After his lost lawsuit in 2020 against the British tabloid The Sun, which echoed the alleged domestic violence inflicted on his ex-wife Amber Heard, actor Johnny Depp does not let go of the case and intends to clear his name. This time, he filed a complaint directly against the actress, for defamation, with the Fairfax court near Washington, in the United States. He reproaches her for a column she wrote in the washington post in 2018, in which, without naming him, she said she was the victim of beatings. During the hearing on April 19, he told the court behind the scenes of their meeting.
Johnny Depp (58) and Amber Heard (36) met in 2009 on the set of the film called Express Rum. And, fairly quickly, the two actors began to flirt. Asked by the court when he became aware of his attraction to his colleague, the actor said: “During a scene in the shower, where we were kissing. I felt something that I shouldn’t have because at that time she had her partner [Tasya van Ree, NDLR] and I had Vanessa [Paradis, NDLR]. It all started with that kiss in the shower.“If we can not blame the actor for this kiss written in the script or the personal sensations felt at this precise moment, Johnny Depp on the other hand pushed the cork further when the cameras were off.
Indeed, if the hero of Pirates of the Caribbean had already admitted a few years ago to having felt things for Amber Heard from the time he was in a relationship with Vanessa Paradis, it did not seem that he had faulted. But, during his hearing, he made late revelations by acknowledging that in reality something had happened between them! As related Closer who consulted the audience, Johnny and Amber would thus have met one evening after the shooting, in the comedian’s dressing room-caravan and would have shared “a glass of wine and kisses“. Being unfaithful to Vanessa Paradis – from whom he will separate in 2012 – Johnny Depp affirms that he had then taken the lead so that it does not go wrong any more: “Amber wanted to stay, but I realized it was best to leave it at that.“
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will meet again in 2011 to promote the film. Then, after the split between the actor and Vanessa Paradis, they got married before a wedding in 2015. They officially divorced in 2016, Amber obtaining the tidy sum of $ 7 million from her ex-husband in the process. ..