Johnny Depp’s libel lawsuit against Amber Heard took an unexpected turn on May 23 when a woman claimed the actor was the father of her child, according to US Magazine.
As the court’s morning recess began, the woman began to erupt as the 58-year-old actor and his legal team prepared to leave the courtroom.
“All of a sudden, this woman stands up in the back of the courtroom with her baby and says: “Johnny, I love you, our souls are linked“, explains the journalist Annette Levy to the media Law & Crime whose remarks were relayed by US Magazine.
When the Pirates of the Caribbean star turned to greet the fan, the woman reportedly told the actor he was the father of her child. She held up the baby and said: “This baby is yours“, recounted the journalist, adding that the deputy then escorted the woman out of the courtroom.
The incident was not filmed live from inside the trial as the cameras had already been turned off for the break, but Annette Levy tweeted that the woman then told a Law & Crime aide she was “joking.” But the moment marked the spirits.
Mind-boggling accusations
On Wednesday, Johnny Depp denounced the “mind-boggling” accusations of domestic violence made by Amber Heardby testifying a second time in the lawsuit for defamation that he brings against his ex-wife in an American court.
“No human being is perfect, certainly not, none of us, but never in my life have I committed sexual violence or physical violences,” the 58-year-old actor said.
Called once again to the bar of this trial which began six weeks ago in Fairfaxclose of Washington, ses lawyers him ont asked how he felt when he heard his ex-wife’s accusations.
“It’s crazy to hear these heinous accusations of violence, sexual violence that she attributes to me“, explained the star of the saga “Pirates of the Caribbean”.
“All these mind-boggling, outrageous things she says I have committed“, he added.
“It is horrible, ridiculous, humiliating, insane, painful, savage, brutal and cruel in an unimaginable way, and entirely false“, he launched, repeating to the jury: “entirely false“.
The comedian assured that no one “don’t like having to reveal themselves to tell the truth“, but he needed to expose what he “is about the coeurreluctantly, for six years”.
The couple had started a relationship in 2011, before getting married in 2015. But Amber Heard had filed for divorce in May 2016 accusing him of domestic violence. The divorce was finalized in early 2017.
In 2020, he lost a libel suit in London against British tabloid The Sun, which called him an “abusive husband”.
He then filed a complaint in the state of Virginia against his ex-wife, who described herself in a column published in the Washington Post in 2018 as “a public figure representing domestic violence”, without naming Johnny Depp.
Believing that this platform has ruined his reputation and his career, he claims 50 million dollars in damages.
The 36-year-old actress, who appeared on the poster for “Justice League” and “Aquaman” counterattacked and demanded the double, claiming to have been put in the ban of the film industry from his podium.
“He never thrust“
To the bar, she spoke of the many disputes that degenerated into physical violence when Johnny Depp was under the influence of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol, including a 2015 booze rape in Australia.
The actor affirms for his part that it was his wife who was violent and had in particular cut off the end of a finger by throwing a bottle of vodka at him during this same argument.
Previously the top model British Kate Moss had denied the rumors that her ex-boyfriend Johnny Depp would have pushed her down a staircase during their relationship, during a short testimony brought to the trial.
“He never pushed or threw me down any stairs“, said Kate Moss by videoconference from England.
May 5, Amber Heard described a heated argument with her husband in March 2015 and raised a rumor that Johnny Depp once pushed Kate Moss in a staircase.
The top model The 48-year-old, who was in a relationship with the “Edward Scissorhands” actor between 1994 and 1998, recounted an incident that happened while the couple was vacationing in Jamaica.
“We were leaving the room and Johnny left before me. There had been a thunderstorm and when I left the room I slipped down the stairs and injured my back.“, she said.
“And I screamed because I didn’t know what had just happened to me and I was in pain. He came running back to help me and carried me to my room and got me medical help“, continued the top model during a three-minute speech.
Amber’s Lawyers Heard they don’t have wish interrogate kate Moss.
The trial, which began on April 11, is due to end on Friday, and its outcome remains uncertain.