“Odious and disturbing”.
This is how Johnny Depp called the allegations made by his ex-wife about him.
The actor categorically swept away, Tuesday, April 19, before an American court, the accusations of violence made by Amber Heard, assertions which would have “deeply shocked”.
"I have never hit Miss Heard or any other woman in my life," the star said solemnly.
The alleged victim's allegations are "not based on any kind of truth", he insisted at the start of his testimony.
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The former couple accuses each other of defamation during this trial, which is being held in Fairfax, near Washington, following a column published by Amber Heard in the
Washington Post
in 2018. In this text, the actress from The 35-year-old didn't name the 58-year-old actor she married in 2015, but did discuss the domestic abuse charges she filed against her husband in 2016.
Questioned by one of his lawyers, Johnny Depp assured Tuesday that he had filed a complaint to "restore the facts", declaring himself "obsessed with the truth".
"It's strange how one day you are Cinderella, so to speak, and, in a split second, you are Quasimodo", lamented the actor who added wanting to "defend (his) children", exposed to the media on these charges.
A heavy past
From the physical and psychological violence that his mother inflicted on him during his childhood to the consequences that his celebrity would have had on his private life, Johnny Depp testified at length on Tuesday, sometimes seeming to seek his words.
Smiling on rare occasions, when he evoked episodes of his professional career, the actor, hair pulled into a ponytail, dressed in a dark suit and a pale yellow tie, kept a serious face.
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Amber Heard, present in the courtroom, listened carefully and impassively to the story of the man who was her husband for two years.
Invited by one of his lawyers to discuss his drug use, Johnny Depp told how his addictions began at the age of 11, with painkillers taken by his mother.
"It was to escape the chaotic nature of what we were going through," confessed the actor who defended himself from having "never been a weirdo who needed to be stoned all the time."
I never hit Miss Heard or any other woman in my life
Johnny Depp
If he admitted to having been dependent on opiates for several years, before his relationship with Amber Heard, he explained to the court that he took these drugs as "self-medication" and "never lost control".
"Miss Heard's characterization of my so-called drug addiction is grossly exaggerated and, I'm sorry to say, but a large part of it is just plain wrong," Johnny Depp criticized.
For their part, the lawyers of his ex-wife described, in court last week, Johnny Depp as a “monster” when he drank or took drugs, pushing him to outbursts of anger that culminated in physical violence and violence. sexual.
