Depp has denied that he
ever hit Heard and argued that she was the abuser in their relationship. He
said she threw a vodka bottle at him in early 2015, severing the top of his
right middle finger.
Digital Desk: Here's what happened in the trials last week:
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Attorneys for Johnny Depp have attempted to discredit
Amber Heard’s abuse claims in the former couple’s defamation trial on Tuesday,
introducing a knife she gave as a gift to the "Pirates of the
Caribbean" star and affectionate notes she wrote to him.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">At the start of Tuesday’s proceedings,
lawyer Camille Vasquez asked jurors to examine the knife Heard bought
for Depp in 2012. Heard had testified that Depp had already become violent
toward her by that time.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">"This
is the knife you gave to the man who would get drunk and violent toward
you?"
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">the lawyer asked. "This is the knife I
gave him as a present, yes," she said, adding that she did not think he
would stab her with it.
Depp
has denied that he ever hit Heard and argued that she was the abuser in their
relationship. He said she threw a vodka bottle at him in early 2015, severing
the top of his right middle finger.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Heard said she did not cause the finger
injury and said she only hit him to defend herself or her sister.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The trial continued.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Today, arguments concluded in Amber
Heard’s defamation trial in the case brought against her by her ex-husband,
Johnny Depp. The jury is now deliberating on the six weeks of testimony and has
been sent home for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Heard is being sued by Depp for $50m for
implying he abused her in a 2018 Washington
Post op-ed. Although she didn’t name him, he claims her
allegations impacted his ability to work. She is pursuing a counterclaim of
$100 million.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">In Depp’s closing argument, his lawyers asked
jurors to "give him his life back" after he claimed it was
"ruined" by Heard’s allegations of domestic abuse. They claimed Heard
would rather fight than let the actor leave, that her claims were an act of
profound cruelty to true survivors, and that she gave the best performance of
her life on the stand.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Heard's lawyer said a ruling in favour of
Depp would make jurors "accomplices" to his abuse and to his
"campaign of global humiliation", and called out the actor for
"laughing" and "snide comments" during closing, adding he
engaged in "victim-blaming at its most disgusting".
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Within hours of a makeup company posting
about the trial on TikTok, a Johnny Depp fan showed up at the courthouse in
Virginia to hand-deliver "evidence" to Depp’s lawyers. Another posted
videos online suggesting a secret relationship between Depp and his lawyer,
Camille Vasquez.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Amber Heard’s lawyer raised eyebrows in his
closing argument as he sought to downplay the importance of a fight in which
Johnny Depp’s finger was severed.
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Hours of testimony in the defamation trial
opposing the Hollywood stars centred around a violent incident in Australia in
2015, during which the tip of Mr Depp’s finger was cut off. (Megan Sheets
reports)
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