FALLS CHURCH, Va. –
Johnny Depp on Wednesday called his ex-wife’s allegations of sexual and physical abuse “foolish” when he returned to the witness stand in his defamation suit against Amber Heard.
“Ridiculous, humiliating, ridiculous, painful, savage, incredibly brutal, cruel and all false,” Depp said when asked about his reaction to Heard’s accusations when he previously testified at trial.
Depp testified on Wednesday as a rebuttal witness: both he and Heard testified extensively before the trial.
He gave some specific answers to some of the particular accusations made by Heard and also by his sister, Whitney Henriquez, who provided some of Heard’s strongest supporting evidence.
He concluded his testimony with a definitive denial of the allegations.
“Never in my life have I committed sexual harassment, physical abuse, all these extravagant and outrageous stories of me committing these things,” she said. “And living with it for six years, and hoping to be able to get the truth out.”
He said that “no matter what happens, I came here and told the truth and I talked about what I had been carrying on my back, reluctantly, for six years.”
Depp will be questioned Wednesday afternoon.
Depp is suing Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Court for a December 2018 opinion piece he wrote in The Washington Post describing himself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though he never mentioned his name.
Depp has denied ever hitting Heard and says she was the abuser of the relationship. Heard has testified about more than a dozen separate cases of physical abuse he claims to have suffered at the hands of Depp.
Depp also answered Heard’s claim that Depp had nothing to do with getting him a role in the superhero “Aquaman”. When Heard testified, she was clearly offended by a question from Depp’s lawyers hinting that Depp got her the role.
Depp, however, said that after Heard auditioned for the role, he spoke with the studio on her behalf. He was prevented from discussing the details of his conversations when Heard’s lawyers objected, but said he “got the job done in the end, so I hope, I guess, have curbed his worries to some extent.”
Also on Wednesday, supermodel Kate Moss, a former Depp girlfriend, denied that Depp had ever pushed or assaulted her during the course of their relationship.
Moss also testified as a witness to the reply. Heard, in his testimony, made a reference to Moss and a rumor that Depp had pushed Moss down some stairs when they left.
Moss, in the testimony provided by a video link, said Depp never assaulted her. He said he once slid down a flight of stairs after a storm in a Jamaican resort, and that Depp came to his aid.
She testified for less than 5 minutes and was not questioned
Depp also addressed the indictment in his testimony, saying it happened as Moss said. He said he had told the story about Moss to Heard years ago and “Mrs Heard took the story and turned it into a very ugly incident, all in her mind”.