Amber Heard’s 2018 op-ed on gender-based violence ignited her current legal battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp, and now it’s been revealed the piece was timed to coincide with the release of her film “Aquaman.”
Terence Dougherty, general counsel and COO for the ACLU said, in a pre-recorded deposition played Thursday in Depp’s defamation trial against Heard, that the actress worked directly with the individual rights organization on what the op-ed would say, where it would be published and when it would be released.
“Placing op-eds about matters such as this is the kind of thing that is the bread and butter for the ACLU,” Dougherty explained in the video played Thursday in a Fairfax, Virginia courtroom.
He noted that Heard was asked to share her story because she was an ACLU ambassador working on women’s rights issues, particularly those surrounding gender-based violence, and the group wanted someone...
Terence Dougherty, general counsel and COO for the ACLU said, in a pre-recorded deposition played Thursday in Depp’s defamation trial against Heard, that the actress worked directly with the individual rights organization on what the op-ed would say, where it would be published and when it would be released.
“Placing op-eds about matters such as this is the kind of thing that is the bread and butter for the ACLU,” Dougherty explained in the video played Thursday in a Fairfax, Virginia courtroom.
He noted that Heard was asked to share her story because she was an ACLU ambassador working on women’s rights issues, particularly those surrounding gender-based violence, and the group wanted someone...
- 4/29/2022
- by Jenyne Donaldson and Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Amber Heard will take the stand next week as the first witness for her defense in the 50 million defamation trial instigated by Johnny Depp.
The Aquaman actress could begin her testimony in the Fairfax County Courthouse as soon as Monday, once Depp’s team finish their case, we hear.
How To Watch The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial: Livestream And Schedule
Before the April 11 start of the much-delayed five-week trial in Virginia, Heard tried unsuccessfully on numerous occasions to have the suit filed in March 2019 by her ex-husband and Run Diary co-star dismissed or moved to another jurisdiction. In summer 2020, the actress filed a 100 million countersuit against Depp.
There is a chance that Heard’s time on the stand could be changed if a substantial shift occurs in the plaintiff’s closing witnesses, we’re told. But that is seen as unlikely at this late in the game.
Representatives for...
The Aquaman actress could begin her testimony in the Fairfax County Courthouse as soon as Monday, once Depp’s team finish their case, we hear.
How To Watch The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial: Livestream And Schedule
Before the April 11 start of the much-delayed five-week trial in Virginia, Heard tried unsuccessfully on numerous occasions to have the suit filed in March 2019 by her ex-husband and Run Diary co-star dismissed or moved to another jurisdiction. In summer 2020, the actress filed a 100 million countersuit against Depp.
There is a chance that Heard’s time on the stand could be changed if a substantial shift occurs in the plaintiff’s closing witnesses, we’re told. But that is seen as unlikely at this late in the game.
Representatives for...
- 4/28/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Johnny Depp is currently undergoing a trial as part of his libel action against The Sun, the publication that called him a “wife-beater” in a 2018 article.
The defendants continue to accuse the Pirates of the Caribbean star of abusing his then-wife Amber Heard, but the people close to the former couple all seem to concur that Depp wasn’t the kind of person to hurt someone, not to mention that none of them have ever seen him lay a finger on the Aquaman actress. Nevertheless, Heard appeared in the London High Court this week to testify, alleging that her ex-husband once held her hostage for three days and attempted to physically hurt her by throwing bottles at the London Fields star “like grenades.”
The incident, which took place in Australia in 2015, has been the subject of much controversy over the past week. Even Malcolm Connolly, Depp’s bodyguard who escorted...
The defendants continue to accuse the Pirates of the Caribbean star of abusing his then-wife Amber Heard, but the people close to the former couple all seem to concur that Depp wasn’t the kind of person to hurt someone, not to mention that none of them have ever seen him lay a finger on the Aquaman actress. Nevertheless, Heard appeared in the London High Court this week to testify, alleging that her ex-husband once held her hostage for three days and attempted to physically hurt her by throwing bottles at the London Fields star “like grenades.”
The incident, which took place in Australia in 2015, has been the subject of much controversy over the past week. Even Malcolm Connolly, Depp’s bodyguard who escorted...
- 7/23/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
Malcolm Connolly, Johnny Depp‘s bodyguard who has worked with the actor for more than 16 years, testified at court on the sixth day of the trial against The Sun.
News Group Newspapers, representing the publication as its owner, went to court last week to defend against the Pirates of the Caribbean‘s libel case for writing up a piece that accused him of being a “wife-beater” back in 2016. While Sasha Wass QC, leading the defendants, has grilled Depp about getting physically violent with his then-wife on several occasions, the actor has also brought up instances of Heard attacking him, one of which was on her 30th birthday, where the Aquaman actress defecated in her former husband’s bed the next morning.
Now, the American thespian’s bodyguard, Malcolm Connolly, who previously asserted that he never saw Depp “attack or hit” his wife, has discussed the incident in March 2015 in Australia...
News Group Newspapers, representing the publication as its owner, went to court last week to defend against the Pirates of the Caribbean‘s libel case for writing up a piece that accused him of being a “wife-beater” back in 2016. While Sasha Wass QC, leading the defendants, has grilled Depp about getting physically violent with his then-wife on several occasions, the actor has also brought up instances of Heard attacking him, one of which was on her 30th birthday, where the Aquaman actress defecated in her former husband’s bed the next morning.
Now, the American thespian’s bodyguard, Malcolm Connolly, who previously asserted that he never saw Depp “attack or hit” his wife, has discussed the incident in March 2015 in Australia...
- 7/15/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
Johnny Depp‘s libel case against The Sun went into trial last week and the latest development involves an entry out of Amber Heard’s personal diary which details one of their violent fights.
The two sides have presented a lot of evidence and arguments to support their claims, and none have been anything short of controversial to this point. At first, the attorneys for Ngn, representing the publication, asked the Pirates of the Caribbean star about two instances where he allegedly slapped his former wife and jokingly threatened to throw her dog out the window. Depp, meanwhile, discussed Heard’s 30th birthday, when she defecated in his bed the morning after. And let’s not get started on the actor claiming his wife cheated on him with James Franco or the defendants bringing up Depp and Bettany’s private text messages to prove that he was abusive towards the Aquaman actress.
The two sides have presented a lot of evidence and arguments to support their claims, and none have been anything short of controversial to this point. At first, the attorneys for Ngn, representing the publication, asked the Pirates of the Caribbean star about two instances where he allegedly slapped his former wife and jokingly threatened to throw her dog out the window. Depp, meanwhile, discussed Heard’s 30th birthday, when she defecated in his bed the morning after. And let’s not get started on the actor claiming his wife cheated on him with James Franco or the defendants bringing up Depp and Bettany’s private text messages to prove that he was abusive towards the Aquaman actress.
- 7/14/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
Johnny Depp alleged that his former wife, Amber Heard, stubbed a cigarette out on his face, his bodyguard Malcolm Connolly told a court Tuesday.
Connolly, who has worked for Depp for about 16 years, was giving evidence at London’s Royal Courts of Justice on the sixth day of Depp’s libel trial against the publisher of The Sun newspaper.
Depp is suing News Group Newspapers and journalist Dan Wootton for an article on The Sun website that described him as a “wife beater.” Depp denies that he was violent toward Heard, to whom he was married from 2015 to 2017.
Connolly gave evidence about an incident in March 2015 in Australia, where Depp was shooting “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.” Connolly got an urgent call from the late Jerry Judge, the head of Depp’s security team, who told him: “Malcolm, get in the car, extract the boss from the situation.
Connolly, who has worked for Depp for about 16 years, was giving evidence at London’s Royal Courts of Justice on the sixth day of Depp’s libel trial against the publisher of The Sun newspaper.
Depp is suing News Group Newspapers and journalist Dan Wootton for an article on The Sun website that described him as a “wife beater.” Depp denies that he was violent toward Heard, to whom he was married from 2015 to 2017.
Connolly gave evidence about an incident in March 2015 in Australia, where Depp was shooting “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.” Connolly got an urgent call from the late Jerry Judge, the head of Depp’s security team, who told him: “Malcolm, get in the car, extract the boss from the situation.
- 7/14/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Amber Heard wrote in her diary about a “terrible” fight with her former husband Johnny Depp on a train journey during their 2015 honeymoon in Southeast Asia, a British court has heard.
The Aquaman actress’s diary was read aloud during Depp’s explosive, three-week High Court libel battle with British tabloid The Sun. The Edward Scissorhands actor is suing The Sun and its executive editor Dan Wootton after they described him as a “wife-beater” — an allegation he vehemently denies.
Per Press Association, Heard wrote: “Our fight was terrible. Johnny… at one point found himself with his shirt wrapped around my neck. Amazing to think about (the) precision, co-ordination that required considering the close circumstances… I don’t even know how I wound up with this huge, rather annoying knot on the back of my head. F*ck, I hate that.” She added: “We finally fell asleep with one another smashed together in desperate,...
The Aquaman actress’s diary was read aloud during Depp’s explosive, three-week High Court libel battle with British tabloid The Sun. The Edward Scissorhands actor is suing The Sun and its executive editor Dan Wootton after they described him as a “wife-beater” — an allegation he vehemently denies.
Per Press Association, Heard wrote: “Our fight was terrible. Johnny… at one point found himself with his shirt wrapped around my neck. Amazing to think about (the) precision, co-ordination that required considering the close circumstances… I don’t even know how I wound up with this huge, rather annoying knot on the back of my head. F*ck, I hate that.” She added: “We finally fell asleep with one another smashed together in desperate,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Malcolm Connolly invented story that the actor damaged his hand himself, court hears
Johnny Depp’s bodyguard has said the actor initially made up an excuse after his wife allegedly severed his finger during a row because victims often try to protect their abusers.
Giving evidence in Depp’s libel action against the Sun over an article that labelled him a “wife beater”, Malcolm Connolly was questioned about an incident in 2015 when Depp and his then wife, Amber Heard, were in Australia for the filming of one of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Depp has accused Heard of cutting off the tip of his finger when she hurled a vodka bottle, but wrote at the time that he had caused the injury himself.
Johnny Depp’s bodyguard has said the actor initially made up an excuse after his wife allegedly severed his finger during a row because victims often try to protect their abusers.
Giving evidence in Depp’s libel action against the Sun over an article that labelled him a “wife beater”, Malcolm Connolly was questioned about an incident in 2015 when Depp and his then wife, Amber Heard, were in Australia for the filming of one of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Depp has accused Heard of cutting off the tip of his finger when she hurled a vodka bottle, but wrote at the time that he had caused the injury himself.
- 7/14/2020
- by Ben Quinn
- The Guardian - Film News
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