Johnny Depp's sister Christie Dembrowski testified at her brothers's defamation lawsuit towards ex-wife Amber Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia on April 12, 2022.
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FAIRFAX, Va. — Amber Heard as soon as known as Johnny Depp an “outdated fats man” and questioned why French vogue home Dior would ever wish to work with him, the actor’s sister testified on Tuesday.
Christi Dembrowski — the primary witness to take the stand in Depp’s bombshell defamation lawsuit towards Heard — described the previous couple’s risky relationship, saying she was “devastated” when her youthful brother determined to marry the actress.
The Hollywood pair fought typically, Dembrowski instructed the jury, noting that her youthful brother’s “standoffish” ex-wife would typically deride him.
When Depp instructed Heard that Dior was involved in a marketing campaign with him, she was “in disbelief and form of disgusted,” the sister claimed.
“Dior, why would Dior wish to do enterprise with you? They’re about class and elegance, and also you don’t have fashion,” Heard allegedly stated.
Dembrowski, 61, who helped handle her brother’s profession, stated she would e-book an additional lodge room when the couple traveled collectively for Depp to make use of in case he and Heard fought.
When requested about her response to their choice to get married, Dembrowski replied: “I used to be scared, I used to be devastated truly.”
“I truly tried to speak him into speaking ready a bit longer,” she added.
The “Aquaman” actress refused to signal a prenup, in keeping with Dembrowski. The sister’s declare refutes claims by Heard’s protection attorneys that it was Depp who determined to forgo a prenup.
Throughout cross examination, Heard’s legal professionals grilled Dembrowski about her brother’s drug use, presenting her with textual content messages she despatched him in February 2014 urging him to “cease consuming,” “cease coke” and “cease capsules.”
Dembrowski stated she couldn’t recall the context, and wasn’t capable of affirm that she was telling her brother to cease doing cocaine within the message.
“I perceive the phrases have been there I don’t recall the timing,” she stated. “I most likely was not joking however perhaps I used to be repeating what one thing else instructed me to write down.”
Depp’s crew had Dembrowski communicate at size about their upbringing and their mom, who she stated was bodily and emotionally abusive. She instructed the jury that Depp by no means hit their mother, and that he would typically simply go away the room.
On the middle of the trial is a 2018 Washington Publish op-ed that Heard, 35, wrote the place she known as herself a sufferer of “sexual violence.”
Whereas Depp wasn’t named within the op-ed, the actor claims it ruined his repute and profession after it was extensively assumed Heard was writing about their five-year relationship. He's suing Heard for $50 million in damages.
“I consider there's a detrimental impact on anybody’s profession when there are accusations as there have been,” Dembrowski stated when requested in regards to the piece. “Personally, I do know he doesn’t need individuals to really feel … that he might ever be that sort of particular person, which he isn’t.”
She says “the half that bothers him probably the most” is that the abuse allegations “trickle right down to his youngsters.”
When his sister spoke about abuse, Depp, 58, appeared solemn. All through her testimony, the three-time Oscar nominated actor swirled in his chair, was seen holding again tears, closing his eyes at sure factors and searching down into his lap.
Dembrowski is about to be again on the stand Wednesday.
The trial is anticipated to final greater than a month and embrace testimony from each Heard and Depp and a string of different high-profile names, together with Elon Musk and James Franco.
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