Earlier today, Amber Heard's lawyers claimed in court that Jonny Depp “sexually assaulted” the actress during a black-out-drunk incident near the end of their troubled marriage.
. “It was not, ‘I’ll throw you a tweet.’ It was, ‘I’m putting my money where my mouth is.'” Heard has only donated about a quarter of that amount thus far through anonymous donors believed to include Elon Musk, who previously dated Heard. Depp’s legal strategy in the defamation trial hinges on bringing that disconnect before the jury.
Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft painted a picture of a debauched Depp, whose outbursts were fueled by his drug use. She called the finger severing an “act of self-mutilation.” “You’re gonna hear from the experts testifying about this finger injury and how fantastic [Depp’s] version is,” she said. “But the other part of it was he was with Marilyn Manson for the week before scoring on cocaine.”
Heard’s lawyers’ bare-knuckle approach in the case comes in stark contrast to what the actress posted last week on Instagram, when she wrote that she hopes she and her ex can both move on after the trial concludes. “I have always maintained a love for Johnny and it brings me great pain to have to live out the details of our past life together in front of the world.”
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