Mannequin Kate Moss is anticipated to be known as to the stand this week in Johnny Depp’s bombshell defamation trial in opposition to Amber Heard, The Put up completely realized Monday.
The British style icon, 48, will testify through video hyperlink on Wednesday within the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom, sources with information stated.
Depp’s attorneys have been noticed fist-pumping a couple of weeks again when Heard, 36, abruptly introduced up Moss throughout her testimony.
Authorized specialists defined on the time that Heard mentioning Moss on the stand might give her ex-husband’s staff the possibility to dispel a rumor that he pushed the supermodel down a flight of stairs when the 2 dated within the Nineties.
“That’s one mistake that [Heard] made, was mentioning Kate Moss, which doubtlessly opened the door to [Depp’s team] bringing [Moss] on as an impeachment witness” — and Moss “saying ‘This by no means occurred,’” stated California leisure lawyer Mitra Ahouraian.
A supply near Depp advised The Put up on the time: “Amber talked about an ex of Johnny’s that clearly she felt was not supportive of him, which couldn’t be farther from the reality.”
Legal professionals for the “Pirates of the Carribean” star will name Moss as a witness, the sources stated Monday. Reps for the supermodel didn't instantly return a request for remark.
Moss was in a relationship with Depp between 1994 and 1997, and, in accordance with sources, has at all times been supportive of the actor.
Heard introduced up Moss whereas testifying on Could 5, recounting a March 2015 battle through which she punched Depp within the face out of worry he was going to shove her sister Whitney down a staircase.
The “Aquaman” actress stated she “immediately” thought of “Kate Moss and the steps” — prompting Depp lawyer Ben Chew to show and fist-pump.
Moss was not initially anticipated to testify as a result of the rumored staircase incident wasn’t associated to a particular accusation within the Virginia case. However Heard’s point out of the mannequin paved the best way for Depp’s staff to name her to testify, specialists stated.
Moss has stated subsequent to nothing publicly about Depp and Heard’s relationship, and solely commented a couple of occasions about her three years courting the actor.
She advised Vainness Truthful in a 2012 profile that, “There’s no person that’s ever actually been capable of care for me. Johnny did for a bit.
“I believed what he stated. Like if I stated, ‘What do I do?,’ he’d inform me. And that’s what I missed after I left. I actually misplaced that gauge of anyone I might belief.”
Her buddies advised the journal on the time that Depp taught Moss find out how to defend her privateness amid her surging fame.
The 2 met when Moss was 20 and Depp was 31 after being launched by a Vainness Truthful editor, in accordance with the magazine.
“I knew from the primary second we talked that we have been going to be collectively,” the mannequin as soon as stated.
Their relationship had rocky some moments, together with stories of a blowout battle at New York’s Mark Resort in September 1994 that ended with Depp’s arrest. Legal mischief fees in opposition to the actor have been ultimately dropped, however Depp needed to pay the lodge greater than $2,000 in damages and keep out of bother for half a yr, Folks Journal reported.
After the battle, filmmaker and artist John Waters advised the magazine: “I believe Johnny clearly has a mood. However it is a very minor incident. The room service should have been unhealthy.”
A buddy of Depp’s advised Folks Journal in 1994 that the couple “can’t maintain their arms, lips, mouths, legs off of one another.”
When the connection ended, Moss advised Vainness Truthful it was a “nightmare.”
“Years and years of crying. Oh, the tears!” she stated.
Her testimony will come on the third to final day of the six-week trial, which is about to wrap up Friday. Moss could possibly be a vital character witness for Depp.
Depp, 58, is suing ex-wife Heard for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Put up op-ed the place she known as herself a “public determine representing home abuse.” Her essay didn’t title the actor, however he claims it defamed him, ruining his profession and inflicting him to lose thousands and thousands in income.
Heard countersued Depp for $100 million, saying he defamed her in 2020 when he and his attorneys made statements to the press that she had fabricated her allegations of abuse.
Throughout Depp’s 2020 UK trial in opposition to Britain’s The Solar, Heard alleged that her ex-husband had as soon as shoved Moss down a flight of stairs.
Describing the identical battle involving her sister, Heard advised the British court docket on the time: “I remembered info I had heard [that] he pushed a former girlfriend — I consider it was Kate Moss — down the steps. I had heard this rumor from two individuals and it was recent in my thoughts.”
Depp sued The Solar over an article that branded him a “spouse beater.” He misplaced the case after the UK excessive court docket substantiated nearly all of Heard’s allegations of abuse.
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