Johnny Depponce spoke aboutAmber Heard’s “rotting corpse,” text messages revealed in court show.
In the text, Depp said he hoped Heard’s “rotting corpse is decomposing in the f—–g trunk of a Honda Civic.” Baruch corroborated the message was sent: “Yeah, it was written.” Depp also texted about Heard: “That c— ruined such a f—–g cool life we had for a while.”
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Baruch got emotional during cross examination when talking about how Heard’s allegations impacted Depp and those who are close with the actor. “It’s not fair. It’s not right what she did and what happened for so many people to get affected from this. It’s insane how this happened.”
Bredehoft then asked, “Mr. Baruch, you don’t know whether Mr. Depp has committed domestic violence of Amber Heard, do you?” Baruch answered after a pause, “I never saw or witnessed whatever type of claim that is being said. Ever.”
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Depp originally filed the $50 million lawsuit in March 2019, but it waspostponeddue to the pandemic.
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.
The pair, who met making the 2011 movieThe Rum Diary, 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.
On Saturday, Heardwroteon Instagram that she will be avoiding social media until after the trial,thanking her followers for their support.
She said, in part, “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. At this time, I recognize the ongoing support I’ve been fortunate to receive throughout these years, and in these coming weeks I will be leaning on it more than ever.”
source: people.com
