After three days of witnessing Johnny DeppFairfax County Court in Virginia, USA, is on recess this Friday and the case will resume Monday.
Judge Penney S. Azacarate announced early in the trial that each week would be only four days, with a break on Friday to give everyone involved a three-day weekend.
This week, the actor opened up about part of his life and made sure he can speak candidly about his marriage to Amber Heard for the first time. He has also shared details from his childhood, his mother’s attempted suicide after his father left her, his drug addiction and his intention to polish his image.
“I stayed with her because I didn’t want to let her down. I thought I could help her, I didn’t want to break her heart. I remember my mother’s first suicide attempt because my father left us. Amber talked about suicide if i left thats why i stayed”Johnny DeppActor”
Here we present a timeline of events since the couple began dating in 2012 and how it led to the process that is currently capturing the world’s attention.
2011: Amber and Johnny meet; 2012: The relationship between the two begins
According to the actor at trial, he and Amber met on the set of the 2011 film The Rum Diary, which they both starred in. He was talking about a certain scene in the movie they recorded together where they kissed, and he started “feeling things about her that he wasn’t supposed to feel because he was still married.”
The two are rumored to have started dating when Depp ended his relationship with actress of French origin Vanessa Paradis, mother of his two children and to whom he was married for 13 years. Depp previously dated model Kate Moss and actress Winona Ryder in the 1990s.
“As far as I remember, what I remember was that she was too good to be true”Johnny DeppActor”
2014: The couple becomes engaged; 2015: The couple marries
According to entertainment media at the time, Jhonny Depp and Amber Heard married on February 5, 2015 at their Los Angeles home. According to the link, the couple celebrated on the actor’s private island (Little Hall’s Pond Cay) in the Bahamas.
2016: Amber Heard files for divorce from Johnny Depp
In May 2016, Amber Heard filed for divorce Johnny Depp, arguing that irreconcilable differences existed. That same month, a judge granted the actress a restraining order against Depp over allegations of domestic violence on his part.
According to details Depp revealed during the trial, the dissonant note that ended the couple’s marriage was when the actor found human feces on his side of the bed. Depp’s defense asked that the photo showing the bed covered in excrement be shown in court, but Amber’s attorneys refused.
“Once the allegations were made and people were told I was a cocaine-fueled drunk menace who punched a woman in my 50s out of the blue, it was over.”Johnny DeppActor”
2017: The couple’s divorce is official
The couple officially divorced after a judge in Los Angeles, California, declared the separation process over, EFE agency reported.
At the time, the judge denied Depp’s motion to fine Heard $100,000 for alleged delays in proceedings, and both actors were ordered to pay their own attorneys’ fees.
Heard had petitioned the court to enforce the $7 million divorce settlement, which would be “donated to charity.”
Depp, 53, and Heard, 30, reached an out-of-court settlement in August of that year, under which the actor will pay that amount to his ex-wife after the actress withdrew her request for a domestic violence restraining order.
2018: Johnny Depp sued The Sun newspaper; and Amber Heard commented in the Washington Post
Earlier this year, Depp News Group sued Newspapers, the company that publishes The Sun, for alleged defamation for a published article in which the newspaper believed the actor had abused Amber Heard during their marriage. Depp would eventually lose the case.
That same year, Depp’s Express ran an opinion piece in The Washington Post titled, “I spoke out against sexual violence and faced the wrath of our culture. That needs to change.”
In it, the actress describes how she was sexually harassed and attacked. “Then two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic violence and felt the full brunt of our culture’s anger at women speaking out,” she wrote.
Depp’s name is not mentioned in the comment, but it later became the basis of the $50 million defamation lawsuit Depp filed against Heard, which is currently pending.
2019: Johnny Depp sued Amber Heard
Johnny Depp He denounced his second ex-wife for defamation and demanded $50 million in damages, based on the Washington Post article mentioned above.
2020: Amber Heard counters Johnny Depp
In August 2020, Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim against her ex-husband. Johnny Depp In response to her defamation lawsuit, she accused him of allegedly organizing a “defamation campaign” against her and described her own lawsuit as a continuation of “abuse and harassment.”
2022: The defamation trial against Johnny Depp and Amber Heard comes to the USA
The trial in Depp’s defamation case against Heard began on April 11, 2022 in Fairfax, Virginia. The newspaper that published Heard’s opinion piece is based in that state.
Heard’s witnesses are expected to include James Franco and Elon Musk, who are listed as potential witnesses who can participate via video link.
The trial is adjourned until Monday, when the actor is expected to continue being questioned by Heard’s defense.
The actor is demanding $50 million in damages from his ex-partner. For his part, Heard has responded with a counterclaim, alleging that Depp launched a smear campaign against him, demanding 100 million.
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