FALLS CHURCH, Va. –
Johnny Depp returned to the courtroom on Wednesday in his defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard.
Depp testified as a rebuttal witness: he had already testified four consecutive days earlier in the six-week trial.
On Wednesday, he refuted 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.
“She finally got the job done, so I guess I hope to have curbed her worries to some extent,” she said.
Depp also said he was completely unaware of statements made by a former lawyer, Adam Waldman, who called Heart’s allegations of abuse misleading. These statements by Waldman are the basis of a counterclaim that Heard filed against Depp. Heard’s lawyers have said Waldman made those statements along with Depp, which Depp denies.
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 aggressor in 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.
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 testified as a witness to the reply.
Heard, in his testimony, made a passing reference to Moss and a rumor that Depp had pushed Moss down some stairs when they left. Heard referred to Moss when he described a fight in which he admitted to hitting Depp on a ladder because he said Depp was charging against Heard’s sister, Whitney.
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 rainstorm in a Jamaican resort and that Depp came to his aid.
She testified for less than 5 minutes and was not questioned.