Actor Johnny Depp took the stand in his multimillion-dollar defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, who previously accused Depp of abusing her while they were married.
Depp, 58, alleges Heard, 35, defamed him when she penned a December 2018 opinion piece in the Washington Post about being a survivor of domestic abuse. He filed a $50 million lawsuit against Heard in 2018. Depp previously lost a defamation case against The Sun tabloid over the same article penned by Heard.
“I thought it was diabolical that my children would go to school and people would approach them with a People magazine cover, with Amber Heard on it with a bruise on her face,” Depp testified Tuesday while in a court in Virginia, adding: “Today is the first opportunity that I’ve been able to speak about this case in full.”
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