


“I think there was something in the kiss in the shower that was real,” he added. The actor said that he and Heard had locked lips in a scene in which she walked in on him in the shower.Īnd he described how the pair continued the passion back in his trailer later in the day. Because once you have trusted somebody for a certain amount of years and you have told them all the secrets of your life, that information can then, of course, be used against you.”ĭepp describes his first kiss with Heard on set of The Rum Diary “I think that it was easy, it was an easy target for her to hit. “The characterisation of my substance, of my quote-unquote substance abuse that has been delivered by Heard is grossly embellished, and I am sorry to say, but a lot of it is just plainly false. “It has never been for the party effect, it has been trying to numb the things inside that have, that can plague someone who has experienced trauma,” he told the court in Virginia.

But Depp said he didn’t use for the sake of partying, but rather to dull the pain of past trauma. The star said from the witness stand that his drug and alcohol use had been “an easy target” for the actress to hit after their marriage ultimately broke down. The actor told the court that he did feel exposed by the litigation, insisting that despite his successful career, he had always been a private person who had tried to shield his two children from “hordes of paparazzi’ and that he did not want them to see their parents as “novelties”.īut, he said he wanted to clear his name after it was smeared throughout the industry, saying: “It’s strange when you’re Cinderella, so to speak, and in 0.6 seconds you’re Quasimodo.”ĭepp says Heard ‘grossly embellished’ substance abuse

“I can’t say that I’m embarrassed because I know that I’m doing the right thing,” Depp said after taking the witness stand on 19 April. He testified under questioning from his own lawyers for two days before facing cross examination.ĭepp is ‘not embarrassed’ to testify on fall from ‘Cinderella to Quasimodo’ The metaphorical heat in the courtroom ramped up dramatically on 19 April, when Depp took the stand. The judge then confirmed that Deuters had watched clips of witness testimony, after which she told Deuters she was excused and her testimony was stricken from the record.
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Judge Azcarate then asked Deuters: “Have you been watching the trial this past week?”ĭeuters replied: “I’ve seen clips of it online, yes.” The judge conferred with the attorneys, then sent the jury out for a brief recess. Deuters testified that she had never seen Depp be violent or angry after using any substances or drinking alcohol.Īt one point during her testimony, Heard’s legal team asked for permission to approach Judge Penney Azcarate. She answered questions about Depp’s drugs and alcohol use, telling the court she had seen him use weed and cocaine occasionally, and that she had seen him drink alcohol. Gina Deuters, who is married to a member of Depp’s staff and is herself a close friend of the actor’s, gave testimony in person on Thursday (14 April). “And then with Heard he was triggered and they engaged in what I saw as mutual abuse.” “He had been well controlled for, I don’t know – 20, 30 years, and both were victims of abuse in their homes, but I thought he had been well controlled for decades,” she added. Asked whether “there was violence from Depp toward Amber”, she said: “Yes, you’re right.” Asked whether she had seen photos, she said she had but doesn’t remember when. She discussed her past sessions with the couple.Īsked whether Heard had ever reported any physical violence by Depp to her, Dr Anderson said yes. Marriage counselor describes ‘mutual abuse’Ī video deposition of Heard and Depp’s former marriage counselor Dr Laurel Anderson aired on Thursday (14 April). A spokesperson called the claims “fictitious” in a statement to The Independent. His attorney Camille Vasquez disputed the allegation of sexual assault in court. Heard’s attorney brings new sexual assault allegationĭuring opening arguments on 12 April, Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft alleged that Depp sexually assaulted Heard with a liquor bottle on one occasion.ĭepp shook his head in court as Bredehoft recounted the alleged incident.
