Johnny Depp‘s legal battle in the U.K. is heating up. The actor was in London’s High Court Wednesday for his libel case against News Group Newspapers, the parent company of the Sun. Depp is suing the paper over a 2018 article that alleged he had been abusive to ex-wife, Amber Heard.” data-reactid=”15″ type=”text”>Johnny Depp‘s legal battle in the U.K. is heating up. The actor was in London’s High Court Wednesday for his libel case against News Group Newspapers, the parent company of the Sun. Depp is suing the paper over a 2018 article that alleged he had been abusive to ex-wife, Amber Heard.
Page Six reported Depp allegedly sent the following messages to Bettany in May 2014:
“No food for days…powders…half a bottle of whiskey, a thousand red bull and vodkas, pills, 2 bottles of Champers on plane and what do you get..???”” data-reactid=”31″ type=”text”>“No food for days…powders…half a bottle of whiskey, a thousand red bull and vodkas, pills, 2 bottles of Champers on plane and what do you get..???”
Yahoo Entertainment reached out to a representative for Bettany but did not immediately receive a response.
Sun tabloid could muster to save their skin.”” data-reactid=”34″ type=”text”>The actor’s U.S. attorney, Adam Waldman, told Yahoo Entertainment, “This is why Johnny Depp seeks justice in court and not the media. The media will not report that at the end of a demonstrated abuse victim’s single frustrated text to a friend, Johnny confides to Paul Bettany that he could in fact never ‘spray my rage at the one I love’ and says he will use pills instead to numb the pain. This is the best text of 70,000 the desperate Sun tabloid could muster to save their skin.”
During Wednesday’s hearing, Depp’s U.K. lawyer, David Sherborne, said Heard was not a victim but the “aggressor.”
“One person, one side, is lying, and one is not,” Sherborne added. “Obviously, we say that it is Ms. Heard [who is lying], Mr. Depp is 100% clear about that.”
Vanity Fair.” data-reactid=”37″ type=”text”>”Nowhere, I repeat, nowhere, is there a single smoking gun, text, or email, no document — unlike Ms. Heard’s own taped confession we looked at before; there is no document where Mr. Depp says ‘I hit Ms. Heard’ let alone ‘I hit her on numerous occasions,'” he argued, per Vanity Fair.
was leaked to media outlets last month in which Heard allegedly admitted to being violent. The recording was purportedly from 2015 in which Heard said, “I did not punch you, I was hitting you.”” data-reactid=”38″ type=”text”>Sherborne, who did not immediately respond to Yahoo Entertainment’s request for comment, is referring to audio that was leaked to media outlets last month in which Heard allegedly admitted to being violent. The recording was purportedly from 2015 in which Heard said, “I did not punch you, I was hitting you.”
A spokeswoman for the actress issued a statement after the audio was circulated, explaining, “Anyone familiar with the dynamics of domestic abuse would immediately recognize what is really going on here. Throughout the extended tape recording that Johnny Depp vindictively turned over to the press, Ms. Heard repeatedly attempts to placate Mr. Depp, ignore his accusations, and force him to acknowledge what was really happening in their relationship.”
Yahoo Entertainment reached out to lawyers for Heard regarding Wednesday’s hearing but did not immediately receive a response.
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