Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's billion-dollar divorce: Love turns hate

Recently in court, many witnesses representing the two sides appeared in turn and gave testimonies.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard started going to court to settle the defamation lawsuit on April 11. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor demanded $50 million in damages after The Washington Post published an article about domestic violence that was authored by Amber Heard. The actress countered and sued her ex-husband, demanding compensation of up to $ 100 million.

Two witnesses were suddenly kicked out of the trial

On April 18, according to Page Six, journalist Eve Barlow was kicked out of a $50 million defamation trial between actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. Eve Barlow is a music reporter for NME and the New York Times. She was asked to leave the court for spreading information about the case, posting on Twitter.

Eve Barlow has been with Amber Heard for the past year and has repeatedly tried to defend you by interfering in the trial. She said Gina Deuters (wife of Stephen Deuters - who used to work with Johnny Depp) is trying to change the testimony through a post on her personal page.

However, the truth is that the articles by Gina Deuters were published a year ago, when Johnny Depp was convicted of losing the lawsuit against The Sun. Johnny Depp's attorneys petitioned to ban Barlow from the courtroom, and the judge approved.

"Amber put her close journalist friend in the front row with the legal team, then texted and posted on social media. Eve Barlow really thought she was part of the legal team. Ultimately , Barlow had to be removed from the courtroom," the source told Page Six.

The trial judge objected to Barlow's texting and use of social media.

The judge also kicked Gina Deuters, the wife of Johnny Depp's best friend, from the courtroom and canceled her testimony and witness status. The reason was Deuters admitted to watching clips of the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard online before giving his testimony. This is said to lose the objectivity and truthfulness of the testimony.

Many witnesses give unfavorable testimony for Amber Heard

In particular, in the latest trial, Amber Heard's lawyer said that the actress kept a lot of evidence accusing her ex-husband of physical and mental abuse. Meanwhile, the actress's former assistant - Kate James suddenly sided with Johnny Depp and accused Amber Heard of lying.

Kate James was Amber Heard's assistant from 2012 to 2015. The actress accused the actress of often raging, scolding and mentally terrorizing subordinates. Kate James also confirmed that the bruise on Amber Heard's face was not caused by Johnny Depp.

The witnesses summoned include Johnny Depp's sister - Christi Dembrowski, his close friend - Isaac Baruch and Heard's former assistant - Kate James all defended the actor, claiming that he had never seen him act violently, and criticized Amber Heard for lying, making herself a victim of domestic violence.

In court on April 18, David Kipper - a doctor who was invited to his home to treat Johnny Depp's injuries in 2015 said that the actress had a rather uncomfortable face. She was not injured and did not need medical help. He has never seen a famous actor beat his wife while working for both.

Sean Bett, Johnny Depp's bodyguard, also testified at the recent trial and claimed to have seen the actor multiple times with injuries, including injuries to his cheekbones, nose and forehead.

Amber Heard's lawyers later denied the case and said they had a lot of evidence, including text messages showing the Fantastic Beast star admitting to cutting his own finger.

Laurel Anderson, a famous psychotherapist for the former couple, claims the two Hollywood stars abused each other. However, according to the doctor, Amber Heard was the first to attack because he felt that if he did not hit Johnny Depp first, he would hit her.

The trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is expected to last six weeks. Previously, this trial was repeatedly postponed due to the Covid-19 epidemic and other personal reasons.

Through the first days of confrontation, Amber Heard's side first accused Johnny Depp of sexual assault. In the coming trials, many famous people such as James Franco, Elon Musk (Amber Heard's ex-boyfriend), Paul Bettany will be invited to testify for both sides.

A marriage born of love turns to hatred

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were once a famous Hollywood couple, admired by the public.

However, after being married for about a year, the couple began to take each other to court to ask for a divorce.

Specifically, actress Amber Heard accused her husband of alcoholism, beatings, and mental abuse. Johnny Depp later denied the allegations but accepted with a settlement of 7 million USD (160 billion VND) for Amber Heard to end the noisy divorce.

Two years after the breakup, Amber Heard reiterated the incident in an interview with The Washington Post, at the same time she was promoting the movie Aquaman in which she starred.

In November 2020, Johnny Depp filed a defamation lawsuit against British company News Group Newspapers. This unit owns The Sun newspaper and called the actor a "wife beater" in a 2018 article.

Amber Heard and many related people were invited to London (UK) to testify. After three months of litigation, the judge dismissed Johnny Depp's claim for compensation because he believed he abused his wife. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor then applied for an appeal but was unsuccessful.

Failure at the lawsuit further made Johnny Depp's career and image slide. Controversies and images in the courts worsened his image in the eyes of colleagues and the public.

A few days after losing the lawsuit, Johnny Depp confessed on his personal page that he was asked by Warner Bros to withdraw from the Fantastic Beasts movie franchise - a prequel to Harry Potter.

Reportedly, being asked to withdraw from the Fantastic Beasts 3 movie project, Johnny Depp is said to still enjoy enough salary under the contract, equivalent to 10 million USD (about 230 billion VND).

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