Giving evidence on the second day of a libel trial at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Johnny Depp denied slapping his former wife Amber Heard when she laughed at one of his tattoos. Depp, wh…
Depp, who is suing the publisher of The Sun newspaper for describing him as a “wife beater,” was being cross-examined Wednesday by defense attorney Sasha Wass.
Depp said, “That is patently untrue.” Wass then claimed he had slapped her three times. Depp answered: “I’m sorry, but that is not true. You are mistaken.” Depp had asked Heard to remove the painting “as a courtesy” to him, according to his witness statement. When she didn’t take the painting down, Depp tried to remove it and set fire to it, Wass alleged. Depp denied this.It was also alleged that Depp had held Heard’s Yorkshire terrier, Pistol, out the window of a fast-moving car. Depp replied: “I can say it’s a very enduring image but it’s absolute, utter falsity. It’s fraudulent.
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