In a case that has raised the bar of surprising revelations and allegations, it is perhaps one of the most shocking: Amber Heard’s claim that Johnny Depp pushed his ex-girlfriend Kate Moss down some stairs during their relationship.
Heard alleged that she had heard that this had happened during her time in court before Depp’s defamation suit against her, but this was not the first time the claim had been made public.
The actress first made the claim about the British supermodel Moss during her time as a witness in the first trial for defamation of her ex-husband against The Sun newspaper in the UK in 2020, referring to a time in March of 2015 when he said he believed Depp was going. to push his sister, Whitney, up the stairs to her Los Angeles penthouse.
Depp v Heard: Follow the defamation suit as it happens
Image: Depp and Moss dated 1994 to 1997. Photo: AP Photo / Rhonda Birnbaum
She told the jury that she had heard rumors that she had done this before, allegedly to Moss, and that she wanted to protect her sister.
After making the same statement to the jury in Fairfax, Virginia, it was seen that Depp’s legal team seemed to be celebrated with the mention of the supermodel, presumably, as he now calls her as a witness.
Moss, 48, is expected to testify potentially as a rebuttal witness via a video link Wednesday.
The supermodel and Depp were one of the “Couples of It” of the 1990s, in a relationship between 1994 and 1997. Then, after being explored at just 14 years old, Moss had become one of the greatest supermodels of the world. , a Vogue star who would go on to make more covers of the British magazine than anyone in history.
Johnny Depp was Johnny Depp, star of 21 Jump Street, Edward Scissorhands and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape; the actor who never fell behind in his appearance and always propelled the eccentric characters.
These would include Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sweeney Todd, Willy Wonka, the crazy hat in Alice in Wonderland, and of course the Pirates of the Caribbean captain Jack Sparrow. He was also a musician and co-owner of LA’s Viper Room, where Phoenix Phoenix died of a drug overdose in 1993.
Moss and Depp were introduced to New York’s Café Tabac by columnist George Wayne; she was 20, he 31.
Image: Moss, photographed at the Met Gala in early 2022, is expected to appear in court via video link. Image: AP
Wayne recalled the introduction in a recent Instagram post about the trial, writing, “So when [Moss] I walked into Tabac that night, grabbed her hand, and immediately took her to Johnny’s table in the middle of the restaurant … “Johnny, this is Kate, Kate knows Johnny.”
They were photographed together at high-profile events such as the Golden Globes in 1995, the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, and premieres of actor films such as Donnie Brasco and Don Juan DeMarco.
In 1996, they were photographed on vacation with Noel Gallagher and his then-wife Meg Matthews in Mustique in the Caribbean; Moss appeared on a 1994 version of the Oasis Fade Away single and Don’t Go Away (1998), and on the band’s third album Be Here Now (1997), playing the tambourine; Depp also has the credit for playing slide guitar in Fade In-Out.
The hotel room ruined and “years and years” of crying after the breakup
Image: Depp photographed after his arrest in New York in September 1994. Photo: AP / Andrew Lichtenstein
Their relationship was stormy; In September 1994, Depp was arrested for ruining a room at the Mark Hotel in New York City, and police said Moss was with him at the time. The charges were dropped after the plaintiff paid $ 10,000 in damages.
But Moss never said Depp was violent with her.
In a rare interview with Vanity Fair in 2012, he said of his relationship: “No one has ever been able to take care of me. Johnny did it a little bit. I believed what he said … As if to say “What am I doing?” He said to me. And that’s what I missed when I left. I really missed this indicator of someone I could trust. Ill. Years and years of crying. Oh, the tears! “
In a 1998 interview, Depp said of his break-up: “I’m the one who has to take responsibility for what happened; give him the attention he should have done. “
What did Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis say?
Image: Depp has two children with his ex-partner Vanessa Paradis. Image: AP Photo / Keystone, Martial Trezzini
During Depp’s trial in the United Kingdom against The Sun, two of his former partners, Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis, the mother of his two children, were due to testify, but due to time constraints the court ended up hearing their statements. witnesses.
The two women said Depp had never been violent with them. “The idea of being an incredibly violent person is the furthest thing from Johnny I’ve ever met and loved,” Ryder said, while Paradis described him as “a kind, caring, generous, nonviolent person and father.”
Read more: Full statements from the trial of Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis in the UK
The news that Moss is due to testify comes in the final week of Depp’s trial in the United States against Heard, with final arguments scheduled for Friday.
Depp v Heard: the background
Image: Heard and Depp photographed at the New York premiere of The Rum Diary, the film that brought them together. Image: AP Photo / Evan Agostini
Depp is suing his ex-wife for $ 50 million (£ 38.2 million) for an opinion piece he wrote for the Washington Post in 2018 that his lawyers say falsely implies that he physically abused her. and sexually. Heard has issued a $ 100 million (£ 76.4 million) counterclaim.
The Washington Post article did not mention Depp by name, but it was titled, “I spoke out against sexual violence and faced the wrath of our culture.” Depp has told the court that it is clear that the article is about him and that he wants to erase his name.
The former couple began dating after meeting on the set of the 2011 film The Rum Diary and were married in Los Angeles in February 2015.
Read more: The UK trial against The Sun: What Happened? Why are Depp and Heard going to court again?
The trial in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been running for six weeks.
In the initial statements, the plaintiff’s lawyers said that his ex was preparing for “the performance of a lifetime” during the trial, while his legal team said that the case would expose the person. ” real “behind” the “fame” and the “pirate costumes”.