Johnny Depp is standing firm in his claims that ex-wife Amber Heard’s testimony in their ongoing defamation trial is “all false.”
As he returned to the stand Wednesday, the actor told the courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia, “No human being is perfect, certainly not. None of us. But I have never in my life committed sexual battery, physical abuse, all these outlandish, outrageous stories of me committing these things and living with it for six years and waiting to be able to bring the truth out.”
“This is not easy for any of us; I know that,” Depp added, saying earlier, “I don’t think anyone enjoys having to split themselves open and tell the truth.”
Of Heard — who has maintained that everything she has said regarding the alleged abuse she received at the hands of Depp, 58, has been truthful — Depp said on the stand that the actress’s testimony was “insane,” had “gotten out of control” and was “horrible,” “heinous,” “ridiculous” and “humiliating.”
He also called it “painful,” “savage,” “ludicrous,” “unimaginably brutal,” “cruel” — and “all false.”
“No matter what happens, I did get here and I did tell the truth, and I have spoken up for what I’ve been carrying on my back reluctantly for six years,” he said.
Depp is suing Heard for defamation in the trial that kicked off April 11, arguing that her 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post about surviving domestic violence tarnished his reputation and ruined his career opportunities, even though she didn’t mention him by name in the article.
