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The previous couple years of reveals in Johnny Depp‘s ongoing authorized battle with ex Amber Heard haven’t resulted in her claims wanting excellent. However because the defamation trial continues, removed from backtracking on the accusations of violence, she’s doubling down!
Johnny is, in fact, suing over his ex’s Washington Put up op-ed, by which she accused him of home and sexual violence in opposition to her. It was that essay which started the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s gradual ouster from Hollywood, by which he was booted from the aforementioned Disney franchise and later the Harry Potter spinoff Implausible Beasts movies. He has spent the previous couple years denying her claims, doing every thing he can to point out she made all of it as much as make herself look higher after the divorce.
And quite a lot of it has labored, as we’ve seen proof she hit him, she lied about it, she even taunted him that nobody would imagine him.
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This trial is all about convincing the jury someway, as soon as and for all, whether or not the accusations in opposition to Johnny are true. In the event that they imagine them, Amber didn’t commit defamation, she simply informed the reality. If Johnny’s staff convinces them it’s all a lie, then so is her op-ed.
It’s already getting fiery as Amber’s lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, painted an image for the jury of the notorious 2015 altercation in Australia, what she known as a “three-day hostage scenario.” Bredehoft made the surprising new declare that Johnny “violated” his then-wife with a wine bottle! Only a horrific declare. However… why didn’t she ever point out it earlier than when she was already describing the alleged abuse??
Amber beforehand said that Johnny choked her, threw bottles at her, and injured his finger smashing a telephone throughout an MDMA binge. She wrote:
“In one of the horrific and scariest moments of this three-day ordeal, Johnny grabbed me by the neck and collarbone and slammed me in opposition to the countertop. I struggled to face up as he strangled me, however my arms and ft stored slipping and sliding on to the spilled alcohol and have been dragged in opposition to the damaged glass on the countertop and flooring, which repeatedly slashed my ft and arms. Scared for my life, I informed Johnny, ‘You might be hurting me and chopping me.’ Johnny ignored me, persevering with to hit me with the again of 1 closed hand, and slamming a tough plastic telephone in opposition to a wall along with his different till it was smashed into smithereens. Whereas he was smashing the telephone, Johnny severely injured his finger, chopping off the tip of it… As soon as I used to be capable of get away, I barricaded myself in an upstairs bed room.”
(Johnny later claimed it was Amber who damage his finger by hurling a bottle at him.) Nowhere in her earlier recollections of the incident did she point out this horrible act. And that’s simply what Johnny’s individuals have rushed to level out.
Exterior of court docket, The Solar studies, Depp’s spokesman mentioned:
“These fictitious claims have been by no means made on the onset of Amber’s allegations in 2016, and solely advantageously surfaced years later as soon as she was sued for defamation after noting in her op-ed that she was a sufferer of ‘sexual violence’. Phrases are key in a defamation case and conveniently, this allegation solely got here after that.”
He continued, straight up accusing Amber of driving the #MeToo motion with a false accusation:
“This follows a sample of her elaborate, faulty claims which have continued to alter and evolve over time for the aim of Hollywood shock worth of which Amber has mastered and used to use a severe social motion.”
This clearly wouldn’t be the primary time we heard this accusation.
So far as proving she was mendacity, nicely, that’s simpler mentioned than performed.
After Johnny’s personal sister, the subsequent witness was his childhood good friend and neighbor Isaac Baruch. The painter isn’t just besties with Johnny but additionally owes him large time — because the film star grew to become his patron, permitting him to remain rent-free in an condominium in his penthouse for years. So his testimony will definitely be weighted slightly in another way for the jury.
Nonetheless, he was a convincing and affable witness, making the whole court docket snigger a number of instances — no imply feat contemplating the scenario. Nonetheless, when issues acquired severe, he informed the court docket his model of occasions.
First, he claimed Johnny and Amber often acquired alongside like lovebirds and that he solely noticed them argue a pair instances and by no means violently. So he was naturally alarmed when he noticed damaged glass and spilled wine exterior the couple’s condominium door. He testified that Amber’s pal Josh Drew informed him it had been a “tough day” however there was nothing he may do to assist. The subsequent morning, Baruch mentioned, he noticed Amber within the hallway, and he or she informed him:
“Johnny got here by final evening, he acquired violent, so I’m altering the locks.”
Nonetheless, says Baruch, Amber did NOT have a single mark on her face and it “didn’t appear like she was carrying make-up then both.”
It wasn’t till later that she shared the notorious {photograph} of her face after Johnny had allegedly hit her with a thrown cellular phone — a photograph Isaac mentioned he was shocked to see contemplating her face had been effective the day after the alleged altercation.
Throughout cross-examination, Amber’s lawyer requested Baruch if he was “acquainted with what sort of make-up Amber Heard makes use of every day”, to which he admitted he didn’t. When Bredehoft inferred then that he didn’t actually “know she was not carrying make-up,” Baruch conceded he didn’t know “for a truth.”
Bredehoft additionally requested if the painter felt “beholden” to Johnny for supporting him financially for therefore lengthy, one thing he overtly admitted to. Nonetheless, he mentioned he didn’t, which looks like an odd response to us. We imply, he let him reside rent-free in an awesome place in Los Angeles and gave him an estimated hundred grand over 4 years? Simply to color to his coronary heart’s content material?? We imply, why wouldn’t he really feel like he owed Johnny??
After all, that doesn’t essentially suggest he would lie underneath oath for his good friend. The truth is when requested that actual query, Baruch denied it, saying, “No, no, no.”
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Subsequent, Bredehoft requested if he was “offended” at Amber, maybe making an attempt to insinuate one other potential motivation for the neighbor saying what he did on the stand. Nonetheless, that went fairly worse for the defendant as he emotionally answered:
“Concerning the phony footage that have been taken and put in tabloids and in regards to the faux narrative and the best way she’s acquired a fraudulent DV declare to extort and blackmail a person, yeah, that acquired me pissed off, confused, offended, upset, sure.”
Whereas he mentioned he hoped Amber would heal and transfer on from all this, it wasn’t going to be really easy for his good friend. Getting choked up, he mentioned:
“For Johnny, his household has been utterly wrecked by all of this and it’s not honest, it’s not proper what she did and what occurred for therefore many individuals to get affected from this. It’s insane how this occurred.”
Baruch acquired emotional on the stand “It is not honest. It is not proper what she did…”
Heard’s lawyer asks him what if it is true, what if Depp has been bodily violent with Heard? Depp’s lawyer objected, decide sustained. #JohnnyDepp #AmberHeard pic.twitter.com/XNJXfEhHdO
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) April 13, 2022
Amber’s lawyer tried a unique tactic, difficult the assertion that Johnny and Amber have been principally a loving couple, asking if he remembered Johnny ever calling Amber the C-word. Baruch answered candidly:
“Perhaps in a textual content… he’s referred to as me a c**t in a textual content, so it could possibly be, I don’t know what number of texts. If there’s one thing particular you might present me, that may be a unique story.”
Bredehoft did have one thing to point out him. She launched texts from October 2016 by which Depp referred to as Amber a “c**t” and mentioned he hoped “that Amber’s rotting corpse is decomposing within the trunk of a Honda Civic.” He additionally wrote that she “ruined such a f**king cool life that we had for some time” such that he “can’t even have a look at the constructing anymore.”
Nonetheless, as was fairly apparent, these texts have been from after the divorce and first home assault accusation. It’s not likely useful to point out he was saying that sort of factor after what his facet is claiming is a lie that destroyed his profession.
We don’t know how the trial goes up to now, as a lot of this battle goes to be fought within the hearts and minds of the jury members. Clearly it means rather a lot that Baruch is “beholden” to Johnny, whether or not he admits feeling that method or not. However was he convincing anyway? We’ll need to see.
What do YOU consider the proof you’ve seen up to now??
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