Johnny Deppand onlookers in the courtroom laughed at his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard when the actor’s security guard was asked on the stand whether he once saw Depp’s exposed penis.
On Thursday, Depp’s bodyguard Malcom Connolly addressed the star’s time in Australia back in 2015 while filmingPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Heard lived with Depp in Australia during that period.
In cross-examination, Heard’s lawyer asked Connolly, who appeared via live video link in the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom, whether he witnessed Depp urinating in the foyer of their residence at the time. Connolly confirmed he heard noise inside the home and that when he entered, he saw Depp in the foyer.
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The pair met while making the 2011 movieThe Rum Diaryand later wed in 2015. They broke up in May 2016 when Heard sought a domestic violence restraining order against him, accusing him of abusing her. Depp denied the claims, and they settled theirdivorceout of court in August 2016.
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Depp has testified that his “goal is the truth” as he seeks to clear his name in the trial, which is being televised live via various outlets. Ahead of the trial, Heard — who has not taken the stand yet — said in a statement that “hopefully when this case concludes, I can move on and so can Johnny. I have always maintained a love for Johnny and it brings me great pain to have to live out the details of our past life together in front of the world.”
Rottenborn told the courtroom, “Amber did suffer sexual violence at the hands of Depp. … You will hear in the most graphic and horrifying terms about the violence that she suffered. You’ll hear that straight from her. She will get on the stand and she will tell you that. It happened.”
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Shortly after, Rottenborn listed a time when Depp allegedly had a three-day, alcohol-fueled blackoutwhile in Australia in 2015toward the end of their marriage, when Depp “abused and sexually assaulted Amber, all because she had the courage to confront him about his drinking.”
Concluding his testimony earlier this week, Depp — who has said multiple times under oath that he has never struck Heard or any woman — said that, after Heard’s allegations against him, he lost “nothing short of everything.”
Back in November 2020, Depplost his highly publicized U.K. libel lawsuit caseagainst British tabloidThe Sunfor calling him a “wife-beater.” The court upheld the outlet’s claims as being “substantially true” and Heard testified to back up the claims. In March 2021, his attempt tooverturn the decision was overruled.
source: people.com
