British model Kate Moss has dismissed reports that her ex-boyfriend Johnny Depp once threw her down a flight of stairs, saying it never happened.
Key points:
- Amber Heard initially mentioned the alleged incident involving Moss during her testimony
- The model said Depp helped her after she slid down the stairs during a storm in Jamaica.
- Heard’s legal team chose not to interrogate Moss
“He never pushed me, he didn’t kick me, he didn’t throw me down any stairs,” said Moss, who testified at Depp’s defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Depp, 58, filed a lawsuit against Heard over an opinion piece she wrote for The Washington Post in December 2018 in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
Heard, during his testimony earlier this month, mentioned a reported incident in which Depp is allegedly pushing his ex-girlfriend Moss down a flight of stairs.
That reference provided an opening for Depp’s lawyers to call Moss as a witness to address the charge and she testified by video link from Gloucestershire, England.
Moss, 48, said she had a romantic relationship with Depp from 1994 to 1998.
He was asked about an incident that happened during a vacation that the couple took to a resort in Jamaica.
“We were getting out of the room and Johnny got out of the room before me,” Moss said.
“And there was a rainstorm and when I left the room I slid down the stairs and hurt my back.
“And I cried because I didn’t know what had happened to me and I was in pain.
“He ran back to help me and took me to my room and got me medical attention.”
Heard’s lawyers refused to question Moss.
Heard, 36, did not name the Pirates of the Caribbean star in the article that sparked the lawsuit, but sued her for allegedly being a domestic aggressor and is asking for $ 50 million ($ 71 million). ) in damages.
Texas-born Heard filed a counterclaim, demanding $ 100 million and alleging “physical violence and rampant abuse” at his hands.
AFP