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The most shocking revelations from Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial
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As Johnny Depp and Amber Heard face off in a Virginia courtroom, new details are being revealed about their relationship and what led to their public divorce.
Johnny Depp flatly denied ever hitting a woman in court testimony Tuesday — telling the jury he sued ex-wife Amber Heard to “clear my name” after she accused him of domestic abuse.
Dressed in an all-black three piece suit, his hair slicked back into a tight ponytail, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star took the stand in his $50 million defamation suit against Heard after a week of testimony from his family, friends, and medical professionals.
“My goal is the truth,” he said. “One day you’re Cinderella and then in zero point six seconds you’re Quasimodo. I didn’t deserve that and neither did my children.
“Never did I myself reach the point of striking Ms. Heard in any way nor have I ever struck any woman in my life,” he continued.
Depp, 58, is claiming Heard defamed him in a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post where she called herself a victim of “sexual violence.”
He was not named in the essay, but he claims it clearly referenced him — and ruined his career, damaged his reputation and lost him tens of millions of dollars.
Depp lamented having to testify in the suit, telling the jury: “It never had to go in this direction.”
Still, the actor remained steadfast in his decision to sue his ex-wife over her allegations of domestic abuse.