Johnny Depp's libel trial against ex-wife Amber Heard begins in Virginia.
A $ 50 million trial that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star, 58, asks the 35-year-old actress why, in her opinion, she ruined his career by describing herself as a victim of domestic violence in a Washington Post editorial. 2018.
One of the earliest testimonies was that of Depp's sister, and her manager, Christi Dembrowski. The 61-year-old spoke of the abuses he suffered from their mother, a person who was always "irritable, nervous and angry". Betty Sue Palmer, Dembrowski said, often beat and insulted her husband and children. But Depp, according to him, "never reacted" because he wanted to "keep the peace".
"We had decided that when we grew up we would never repeat at home what happened to us in our childhood," he said. Words that moved Depp and that should serve to exonerate him from the accusation of being violent. According to Dembrowski he was. instead Heard to rape him psychologically. Like when he showed "disbelief and disgust" at Dior's choice to do an advertising campaign with Depp. "Why would Dior want to do business with you? - Heard said, according to reports -. class and style and you have no style. ”“ It was an insult, and she often insulted him ”.
On Heard's side, however, the stories are even more chilling: Depp, the actress's lawyers said, allegedly penetrated Heard with a bottle of liquor when they were in Australia in March 2015.
"He pinned her against the bar," lawyer Elaine Bredehoft said. "He threw bottles after bottles. He dragged her on the floor, on the broken bottles. He punched her. He kicked her. he said he was going to kill her, that he hated her fucking hell. Then he penetrated her with a bottle of liquor. "
Depp has already lost a lawsuit in the UK, where he is suing The Sun for calling him "a wife-beating one" based on Heard's claims. The actor essentially denies all allegations and says he is the victim of a scam that is costing him his career. The trial begins just as "Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore's Secrets" hits theaters: Depp, one of the protagonists of another film in the saga, "The Crimes of Grindelwald", was replaced in November 2020 by Mads Mikkelsen.
(Unioneonline / D)