The testimony in the case of Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard continues, attracting media attention and speculation about what happened during their short but stormy marriage.
Depp has filed a $ 50 million lawsuit against Hurd, alleging that the actress slandered him when she wrote a 2018 article in The Washington Post calling Hurd a “public figure representing domestic violence.”
In the article, Hurd never mentions Depp by name, but the actor’s lawyers claim that this is a clear reference to the accusations made by Hurd in 2016. Depp denies abusing Hurd.
Hurd’s lawyers, who filed their own counterclaim against Depp, did not say the article slandered him. They said the allegations of abuse were true and that Depp had raped her physically and sexually many times.
Here are five remarkable things that come from the evidence and testimony presented during the trial so far.
DEP’S TEXTS TO FAMOUS FRIENDS ENTERED AS EVIDENCE
Hurd’s lawyers have introduced text messages sent by Depp to some of his famous friends as evidence of his alleged erratic behavior and substance use.
“Of course, I bumped into and showed Amber’s ugly colors during a recent trip,” Depp said in a text message to WandaVision friend and actor Paul Bethany in July 2013, which was shown to jurors. “I’m a crazy person and I’m not so fair after drinking too much.”
Lawyer Heard J. Benjamin Rottenborn also asked Depp for another text exchange later that year between Depp and Bethany, in which Depp wrote, “Let’s burn Amber !!!”
In another message to Bethany Depp wrote: “Let’s drown her before we burn her !!! I will (desecrate) her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she is dead.”
Also included as proof was a text message sent to musician and writer Patti Smith, in which he described how he fought Hurd, how he got drunk and was “so disappointed in himself.”
The lyrics to musician Marilyn Manson, who is currently involved in her own allegations of abuse, were also included as evidence in which Depp sent an SMS to Manson about his use of the “pill and herbal stuff.”
The exchanges between the couple were also presented to the jury, including a message after an alleged private jet fight, in which Depp wrote: “I am again in a place of shame and regret. Of course, I’m sorry. I really don’t know why or what happened. But I will never do it again. My illness somehow crept in and grabbed me. I have to get better. And I’ll do it. For both of us. From today. I love you. Again, I’m so sorry. So sorry.”
Depp apologized to the jury for the language he uses in the texts, adding that “in the midst of the pain I was feeling, I went to dark places.”
Depp also said his long friendship and collaboration with the late journalist Hunter C. Thompson have affected the way he speaks and writes, and that he seeks to emulate a style that often includes cheeky language and beautifying thoughts.
Bethany is expected to be summoned later in the trial, as will actor James Franco – who also faces charges of misconduct – and Hurd’s ex-boyfriend, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
DEP CLAIMS HE LOST PART OF HIS FINGER IN FAILURE
In his testimony, Depp discussed an alleged violent dispute between him and Hurd in 2015 – shortly after they married – in Australia, which led to the amputation of the tip of his middle finger.
He claims that Hurd is angry that Depp’s lawyers asked her to sign a post-marriage contract and that she threw two bottles of vodka at him, the second of which exploded where he put his hand on the bar in the basement, cutting off his finger. the point where the bone was exposed.
“I don’t know what a nervous breakdown feels like, but it’s probably the closest I’ve ever been,” he said.
Depp testified that he began writing on the walls with his own blood to tell lies in which he caught Hurd.
At the time, Depp told doctors at the hospital that he was injured, and modern text messages introduced as evidence refer to Depp’s self-harm. Depp testified this week that he lied about the cause of the injury to protect Hurd.
Hurd’s lawyers dismissed the claim, adding that the laws of physics did not support Depp’s story and that they would provide evidence to prove it.
A COUPLE IS DISPUTED ABOUT THE WINO FOREVER TATTOO.
Hurd claims that the first time she was attacked was when Depp hit her in 2013, after she made fun of the tattoo he had – the one that said “Winona Forever” when he met the actress. Winona Ryder, whom he changed after they broke up.
“I took off the last two letters and made it say ‘Wine Forever,'” Depp said, adding, “I thought the pain was humor.”
Depp told the court that Hurd would make fun of some of his tattoos, which he equated to keeping a diary of his life. But he denied that the attack in 2013 had taken place.
“That didn’t happen,” Depp said of the alleged attack. “Why would I be so offended by someone who makes fun of a tattoo on my body?” That statement never made sense to me. “
He said Hurd wanted him to get a tattoo of her own name, which he eventually did.
“And ironically, it didn’t take long for everything to go awry,” Depp said.
BOTH ARE ALSO ACCUSED OF OTHER ABUSE
Both actors are also facing charges of misconduct by people outside of marriage, according to testimony and court records.
Hurd’s former personal assistant said she had never seen the actress physically abused by Depp – but she said that Hurd once spat in her face when he asked for a higher salary.
Kate James claims in a video released before the court that during her tenure as Hurd’s assistant, the Aquaman actress fell into screaming fits of blind rage, sent unrelated text messages at 4 am and was often drunk and drunk illegally. drugs.
James, who worked for Hurd from 2012 to 2015, said she was paid “very poorly”. She said she was hired on an initial salary of $ 25 an hour and that her duties ranged from dry cleaning at Hurd to talking to the actress’ Hollywood agents.
Part of the testimony focused on a text message Depp sent to James after he and Hurd broke up.
Depp’s text next to James reads: “Come for a place in purple and we’ll fix her loose ass nice and well.”
A lawyer asked if “purple spot” meant wine and if “her” meant Hurd. James said he did not want to speculate on what Depp meant.
“That’s the way he writes,” James said in his testimony. “It’s very random and you don’t question it … He writes in a very abstract way.”
Depp is also facing a lawsuit filed by a member of a film crew who claims he was attacked by the actor in 2018.
Location manager Greg Rocky Brooks said Depp hit him on set in Los Angeles in a movie about the murder of Notorious BIG
At trial, Brooks claimed that Depp smelled of alcohol and looked intoxicated while shouting obscene words, and then “angrily and violently” hit Brooks twice in the chest.
Depp then shouted, “I’ll give you a hundred thousand dollars to punch me in the face right now!” In Brooks, when he showed a weak reaction, according to the case, before the actor’s bodyguards pulled him away.
Brooks said he was fired from the production when he refused to promise not to prosecute the incident.
The couple’s therapist says there was “mutual violence”
The jury was also shown a video of Laurel Anderson, a couple therapist who worked with Hurd and Depp in 2015, when they were 29 and 52, respectively.
As a couple, they were involved in “mutual abuse”, she testified.
Hurd would also rather fight Depp than see him leave, and “she’ll hit him to keep him there,” Anderson said.
Anderson said Depp told her that Hurd “gave as well as she received.” She also said that in at least one session in which she saw Hurd alone, the actress told her that Depp had hit her. She said Hurd showed bruises, both in photos and in person.
The therapist also testified that both Depp and Hurd were abused while growing up. Depp testified that his mother’s violence was “constant” during his childhood.
Anderson testified that Hurd’s father beat her, adding: “She was proud if she felt disrespected to start a fight.”
With files from the Associated Press, CNN.
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