Johnny Depp seemed unable to contain his emotions during a heated interrogation by a psychiatrist summoned by Amber Heard’s defense team.
Dr. David Spiegel filed Monday (May 23rd) to testify on behalf of Heard in the $ 1 million defamation suit filed against her by her ex-husband.
Depp’s lawyer questioned Spiegel’s earlier testimony, claiming that the use of a headset by the Pirates of the Caribbean actor on set could indicate a deterioration or deterioration as a result of the abuse. of drugs and alcohol.
Depp has admitted that he sometimes wore a headset to the set to listen to music, while Heard’s legal team has suggested that he had been fed with lines of dialogue through the device during filming.
To which Spiegel replied, “I don’t think actors usually get their whole script through headphones. I can’t believe it.”
“What you had a hard time finding, sir, was that all the lines of the script were pumped through a headset,” the lawyer replied. “Where did you get the idea that this happened?”
Spiegel replied that he had obtained his information “in court evidence,” which he “read in the judicial review.”
The lawyer then asked if the psychiatrist knew whether or not Marlon Brando was wearing a headset.
Dr. David Spiegel testifies in the Fairfax County Circuit Court Courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, May 23, 2022
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“Isn’t he dead? So the answer is no, now you don’t use any, “said Spiegel, seemingly confused by the question.
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Depp could be seen covering his face with his hand and laughing in response.
At another point in the cross-examination, Spiegel was asked about his initial deposition and the “circumstances in which [he] he decided to say that Depp was an idiot. “
The doctor tried to clarify that he had not described Depp as an “idiot”, but rather as an “idiot in planning”, in relation to the actor’s decision to take a night flight from Europe to an earlier statement.
“If you’re going to do something important for a trial you’re involved in, I think you’d be an idiot to come the night before,” Spiegel said.
Depp is suing Heard for $ 50 million (£ 39.7 million) for allegedly abusing her in a 2018 opinion piece for The Washington Post and allegedly preventing him from getting the the same kind of prominent Hollywood roles he was used to.
Heard is suing Depp for $ 100 million (£ 79.4 million) accusing him of orchestrating a “smear campaign” against her and describing his lawsuit as a continuation of “abuse and harassment”.
You can follow the live updates from the Depp-Heard trial here as you move towards the final arguments and a verdict.