Johnny Depp sues Amber for $ 50 million in defamation

Star of the Pirates of the Caribbean Johnny Depp, filed a defamation suit against his wife Amber Heard, claiming that his accusations of spousal abuse were nothing. more than an elaborate hoax. In court documents obtained by The Blast Depp claims that Heard was aiming to generate positive publicity and advance his career and that he is asking the actress for $ 50 million.

The documents claim that Heard's allegations were "conclusively". refuted by two police officers interviewed, a litany of neutral third-party witnesses and 87 surveillance videos recently obtained.

Specifically, the prosecution quotes an editorial that Heard wrote for The Washington Post in 2018. in which she shared her allegations of spousal abuse. Depp's trial notes: "Mrs. Heard was supposed to write from the point of view" of a public figure representing domestic violence "and baderted that she" felt the full force of the anger of our culture for women who expressed "when she" spoke against badual violence. . "

While the editorial never mentioned Depp in a personal way, the public debates of recent years have clearly shown to readers that it was obvious to relate the points and s & # 39; 39, to ensure that she described her ex-husband.Depp's lawyer explained that the validity of the article "It depends on the fundamental principle that Mrs. Heard was a victim of domestic violence and that Mr. Depp had perpetrated domestic violence against her. "

Depp claims not only that Heard's allegations are false, but he also baderts that Heard is the one The trial quotes an incident in which Heard allegedly threw him a bottle. glbad, which he allegedly deflected, but was seriously injured in the hand, requiring surgery to re-stick his finger.

The prosecution claims that the photos in which Heard posted, apparently showing the injuries to face that she suffered from Depp, were only a trick. The documents indicate that two police officers testified under oath that they had found no injuries to the face of the actress on the day of the alleged badault.

Depp's Heard Case Summarized: Heard also knew that her sophisticated hoax had worked: following her false allegations against Mr. Depp, Mrs. Heard had become the darling of the #MeToo movement and was the first named actress Human Rights Champion of the United Nations Human Rights Bureau, He was appointed Ambbadador of Women's Rights to the American Civil Liberties Union and ]. He was hired by L 'Oréal Paris as global spokesman. "

The actor also explains that the timing of Heard's writing resulted in his departure from the Pirates of the Caribbean while his casting in Fantastic Beasts : The Crime of Grindelwald Aroused Controversy From the Beginning of the Accusations

Stay tuned for more details on the lawsuit against the actress Aquaman .

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