Johnny Depp testifies
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Johnny Depp made a dramatic return to the stand in his defamation trial in opposition to Amber Heard on Wednesday, insisting that he has by no means abused his ex-wife — however admitting he despatched a textual content message promising her “complete international humiliation.”
“No human being is ideal, actually not, however I've by no means in my life dedicated sexual battery, bodily abuse, all these outlandish, outrageous tales of me committing these items,” Depp stated throughout his final moments of direct questioning within the Fairfax, Va., courtroom.
The “Edward Scissorhands” star, who first testified within the bombshell case a number of weeks in the past, used his second spherical within the witness field to disclaim a number of alleged cases of abuse — together with the small print of how he misplaced a part of his finger in March 2015.
“I miss my finger,” Depp quipped.
Depp, 58, claims Heard, 36, severed the tip of his finger by throwing a vodka bottle at him throughout a combat in Australia. She says he damage himself in a drunken rage the place he additionally allegedly sexually assaulted her with a bottle.
The “Pirates” actor stated Heard’s statements beneath oath had been “horrible, ridiculous, humiliating, ludicrous, painful, savage, unimaginably brutal, merciless, and all false.”
“It doesn't matter what occurs, I did get right here and I did inform the reality,” Depp instructed the jury.
He additionally didn’t deny sending a textual content about Heard that stated: “She’s begging for complete international humiliation. She’s gonna get it.”
“I’m so f—ing completely satisfied she desires to go to combat this out!!! She is going to hit the wall onerous!!! And I can not wait to have this waste of a c– guzzler out of my life!!!” stated the message, learn in courtroom by Heard legal professional Ben Rottenborn.
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The August 2016 textual content, despatched to Depp’s former expertise agent, Christian Carino, additionally includes a sequence of insults — together with calling Heard a “dangling overused flappy fish market” and a “50 cent stripper.”
“I've no mercy, no worry and never an oz of emotion, or what I as soon as thought was love for this gold digging, low degree, dime a dozen, mushy, pointless dangling overused flappy fish market,” Depp wrote to Carino.
“I can solely hope that karma kicks in and take the reward of breath from her,” the texts continued, apparently referring to Heard.
“Sorry, man . . . However, NOW, I'll cease at nothing!!! Let’s see if mollusk has a pair,” Depp added, in an obvious reference to Tesla boss Elon Musk, who was relationship Heard on the time.
Depp defined the message by saying it was penned when his life was being upended by Heard’s abuse allegations.
The actor is suing Heard for $50 million over her 2018 op-ed in The Washington Put up by which she referred to as herself “a public determine representing home abuse.” He was not named within the essay however claims it defamed him.
Heard countersued for $100 million, alleging Depp and his lawyer defamed her by mounting a smear marketing campaign accusing her of fabricating accusations of abuse.
In his testimony, Depp took intention on the declare, telling the jury once more that he was the sufferer of home violence within the relationship, not Heard.
“Miss Heard hit me,” he stated after being requested how he acquired a bruise beneath his left eye through the couple’s honeymoon on the Orient Categorical practice in July 2015. “I had a kind of shiner.”
When requested if he had taken eight to 10 MDMA tablets through the Australia combat that ended together with his fingertip getting lower — as Heard has claimed — he stated: “No, I've not . . . as a result of I’d be useless.”
Depp additionally shot again at Heard’s declare that she received her main function in “Aquaman” on her personal, saying he spoke to “three upper-echelon” Warner Bros. executives to assist seal the deal.
“I can solely say that in the end she did get the job within the movie . . . so I supposed I curbed their worries to some extent,” Depp stated.
The six-week trial is now its closing stretch with closing arguments set for Friday.
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