A witness has made new allegations against his ex-wife Amber Heard in the libel trial of Hollywood star Johnny Depp in London. The actress faked photos to fake injuries from a Depp attack, Isaac Baruch, a long-time friend of the movie star, said in court on Friday. Heard used this to “blackmail Depp during the divorce.”
In one of the photos, there are red areas on Heard’s face. Baruch, who lived in the couple’s penthouse complex in Los Angeles, said he saw the 34-year-old up close the day after the alleged attack. He had not noticed any redness or other traces of an injury.
Depp’s lawyers said the photo had been edited in Photoshop. According to her, other recordings that serve as evidence were also manipulated.
The lawsuit is a 2018 Sun article in which editor-in-chief Dan Wootton criticizes Joanne K. Rowling for giving the woman beater Depp a role in the series “Fantastic Beasts.” ”Have given. The article refers to a number of Heard’s statements about Depp’s violent behavior.
The 57-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star vehemently rejects the allegations. He accused his 34-year-old ex-wife of being the “aggressive part” of their conflicting relationship. Depp sued “Sun” publishers NGN and Wootton for defamation.
NGN lawyer Sasha Wass described Baruch as an unreliable witness who was financially dependent on Depp. The artist received free housing and tens of thousands of dollars a year from the Hollywood star. Wass also questioned how Baruch could be sure that Heard hadn’t covered her wounds with makeup. But Baruch emphasized that he was “one hundred percent sure” because he met Depp’s ex-wife several times in the following days and saw no signs of attack.
Wass, on the other hand, presented an audio recording in which Heard told his colleague that she had covered the bruises in public with make-up. The actress will be heard as a witness on Monday for the first time.
Depp and Heard met in 2011 while filming The Rum Diary. The couple married in February 2015 and divorced two years later.
By: APA / ag.
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