FAIRFAX (Virginia), April 20 ― Actor Johnny Depp testified yesterday that he never struck his ex-wife Amber Heard and was challenging her accusations in a US$50 million (RM212.7 million) defamation case to correct the public's perception and stand up for his children. Speaking softly and slowly...
FAIRFAX , April 20 ― Actor Johnny Depp testified yesterday that he never struck his ex-wife Amber Heard and was challenging her accusations in a US$50 million defamation case to correct the public's perception and stand up for his children.
“I felt it my responsibility to stand up not only for myself in that instance but stand up for my children,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star said. His two children from a previous relationship were in high school at the time. A state court judge in Fairfax County, Virginia, is overseeing the trial, which is in its second week and is expected to last for six weeks.
By that time, Depp had “done all the drugs I was aware of,” he said. He said he became addicted to opiates after he was injured on the set of the fourthDepp said Heard “grossly embellished” his substance use. “A lot of it is just plainly false,” he said. “I think it was an easy target for her to hit.”
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