Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard: Trial’s most shocking moments this week

Johnny Depp’s sensational defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard wrapped up its third week with scandalous new details – including the actress’s feelings toward billionaire Elon Musk and the state of her mental health. 

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“The Pirates of the Caribbean” star is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed published in the Washington Post in which she identified herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”  Although the piece did not specifically name Depp, his lawyers have argued that it cost him lucrative movie roles.   

Heard countersued for $100 million, accusing him and his former attorney of conspiring to “destroy and defame” her. 

Depp steps off the witness stand

Depp capped off four days on the stand Monday with his lawyer playing an audio of him and his ex-wife talking after she publicly accused him of domestic violence and obtained a restraining order.

Heard tells Depp that she doesn’t know how to get her reputation back after she made the allegations against him. Depp accuses her of bringing it on herself by getting the cops involved in a fight May 21, 2016.

“The last time it got really heated between us, I really did think I was going to lose my life,” she replies.

Actor Johnny Depp testifies April 25, 2022
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“Amber, I lost a f–king finger man, come on,” he shot back, referring to her allegedly slicing off the digit during a 2015 brawl in Australia over a postnuptial agreement. “I had a f–king can of mineral spirits thrown at my nose,” he said of Heard allegedly throwing the bottle at his face during another quarrel.

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“You can say it was a fair fight,” Heard scoffs on the recording. “Tell the world, Johnny, tell them, ‘Johnny Depp, I, Johnny Depp, a man, I’m a victim, too, of domestic violence.’…and see how many people believe or side with you.”

Depp’s lawyer, Jessica Meyers, asked him what he said in response.

“Yes, I am,” replied Depp, soberly, before stepping off the stand.

Heard didn’t love Musk 

Heard and Musk went public with their relationship in April 2017 – but the short-lived romance ended five months later.

Heard allegedly told former talent agent Christian Carino, who was once engaged to Lady Gaga, that she didn’t love Musk, according to the agent’s pre-recorded deposition played in court Wednesday.

Carino was asked to read a text exchange with Heard from August 2017. “Dealing with a breakup. I hate when things go public. C, I’m so sad,” Heard wrote of Musk.

A photo combination of Johnny Depp, Amber Heard and Elon Musk.
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“You weren’t in love with him, and you told me a thousand times you were just filling space,” Carino replied. 

Heard complained about the publicity surrounding her love life, but Carino pointed out that she could avoid the attention by not “dating Uber-famous people.”

An ACLU staffer wrote Heard’s 2018 Washington Post op-ed

An America Civil Liberties Union staffer penned Amber Heard’s 2018 Washington Post op-ed describing herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”

“I tried to gather your fire and rage and really interesting analysis and shape that into an op-ed form,” wrote ACLU communications strategist Robin Shulman in an email to Heard.

At least three other staffers were involved in drafting and revising the piece, testified ACLU COO Terence Dougherty in a pre-recorded deposition played in court Thursday.

A photo combination of Terence Dougherty and Amber Heard.
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Heard requested that the op-ed be published shortly after the release of her movie “Aquaman” to capitalize on the publicity, Dougherty testified.

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He also revealed that Heard had only paid $1.3 million of the $3.5 million she publicly pledged to donate to the charity.

Heard announced in 2016 that she’d give the entirety of her $7 million divorce payout to the ACLU and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. 

But when Dougherty reached out to her in 2019 about her next payment, she allegedly said she was having financial difficulties. Depp’s business manager testified that the actor had paid the divorce settlement to Heard in full by the end of 2018.

Heard has ‘borderline personality disorder,’ psychologist testifies

Heard has borderline personality disorder (BPD) and histrionic personality disorder (HPD), a forensic and clinical psychologist testified Tuesday on behalf of Depp’s team.

Dr. Shannon Curry said she met with Heard, 36, for 12 hours as well as reviewed her medical, legal and psychiatric records to reach her diagnosis. She described the disorders as “two sides of the same coin” that feature “dramatic, erratic and emotional” behavior.

A combination of photos showing Dr. Shannon Curry (left) and Amber…