The sealed exhibits of the over-publicized trial between the two stars have been revealed: photos whose authenticity is highly questioned, but also elements of Johnny Depp’s medical file that Amber Heard’s lawyers wanted to use in the context of the case…
In the wake of the numerous documents revealed in recent days on the defamation lawsuit between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in May 2022, a good number of unfavorable elements with regard to the actor are now known.
In addition to his SMS exchanges with some of his close friends, Marilyn Manson or Paul Bethany, the actor would also have manipulated evidence in order to show that he would have been abused by Amber Heard.
Johnny Depp’s turn to be suspected of having manipulated photos
According to a request made by Amber Heard’s team of lawyers in December 2021, the metadata of the photos submitted by Johnny Depp’s team show that these documents have been modified or even created in 2019 or 2020, several years after the photos were allegedly taken in 2015.
These are pictures scratches and bruisesas well as that of a bloody finger and a mark on his face.
Disturbing details, especially since Johnny Depp’s lawyers largely supported during the trial the fact that certain photos showing the swollen face of Ambert Heard would have been changed, what Amber Heard denied.
Other sordid elements were made public like Johnny Depp’s health and his drug treatments, including taking Cialis, used to treat erectile dysfunction. According to Amber Heard’s attorneys, her “ erectile dysfunction is relevant to the use of a bottle to rape Amber Heard, in addition to explaining Mr. Depp’s state of mind and anger”.
At the beginning of May, the actress has indeed testified in court at Fairfax Court that she was raped by Johnny Depp in 2015. The sequence, particularly trying, was mocked and mocked on TikTok by many of the actor’s supporters like many other speakers at the bar.
The testimony of Ellen Barkin, former close friend of Johnny Depp
It’s finally the testimony of an ex-girlfriend of Johnny Depp which contributes to giving another color to the verdict of this trial and to the terrible consequences on the media treatment of gender-based and sexual violence.
Actress Ellen Barkin was in a relationship with the actor in the 90s, and claims that he allegedly made her take drugs (she says she consented after protesting, giving in to Johnny Depp’s insistence) during their first sexual encounter. This specific element of his testimony given in 2019 however, was not brought before the court during the trial in May.
His testimony also came back to Johnny Depp’s behaviorsa man often very drunk, according to Ellen Barkin: “There was always an atmosphere of violence. He screams. He uses verbal abuse. He was screaming a lot. »
Ellen Barkin also described him as particularly possessive and seeking to control his movements and his associations: “He’s a jealous man who wants to control ‘Where are you going? And with who ? What did you do last night ?”. I had a scratch on my back, which pissed him off because he was sure it was because I slept with someone other than him. »
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