Johnny Depp has left his jaws hanging after making a surprise appearance thousands of miles from the courtroom.
Johnny Depp gasped as he made a surprise appearance on stage with Jeff Beck, thousands of miles from his defamation suit with his ex Amber Heard.
The Hollywood star, who is awaiting the jury’s verdict in his judicial saga, wasted no time in completing the proceedings last week, immediately crossing the Atlantic for an evening with one of rock’s greatest guitarists. .
The theater exploded when the 58-year-old man appeared with a guitar next to Beck.
Fragments of grainy image showed Depp performing his version of John Lennon’s song “Isolation”, which he previously released with Beck in 2020, on the Sheffield stage.
“I didn’t expect that,” a concert attendee wrote on Instagram. “I thought he was in court, but it turns out he’s in Sheffield with Jeff Beck.”
Depp is currently suing his ex-wife for $ 70 million, alleging that he defamed her in his 2018 Washington Post opinion piece in which he described himself as a victim of domestic abuse.
Heard, 36, filed a $ 141 million lawsuit alleging that Depp defamed her when she said she was lying about her allegations of abuse.
The jury withdrew on Friday and a verdict is expected to return later this week.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star is suing Heard over an opinion piece he wrote for the Washington Post, claiming he was a victim of domestic abuse.
Depp does not appear in the article, but claims that he allegedly physically and sexually assaulted her.
From the beginning of his testimony, Depp stressed that he filed the lawsuit to “delete my name,” for his own good and that of his children, Lily-Rose, 22, and Jack, 20, as well as for the of the film industry. who trusted him.
“When [Johnny Depp] he came out of the stands, I think he already won according to his definition of winning, “Texas Civil Attorney Katherine Lizardo told the New York Post.
“Because he already got the public opinion favor … once he told his story.”
“It simply came to our notice then. Win or not, I don’t think the public opinion court cares, “Lizardo said.
The trial has generated endless comments on social media that are largely highly critical of Heard.
“His fans are basically doing a smear campaign around Amber Heard without him having to do anything. That’s what a six-week trial would be like, televised every day, that’s what they were counting on,” said California Entertainment, Mitra Ahouraian.
“People online love to hate it. It’s like vitriol.”