He’s doing whatever he can to save his reputation, even if it might be too late. According to new reports, lawyers for actor Johnny Depp sought on Wednesday to discredit a claim by his ex-wife Amber Heard that he threw a mobile telephone at her in May 2016 and hit her in the face.
The testimony, by Isaac Baruch, a longtime friend of Depp, came on the second day of the US defamation case filed by the Pirates of the Caribbean star against Heard. The proceedings are taking place in the state of Virginia.
Johnny Depp’s Childhood Friend Gives Evidence In Court Case Against Amber Heard
Depp, 58, filed the suit after Heard, 35, wrote a column for the Washington Post in December 2018 in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
Meanwhile, there’s another report that says a slew of celebrities are going to testify in Johnny and Amber Heard’s legal battle in a courtroom next month. Here’s what you need to know.
According to reports, James Franco, Paul Bettany and Elon Musk feature on witness lists alongside representatives of the Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
Johnny Depp has filed a $50 million defamation suit back in 2019 over a Washington Post op-ed about domestic violence which was penned by Heard in late 2018, the bitter and dispute between the couple is presently set to go to trial starting April 11.
This was after his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, went public with allegations of domestic violence against him. A judge at the High Court last year found the allegations to be “substantially correct.”
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