For Johnny Depp, the famous last straw was a court ruling in early November last year. The actor unsuccessfully sued the British tabloid The Sun. He informed readers that the Star of the Pirates of the Caribbean was perpetrating violence against his former wife, actress Amber Heard (the marriage lasted from 2015 to 2017). The actor called it a slander and a complete lie.
After assessing the evidence, the judge concluded that Depp “beat his then partner, caused her serious injuries and gave reasons to worry about her life.” While the actor claimed that Heard’s allegations were “completely untrue”, Judge Andrew Nicol concluded in his 129-page reasoning that
