Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have issued statements amidst their ongoing trial.
On Friday (May 6), both the 58-year-old actor and 36-year-old actress released statements via their legal teams. Their statements come a day after Amber’s shocking testimony in court where she detailed the alleged abuse she experienced from Johnny.
A rep for Johnny stated:
“As Mr. Depp‘s counsel correctly predicted in their opening statements last month, Ms. Heard did indeed deliver ‘the performance of her life’ in her direct examination.
While Ms. Heard’s stories have continued to grow new and convenient details, Mr. Depp‘s recollections have remained exactly the same throughout the six painful years since her first allegations were made. His truth — the truth — is the same no matter the environment in which it has been presented.”
The statement ended with this:
“The upcoming cross examination from Mr. Depp‘s team will be most telling, and will certainly highlight the many fallacies Ms. Heard has now attempted to pass off as fact throughout her convoluted testimony.”
In response to Johnny’s statement, Amber’s team declared:
“As evidenced by the statement just released, Mr. Depp‘s defamation claim is falling apart so rapidly that his counsel are turning from prosecutor to persecutor.
They boast that Mr. Depp‘s story has not changed. If so, since he lost the Domestic Violence Restraining Order and he resoundingly lost the libel case in the UK, perhaps he should consider a new strategy rather than the recycled approach of attacking the victim, and refusing to take responsibility for his own conduct.
If Mr. Depp was truly innocent, why has he repeatedly apologized to Ms. Heard and promised to put the ‘monster away for good.’”
Amber’s team stated that one of her “disappointments” is Johnny’s “inability to distinguish fact from fiction — a malady which appears to have spread to his legal team” and went on to say:
“That same team is so panicked they are fighting tooth and nail to prevent compelling evidence and photos from being introduced. Small wonder Mr. Depp does not have the fortitude or courage to even look at Ms. Heard at all throughout the proceedings — as he could not in the UK trial — and, instead he doodles and snickers.
Mr. Depp’s behavior in this trial has been as pitiful as it was in their marriage. Apparently, they feel they must double-down on their demonstrably losing two-part strategy: distract the jury and demonize the victim.”
