Johnny Depp Claims He Was Abused by Amber Heard
by EG
Johnny Depp's lawyers claimed in court that Depp had been consistently physically abused by his ex-wife Amber Heard. The testimony is part of a trial in which Depp is accusing a newspaper of libelously calling him a "wife beater." There were some problems, however, with the evidence that Depp presented that he claims shows how Heard physically assaulted him. Read on for details.
Via Page Six.
Photos of Johnny Depp with a swollen black eye were shown during his libel trial Thursday, as a former security guard detailed a “recurring cycle” of abuse he said was inflicted by the star’s ex-wife, Amber Heard.
The 57-year-old “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” star was shown with a puffy left eye, with a large red mark high on the cheek where Depp says he was punched by “sociopathic” Heard.
The photo soon proved controversial, however, amid confusion over when it was actually taken.
It had been submitted by Depp’s former security guard, Sean Bett, who said he took it as he whisked the star away from a brutal fight after Heard’s 30th birthday party in April 2016.
Bett conceded in court, however, that the timestamp was from more than a year earlier — March 2015 — and may not even have been taken by him.
Lawyers for The Sun — the newspaper Depp is suing over an article calling him a “wife beater” — jumped on the disparity, accusing Bett of trying to mislead the court to back up his claims that Depp was the injured party.
He admitted it was “quite a serious error” but insisted the photo looked just like the one he had taken of Depp’s wounds following the 30th birthday blowout, which ended with poop in Depp’s bed.
“I have taken other photographs of injuries which I have sent to the attorneys,” Bett said.
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