Amber Heard finally got a chance to challenge Johnny Depp’s version of their marriage in court on Thursday as her legal team harassed the actor for alcohol and drug use and lyrics in which he described wanting to kill his then-wife and defile her body.
The cross-examination by Hurd’s lawyers followed two days without contradiction to Depp’s testimony, in which the actor portrayed Hurd as an aggressor in their three-year marriage.
Depp, 58, accused Hurd of slandering him with false accusations that ruined his reputation and career; Hurd, 36, is suing for $ 100 million, claiming she told the truth and that her opinion was protected by free speech when she wrote she was a “public figure representing domestic violence” in a Washington Post article. from 2018
The problem for everyone is credibility, as everyone has tried to break this up with the other. At the start of the trial in Fairfax, Virginia, ten days ago, Hurd’s lawyers said Depp had physically and sexually assaulted her while abusing drugs and alcohol. On Thursday, they followed, asking Depp about the text messages he shared with actor Paul Bethany, singers Patti Smith and Marilyn Manson (real name Brian Warner), as well as his doctor and security chief Stephen Doiters.
In several reports, Depp used the term “monster” to describe the person he became intoxicated by drugs and alcohol. The court heard vicious conversations from 2013 and 2014 between Depp and Bethany, in which he described his desire to harm Hurd: “Let’s drown her before we burn her !!!” he wrote, saying he would desecrate her body. then to make sure she was dead. “
Since Depp filed the lawsuit, it is his legal burden to prove that Hurd slandered him when he described himself as a domestic violence victim. Hurd admitted that she hit Depp on a court record, during which she said she hit Depp, but did not “hit” him.
Another jury show featured a photo of Depp falling asleep after a 17-hour workday when he was also taking opioids. Hurd’s lawyer Ben Rothenborn asked Depp if she knew how hard she had worked to help him, and released an audio recording in court in which she expressed concern that her husband might choke on his own vomit if left unattended. .
“She didn’t like the perception that I was addicted to drugs and alcohol,” Depp said during testimony Thursday. Hurd’s lawyers say Depp has no confidence in denying that he abused Hurd because he often drank and used drugs to the point of obscuration.
To that end, Hurd’s lawyers introduced text messages from Elton John, who in 2013 helped Depp sober up in the early stages of his affair with Hurd. Depp wrote to the singer, describing his ex-wife Vanessa Paradis as a “French blackmailer” who he said would try to brainwash his new girlfriend against him.
The court also heard a recording of Depp moaning during a notorious flight from Boston to Los Angeles. Depp later sent a message to Bethany saying he had been drinking all night before picking up Amber to fly to LA last Sunday. Terrible, colleague. No food for days. Powders. Half a bottle of whiskey, a thousand Red Bulls and vodka, pills, 2 bottles of Champers on the plane.
Earlier, Depp testified that he drank only a glass of champagne while boarding the plane, and after taking two painkillers, he locked himself in the plane’s bathroom and fell asleep to avoid Hurd’s anger.
Jurors were also shown a box alleging that Depp was holding cocaine and several large bags of marijuana. In a text message to Patti Smith, Depp said he was “so disappointed in himself” after visiting New York in 2014, where he got drunk and fought Hurd before they got married the following year.
Hurd’s lawyers have tried to show that Depp’s loss of job, including dropping out of the Disney franchise “Pirates of the Caribbean”, was ahead of her opinion in 2018. They say Depp’s damage to his professional reputation is due to his behavior.
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