Johnny Depp said that his ex-wife Amber Heard had made 'sick' claims of abuse and falsely branded him a monster, as the actor testified in a UK libel case that hinges on who was the aggressor in the celebrity couple's violent, toxic relationship. 9News
headlined "Potty - How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?"star strongly denies Heard's claims that he assaulted her during their tempestuous marriage, and suedJohnny Depp, right, wearing a protective mask arrives at the Royal Court of Justice, in London, Tuesday, July 7, 2020.
He told the court that Heard had "said to the world that she was in fear of her life from me, and I had been this horrible monster, if you will. Which was not the case." While Heard isn't on trial, the case is also a showdown between the former spouses, who accuse each other of being controlling, violent and untruthful. It is set to put the two performers' complex private lives under a microscope.
Depp claimed that on another occasion, Heard repeatedly punched him in the face on a private jet, forcing him to spend the flight locked in the plane's bathroom. He painted himself as a peacemaker who tried to remove himself from conflicts "before things got out of hand." He said his drug use began when he was an 11-year-old child with "not a particularly stable or secure or safe home life." He said it was "the only way that I found to numb the pain."
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