Johnny Depptook the stage Tuesday for the third night in a row with friend and collaborator Jeff Beck as jury deliberations continued in his defamation trial against ex-wifeAmber Heard.
ThePirates of the Caribbeanstar, 58, first joined Beck, 77, on Sunday night during his show at Sheffield City Hall. The pair then appeared together at Royal Albert Hall on Monday and Tuesday.
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They appeared to launch right into a performance of “Heddy Lamar,” a song they’re previously performed together. Other songs this week have included covers of John Lennon’s “Isolation,” Dennis Wilson’s “Time,” Killing Joke’s “The Death and Resurrection Show,” the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s “Little Wing” and Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On.”
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On Friday, a seven-person jury began deliberating in Depp’s ongoing trial against Heard, 36, in Fairfax County, Virginia. He’s suing theAquamanactress for defamation over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote about coming forward with domestic abuse claims. He’s seeking $50 million in damages, claiming it stifled his career prospects.
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Earlier in his testimony, Depp discussed his music career and playing guitar, plus how becoming a musician was always his first ambition. He is part of the band Hollywood Vampires with rockers Alice Cooper and Joe Perry.
He spoke about his passion for guitar-playing while arguing why hewouldn’t have severed his fingerhimself during an alleged 2015 fight with Heard in Australia. (He says she threw a liquor bottle at him which cut off the tip of his finger,which she denied.)
From left: Johnny Depp, Kate Moss, Amber Heard.EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty; Taylor Hill/Getty; JIM LO SCALZO/POOL/AFP via Getty
Moss, meanwhile, testified on May 24 via video, addressing a reference Heard made in previous testimony about Moss and “stairs.”
The 48-year-old British model — who said that she and Depp dated from 1994 to 1998 — testified that the alleged incident occurred while they were vacationing at a resort in Jamaica, and that he did not push her when she fell.
“We were leaving the room and Johnny left the room before I did. There had been a rainstorm. As I left the room, I slid down the stairs and I hurt my back,” she said under oath. “I screamed because I didn’t know what happened to me and I was in pain. He came running back to help me and carried me to my room and got me medical attention.”
The jury resumed deliberation on Tuesday after the Memorial Day holiday. When the verdict comes through, it’ll be 18 months since Depp lost his U.K. libel case.
Back in November 2020, the actorlost the highly publicized libel lawsuit casein London against 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.
source: people.com
