Johnny Depp releases his statements in the libel trial against ex-wife Amber Heard - pending in Fairfax, Virginia - and denies any physical abuse of the woman.

“Ms. Heard made hateful and disturbing accusations, she accused me of these disturbing criminal acts which had no basis for truth. It was a total shock ”, the words of the actor in front of Amber, present in the classroom.

The two met on the set of "The Rum Diary - Chronicles of a Passion", a 2011 film. She filed for divorce in 2017, after 15 months of marriage, accusing him of beating her when she was drunk.

"There were arguments and things like that, but I never got to the point of hitting Mrs. Heard in any way, nor have I ever hit a woman in my life. I felt it was my responsibility not to just try to wash my own. name, for numerous reasons, but I wanted to wash my kids of this horrible thing they had to read about their dad, which was fake, "reiterated the Hollywood star.

“I didn't deserve it, and neither did my children and the people who have believed in me all these years,” he added. “The characterization of my substance abuse that was provided by Ms. Heard is overly fictional. I'm sorry to say, but a lot of this is simply not true. "

Depp, 58, showed up in the classroom in a dark suit, with a floral tie and his hair tied in a ponytail. His testimony comes on the fifth day of the trial that stems from an article published by Amber Heard in 2018 in the Washington Post and in which he defined himself as a "victim of marital violence", even if he did not explicitly mention Depp.

He sued her for defamation in the US after losing a similar trial in London against the tabloid The Sun for an article that presented him as a "violent husband".

(Unioneonline / L)