Falls Church, Virginia –
Johnny Depp returned to the witness stand on Wednesday in his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Depp testified as a witness to the rebuttal – he had already testified four consecutive days earlier in the six-week trial.
On Wednesday, he refuted Hurd’s claim that Depp had nothing to do with her role in the superhero blockbuster Aquaman. When Hurd testified, she was apparently offended by a question from Depp’s lawyers, who suggested that Depp had been given the role.
However, Depp said that after Hurd auditioned for the role, he spoke to the studio on her behalf.
“Eventually she got the job, so I hope I’ve overcome some of their worries,” he said.
Depp also said he was unaware of statements made by former attorney Adam Waldman, calling Hurd’s allegations of abuse fraud. These statements by Waldman form the basis of Hurd’s counterclaim against Depp. Hurd’s lawyers said Waldman made the statements in alliance with Depp, something Depp denies.
Depp is suing Hurd in Fairfax County Court for a December 2018 post she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as a “public figure representing domestic violence.” His lawyers say he was slandered by the article, although his name is never mentioned.
Depp denies hitting Hurd and says she was the bully in the relationship. Hurd has testified to more than a dozen individual cases of physical violence she says she suffered at the hands of Depp.
Also Wednesday, supermodel Kate Moss, Depp’s ex-girlfriend, denied ever being pressured or attacked by Depp during their relationship.
Moss testified as a witness to the rebuttal.
Hurd, in his testimony, made a fleeting mention of Moss and a rumor that Depp had pushed Moss down the stairs when they met. Hurd mentioned Moss as he described a battle in which he admitted to hitting Depp on a staircase because he said Depp was attacking Hurd’s sister, Whitney.
Moss, in testimony provided via video link, said Depp had never attacked her. She said she once went downstairs after a rainstorm at a Jamaican resort and that Depp came to her aid.
She testified in less than 5 minutes and was not cross-examined.
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