing. After one long answer, he admitted: “I forgot what the original question was.” She was kind. She was smart. It’s very strange when one day you’re Cinderella, so to speak, and then in 0.6 seconds you’re Quasimodo.” “She was loving.

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“I am ashamed of some of the references made,” Depp told the jury. “I didn’t deserve that and neither did my children.” “He is a good man,” Depp said of his dad. “My father is not an abusive man,” Depp continued. “You could hear the raw emotions in his voice and I was tearing up in there a little bit.” Depp, 58, talked about needing to wear an eye patch as a child due to a vision problem. At one point he even admitted: “I forgot what the original question was.” “My goal is the truth, my goal is the truth,” he told the jury. Depp’s mother, Betty Sue Palmer, died in 2016. Heard filed for divorce in May 2016. Depp was still being questioned by his own lawyers when Judge Penney Azcarate dismissed the jury for the evening. Look how far you accomplished and set yourself apart from your mother.’”

The 58-year-old actor is suing his ex-wife for defamation over a Washington Post oped she wrote, in which she referred to herself as a victim of domestic ...

The ‘Edward Scissorhands’ actor also looked back on the early days of his relationship with Amber and admitted she seemed “too good to be true”, though he was aware of things that “might be a bit of a dilemma at some point”. I think that it was an easy target for her to hit. Because once you’ve trusted somebody for a certain amount of years, and you’ve told them all the secrets of your life, that information can, of course, be used against you.”

Johnny Depp took the stand at the defamation trail against his ex wife Amber Heard. The actor denied the abuse claims levelled against him.

Depp will return to the witness stand on Wednesday for more questioning by his lawyers. “It was as if she was too good to be true.” US actor Johnny Depp testifies during his defamation trial in the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on 19 April 2022. US actor Johnny Depp testifies during his defamation trial in the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on 19 April 2022. “I wanted to clear my children of this horrid thing that they were having to read about their father that was untrue.” “Essentially it was just self-medication.”

Johnny Depp denied ever striking a woman as he took the witness stand on Tuesday at the US defamation trial against his former wife, the actor Amber Heard.

"I have taken substances over the years, on and off, to numb myself of the ghosts, the wraiths, that were still with me from my youth," he said. "It was as if she was too good to be true." Their divorce was finalised in 2017. "I wanted to clear my children of this horrid thing that they were having to read about their father that was untrue." Depp accuses Heard of seeking to "generate positive publicity for herself" ahead of the release of the film "Aquaman," in which she had a starring role. "There were arguments and things of that nature but never did I myself reach the point of striking Miss Heard in any way," Depp told the jury hearing the case at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia.

Johnny Depp began his testimony by admitting he and Amber Heard argued during their relationship but said he "never" reached the point of hitting her - and ...

Fairfax County state court judge Penney Azcarate is overseeing the trial, which is in its second week and is expected to last for six weeks in total, with a week's break in May. Witnesses called by Depp's lawyers so far have included the actor's sister, friends, and a doctor and a nurse who said they treated him for substance abuse. "It does mean you have to think creatively when you have little kids on how to take them to the park or the swings. an easy target for [Heard]". He continued: "I am not some maniac who needs to be high or loaded all the time." "It never had to go in this direction," he said. The column did not mention Depp by name, but was titled: "I spoke up against sexual violence - and faced our culture's wrath." Endless." would think that I was a fraud and had lied to them". "I've had worse jobs... "I didn't deserve that. I pride myself on honesty and truth. "I felt it was my responsibility to clear my name and my children of this horrid thing that they were having to read about their father," he said.

Johnny Depp sued Amber Heard after <em>The Washington Post</em> published her opinion piece, which Depp's lawyers say falsely implies that she was physically ...

"Like many women, I had been harassed and sexually assaulted by the time I was of college age," Heard wrote. "It was self-medication ... to take the edge off," he told the jury. Heard and Depp married in February 2015. "So in our house we were never exposed to any kind of safety or security. "I am not some maniac who needs to be high or loaded all the time," he said. There were arguments between the adults, as well as physical and psychological violence, he said. "In the beginning of my relationship with Ms. Heard, it was, from what I recall and what I remember, she was ... too good to be true," Depp said. "Within a year or year and half, she had become another person, almost." "I felt a responsibility of clearing the record." But Depp said he came home one day and when realizing Heard was busy, he removed his own shoes. "And I'd never experienced anything like that in my life." "There was physical abuse, which could be in the form of an ashtray being flung at you or you'd get beat with a high-heeled shoe, or a telephone or whatever was handy," Depp said.

ActorJohnny Depp testified Tuesday in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp has sued Heard for $50 ...

But a judge ruled that Depp was within his rights to bring the case in Virginia because The Washington Post’s computer servers for its online edition are located in the county. Click here to see the full defendant's and plaintiff's witness list. Follow Caroline Patrickis on Twitter for the latest. "Heard was giving Johnny the cold shoulder, she seemed pouty," he recalled. Day 6 of the trial began with Depp's security guard, Sean Bett's testimony. Depp’s lawyer, Benjamin Chew, questioned Wyatt on Depp's drinking and his character.

Actor Johnny Depp is expected to return to the witness stand on Wednesday in a $50 million defamation case he said he brought to expose the truth about his ...

Depp’s lawyers have said they filed the case in Fairfax County, outside the District of Columbia, because the Washington Post is printed at a facility there. A London High Court judge ruled he had repeatedly assaulted Heard and put her in fear for her life. He filed a $50 million lawsuit against Heard in 2018. He wanted to correct the record about his behavior for himself and his children. "Truth is the only thing I’m interested in,” he added. In three hours of testimony in a Virginia courtroom on Tuesday, Depp said he and Heard argued, but he never struck her.

Depp is suing his ex-wife, Amber Heard, for $50 million in a libel case, after she wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post talking about her experience as a ...

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Actor Johnny Depp has resumed his testimony in a Fairfax, Virginia court in his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

She did not name Depp in the piece, but he claims it cost him lucrative film work. Depp, known for his work in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, is suing Heard for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about her experience with domestic abuse. In his roughly three-hour testimony on Tuesday, the Oscar-nominated star spoke in detail about Heard's allegations of domestic abuse, his history with substance abuse and his experiences growing up with an abusive mother.

Johnny Depp's prior testimony from day one, which at many points felt Proustian, described an abusive childhood and drug use, starting at age 11, ...

“I’ve never struck a woman in my life and certainly not going to strike a woman if she decides to make fun of a tattoo that I have on my body.” “I’ve never used the word ‘party’ in my life.” Before delving into his relationship with Heard, Depp described his addiction to the opioid Roxicodone after getting hurt on set while filming the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean. He eventually went through withdrawal during his relationship with Heard, Depp said in his first day of testimony. “The way this is heading, I could see the jurors just being like, ‘Look she was a victim of domestic violence. “I was sort of not allowed to be right, not allowed to have a voice,” Depp said of his arguments with Heard. “So at a certain point, what enters your mind is, you start to slowly realize that you are in a relationship with your mother, and I know that that sounds perverse, obtuse, but the fact is some people [search] for weaknesses in people …” The fights and arguments escalated to become violent, he said. Depp continued to explain his relationship with substances on day two of testimony. “I am obsessed with the truth.” On day two, he appeared in court in a three-piece gray suit and immediately dove into his relationship with Heard. He described their “heightened” arguments as “circular” with no way in or out.

Johnny Depp continued his second day of testimony in his $50 million defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, as he described the deterioration of ...

“I was not feeling any pain and I knew that she was ready for some kind of brawl,” he said. “t could begin with a slap, it could begin with a shove, it could begin with throwing a TV remote at my head. Depp filed his defamation lawsuit after Heard wrote a Washington Post op ed in 2018 that described herself as a domestic abuse survivor.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Actor Johnny Depp returned to the stand Wednesday for testimony in his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, who he says ...

But Depp said Heard refused to abstain, even when he asked her to help him in his sobriety. He added: “I had to have something to distance me and distance my heart from those verbal attacks. “And the only thing I learned to do with it is exactly what I did as a child: retreat.” He added: “Ms. Heard was unable to be wrong. Depp sued after Heard made an indirect reference to those accusations in a 2018 op-ed piece she wrote for The Washington Post. “Why would I take such great offense to someone making fun of a tattoo on my body?

Johnny Depp accused his former wife, Amber Heard, of instigating fights to satisfy a need for conflict as he resumed his testimony Wednesday morning in the.

Heard was granted a protective order in May 2016 after she alleged that Depp hit her in the face with a cellphone. "She has a need for conflict, she has a need for violence. He told the court the day prior that his mother was physically and verbally abusive, and this father would often sit through it calmly until he eventually left his wife when Depp was a teen.

This week, the Pirates Of The Caribbean star took the stand for the first time.

She says her former husband concocted a “smear campaign” against her and seeks $100 million in compensatory damages. Depp also denied hitting Heard during an argument about his “Winona Forever” tattoo (that was later changed to read “Wino Forever”). “It didn’t happen,” he said. During the second day of his testimony, Depp opened about the volatile arguments between himself and Heard. “I was sort of not allowed to be right, not allowed to have a voice,” Depp said, per Vulture. “So at a certain point, what enters your mind is, you start to slowly realize that you are in a relationship with your mother, and I know that that sounds perverse, obtuse but the fact is some people [search] for weaknesses in people…” The fights and arguments would quickly become violent, he explained. However, the judge did not rule in Depp’s favor as the claims against him were proven “substantially true.” Depp denied hitting Heard or any other woman, and he said Heard’s allegations in the Washington Post op-ed led to the sudden downturn of his once-famed career. “Like many women, I had been harassed and sexually assaulted by the time I was of college age.

Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp testified that his ex-wife Amber Heard would regularly "verbally decimate" him and once threw a vodka bottle at ...

She was possessed," he said. Their divorce was finalised in 2017. "She was irate. It could be throwing a glass of wine in my face." "In her rage and her anger she would strike out. "It seemed like pure hatred for me."

The actor said his former partner, who he is suing for defamation in a US court, had a "need for conflict" and "couldn't be wrong".

The actor said he grabbed a pillow and hid in the bathroom of the plane. blood was pouring out." Depp told the jury he would often lock himself in the bathroom to remove himself from escalating situations. "I was looking directly at my bone... Depp accused her of throwing a bottle at him which shattered. The actor said his former partner, who he is suing for defamation in a US court, had a "need for conflict" and "couldn't be wrong".

The actor testified in a defamation case that he filed against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, who has said he often struck her during their relationship.

(Mr. Depp testified that he “flopped” the phone onto the couch and has asserted in court papers that Ms. Heard’s facial marks were of her own doing.) On Wednesday, Mr. Depp testified that as Ms. Heard’s abuse allegations “gained momentum around the world,” calls stopped coming from agents and producers and he felt as though people started to look at him differently. Ms. Heard, who is expected to take the stand later in the trial, has given a very different account of the incident in Australia, writing in court papers that Mr. Depp became violent with her during an argument about his drug use. After a sidebar with the judge, the lawyer moved onto a new line of questioning, indicating that there have been restrictions put on any reference to those proceedings. During his testimony, Mr. Depp strove to present his side of several incidents that have surfaced as their problems in their relationship became public, including the time Mr. Depp’s middle finger was severed. In the courtroom. In testimony on Tuesday, Mr. Depp denied ever striking Ms. Heard or any woman. During more than five hours of testimony on Wednesday, the jury heard snippets of recorded arguments between the couple. She has said that at one point he grabbed her by the neck and collarbone and slammed her into a countertop, then hit her with the back of his hand and slammed a phone against a wall until it “smashed into smithereens,” injuring his finger. Mr. Depp told the jury that, at the time, Ms. Heard was angry about a meeting she had with a lawyer about a potential postnuptial agreement and threw two vodka bottles at him, one of which missed while another shattered into his hand, causing his finger to bleed “like Vesuvius.” He testified that he then experienced a “nervous breakdown” and used his bloody finger to write on the walls messages that “represented lies that she told me.” “She has a need for conflict, she has a need for violence,” he said of Ms. Heard. “It erupts out of nowhere.” “It could begin with a slap, it could begin with a shove, it could begin with throwing a TV remote at my head, throwing a glass of wine in my face,” Mr. Depp told a jury at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia.

On his second day of testimony in his defamation suit against his ex-wife, actor Johnny Depp describes an emotionally draining relationship.

When asked why he stayed in the relationship, Depp said it was “complicated,” and continued to use his past to analyze his actions. Depp said that Heard became furious after a conversation with one of his lawyers about a postnuptial agreement (they did not sign a prenuptial agreement), and he locked himself in a bathroom “as she was banging on the doors and screaming obscenities and wanting to have a physical altercation.” “I was more inspired by Ms. Heard to reach out for a numbing agent because of the constant clashes,” he said. During opening arguments, Heard’s lawyer said that Depp’s worst times — such as when he was using drugs and alcohol — were known as when “the Monster” would come out. In another, Heard told Depp that he was being a baby and to “grow the f--- up” after he said she had punched him. Depp said that even though he had been sober for a while, he was so distraught that he eventually left the bathroom and poured himself multiple shots of vodka. “I could hardly ever go and see my kids and spend time with my kids because she had to have me there at all times for her own needs,” he said. He said that when Heard found him, she started screaming about his drinking, and threw a bottle of vodka in a way that severed the tip of his middle finger on his right hand. He said the lowest moment of his life happened in 2014, when Heard would not give him medication while he was going through detox for an opiate addiction, even though he was begging and crying. Rottenborn noted that Heard never named Depp in the op-ed and it didn’t contain any specific details of their time together, and asked Depp to confirm this, noting it was a simple “yes or no” question. (Heard later told him it was the dogs, he said, but he felt that was unlikely.) Depp, who earlier testified he had no idea who wrote that statement, said his lawyers advised him not to fight the allegations at the time.

Actor continues testimony on his life and marriage with Amber Heard, including events that marked the end of their relationship.

“If I had [been drunk], I’d have been hugging the porcelain,” he said, a reference to vomiting. “I learned to deal with it exactly as I did as a child, which was retreat.” On Wednesday, he repeated that denial saying that his disputes with Heard would never cause him to hit her. That allegation never made any sense to me.” Heard, he suggested was jealous that Depp had not had himself inscribed with her name. Heard later explained that it was the dogs’ “fecal delivery”. Depp said he could not accept that. “I tried to bring her mood up. He continued in his second day of testimony: “She wasn’t happy with it but she did eventually leave. “Her need for conflict and violence erupts out of nowhere,” he said. Frequently the focus of their conflict, he said, was his drinking. Asked whether it was possible that it belonged to the couple’s teacup Yorkies, the actor said no. I did not want to put her name in that mix.” Depp testified that he began writing on the walls in his own blood.

Updated April 20, 2022 at 11:06 AM ET. Actor Johnny Depp returned to the witness stand in a Virginia courtroom on Wednesday, a day after he first testified ...

"I'm sorry that I didn't hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you. Throughout nearly all of his testimony, Depp put the blame on Heard for some violent incidents. Depp claims that Heard instigated physical altercations between them, while he sought to flee from her reach. Little reminders from our past" that he said represented "lies that I had caught her in." "It just went right past my head and smashed behind me," Depp said. "What really surprised me was that she kept saying, 'I'm not even in your will,' " he said. When Heard found him, he said, she threw the bottle at him. Heard arrived in Australia in March 2015, Depp said. But he alleged that when he asked Heard to quit drinking, she refused. "Violence was unnecessary," he said. On Wednesday, Depp also said Heard sometimes drank heavily and used drugs — ecstasy (MDMA) and mushrooms. Both of them began recording their fights, he said, after they disagreed over what was said.

Johnny Depp said that domestic abuse allegations made against him by his ex-wife Amber Heard had cost him "nothing less than everything" and claimed that ...

It could be throwing a glass of wine in my face." "In her rage and her anger, she would strike out. "When the allegations were rapidly circling the globe, telling people that I was a drunken cocaine-fueled menace who beat women - suddenly in my 50s - it's over. Depp said he was in "shock" and "started to write in my own blood on the walls" - "lies that she told me" and "little reminders of my past." "It could begin, you know, with throwing a TV remote at my head. Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp said Wednesday that domestic abuse allegations made against him by his ex-wife Amber Heard had cost him "nothing less than everything" and claimed that she was the one who was frequently violent.