Johnny Deppwas asked to read some of his incendiary past text messages about ex-wifeAmber Heardaloud in court Thursday, admitting to those present that he isn’t proud of the language.

On Thursday, Depp, 58, answered questions from Heard’s lawyers during cross examination in Fairfax, Virginiaafter finishing his witness testimony, which began Tuesday. During his testimony, the actor spoke about his career, past substance abuse,childhood abuse he sufferedand his romantic relationship with Heard, which began while promoting their 2011 movieThe Rum Diary.

At one point, her attorney Ben Rottenborn asked Depp to read an October 2016 text messages he sent to longtime friend and neighbor Isaac Baruch. The actor prefaced the piece of evidence, “I’ll just say that I’m not proud of any of the language that I used in these anger—.”

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Depp was asked to read the first one aloud: “Is the slippery whore that I donated my j— to for awhile staying there???” After Depp said in passing, “I’m not sure I sent that text,” Rottenborn insisted on reading the other one out loud: “Hopefully that c—’s rotting corpse is decomposing in the f—–g trunk of a Honda Civic!!”

One of Depp’s witnesses, their former marriage counselor Dr. Laurel Anderson, previously testified that Depp and Heardengaged in “mutual abuse” with each other. Anderson said she also observed “multiple” small bruises on Heard’s face at an in-person meeting.

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Actor Johnny Depp listens as he testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., . Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse

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About the headline, “tragically, it’s true,” 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.”

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.”

Actor Amber Heard speaks with her legal team in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., . Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse

Heard and Depp 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 the former couple settled theirdivorceout of court in August 2016.

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