UPDATE: Johnny Depp gave an extended denial of his ex-wife Amber Heard’s claims that he physically abused her, telling the jury in his $50 million defamation trial that her claims were “unimaginably brutal, cruel and all false.”
Depp returned to the stand on Wednesday to rebut a series of claims that Heard and her defense team presented in their case.
“No human being is perfect, certainly not, none of us,” Depp said. “But I have never in my life committed sexual battery, physical abuse.” He went on about “all these outlandish, outrageous stories of me committing these things, and living with it for six years and waiting to bring the truth out.”
“So this is not easy for any of us, I know that,” Depp said. “But no matter what happens, I did get here and I did tell the truth and I have spoken up for what I have been carrying on my back reluctantly for six years.”
Depp laced his testimony with occasionally irreverent and sometimes biting quips.
When his attorney asked him how it affected him when Heard obtained a restraining order on May 27, 2016, he said, “It changed everything.”
Heard’s attorney then raised an objection for “relevance.”
“Oh, it didn’t change everything?” Depp then said in a tone of sarcasm from the witness stand.
Judge Penney Azcarate then reminded Depp, “Sir, if you could wait for the objection, please.”
“I’m sorry. Tourette’s,” Depp responded.
Depp also tried to counter the testimony of his former business manager, Josh Mandel, who testified that the...
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