Johnny Depp tells court ex-wife assaulted him on night he discovered he ‘d lost $650 million

Movie star Johnny Depp concluded 5 days of statement in his libel case against Britain’s Sun newspaper on Monday, stating his ex-wife Amber Heard had actually thrown a “haymaker” punch at him on the night he learnt he had actually lost $650 million.

The 57- year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star is suing the Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers, at London’s High Court after the tabloid labelled him a “spouse beater” in a 2018 short article.

The court has heard proof from the paper’s legal representative that Depp violently assaulted his previous partner on a minimum of 14 occasions over three years from 2013, when enraged by jealously and having taken in large quantities of alcohol or drugs.

The star would end up being, according to Heard, 34, and by his own account, “the monster”, the Sun’s attorney Sasha Wass has told the court.

Depp turns down all the accusations that he assaulted his other half and says Heard was lying, comprising a choreographed hoax as part of an “insurance policy” file, which she had attacked him.

The court was informed on Monday that one event occurred after Heard’s 30 th birthday celebration in 2016 which Depp had actually been late to following a meeting with his service advisors.

At that conference, he was informed his previous managers had lost $650 million he had made from movies, a “ridiculous” amount, he stated, which he owed $100 million due to the fact that he had not paid tax for 17 years.

He told the court Heard implicated him of making her look foolish in front of her pals and had actually assaulted him while he was reading in bed, throwing a “haymaker” wild, swinging punch at him.

Appearing in the witness box for a 5th day, Depp was also asked by his lawyer David Sherborne about the transcript of a conversation the couple had in 2016 after Heard had actually gone public with her accusations.

” Either I remain in a secret battle club … (or) I have actually been outlining to do this for three years,” Heard said, according to Sherborne. “Nobody is going to think that.”

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” Reverse confession”

Depp said he believed what Heard was saying was a “reverse confession”. “It appeared everything she implicated me of was something she had done to me,” he said.

Heard and Depp fulfilled in 2011 while co-starring in the film “The Rum Journal” and married in2015 Heard declared divorce 15 months later when she initially stated publicly Depp had actually abused her and the divorce was completed the list below year.

The court has actually been shown a variety of photos Heard took of herself with injuries she says Depp inflicted. Wass, the Sun’s legal representative, stated the photos were taken to show the Hollywood star when he had sobered up and in her witness declaration Heard had actually said she “never envisioned” they would form part of a court case.

Depp stated he was never shown the pictures.

The court spoke with Depp’s assistant Stephen Deuters, who was inquired about a text he sent to Heard the day after she says the star kicked her in an intoxicated rage while on a personal jet.

” When I informed him he kicked you, he wept,” Deuters composed in the text. He told the court Depp had just made a playful attempt to tap her on the bottom with his foot which he explained it as a kick just to calm her. He stated he never ever saw Depp being violent towards her.

The libel case has heard some remarkable discoveries and accusations about the couple’s relationship.

Judge Andrew Nicol was told Depp had actually headbutted, slapped, kicked, threatened and tossed bottles at Heard during heated arguments.

Depp has previously stated how in one incident, Heard had severed the suggestion of his finger when she tossed a bottle of vodka at him. He utilized his damaged finger to scrawl messages across your house using his blood and paint, the court heard.

A few weeks after that incident Depp is implicated of consistently punching Heard. The actor said on Monday he could not have done so as he had a cast on his hand because of his broken finger.

Heard is because of start providing evidence on Friday with the trial anticipated to last three weeks.