Depp has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit in opposition to his ex-wife.
Buckle up, as a result of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard drama simply took a flip that nobody anticipated. Beforehand, actress Amber Heard publicly accused her ex-husband Johnny Depp home violence. Two years in the past, a choose even granted her a home violence restraining order in opposition to Depp after her legal professionals introduced “images displaying varied bruises…she claims Depp inflicted varied instances throughout their marriage,” based on TMZ. Simply this week it was introduced that Depp filed a $50 million lawsuit in opposition to Heard for defamation, particularly citing Heard’s Washington Put up op-ed piece the place she laid out specifics about being abused by a companion. She by no means named Depp, however the implication threw the couple’s relationship into headlines.
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Extra particulars Depp’s lawsuit are coming to gentle, and surprisingly tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s identify has been thrown into the combo. Safety guard Alex Romero testified, underneath oath, that whereas Depp was away filming one his many Pirates the Caribbean motion pictures, he noticed Musk visiting Heard. Within the transcript obtained by The Blast, Romero stated just a few instances per week he buzzed Musk into the constructing “late at night time.” He said Musk’s visits would normally be round 11:00 p.m. to midnight, and when Romero would punch out and head dwelling, Musk would nonetheless be with Heard.
Romero said that he even talked about to his supervisor, “it was actually unhealthy that I noticed Elon Musk going contained in the penthouse when Johnny Depp was not dwelling.” Though he felt uncomfortable with Musk’s visits, Romero continued to escort him to Heard’s condominium the place she lived with Depp. One event allegedly got here after Depp and Heard had a violent argument the place she reportedly threw a vodka bottle at him, inflicting Depp to bear surgical procedure to get his finger re-attached.
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“Nicely, she’s a feminine, he’s a male,” Romero stated in his transcript. “Each them by themselves upstairs is, you realize, she’s married. I don’t know Elon Musk personally. I don’t know if he’s married or not. I don’t know something about his private life.” Each Heard and Musk had an on-again-f-again relationship between 2016 and 2017, following each their breakups from their companions. In late 2018, Heard described her earlier relationship with Musk as “stunning,” saying they now have a “stunning friendship.” In the meantime, Musk’s rep issued an announcement saying, “Elon and Amber didn’t begin seeing one another till Could 2016, and even then it was rare. They weren’t on the identical continent for many this time. Their relationship didn’t grow to be romantic till a lot later.”