I didn’t deserve that and neither did my children.” The Kentucky native went on to claim that Disney dropped him from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise less than a week after Heard’s Washington Post op-ed was published.ĭuring the trial, Heard claimed that the media attention surrounding the case has hurt her career prospects as well. “One day you’re Cinderella and then in zero point six seconds you’re Quasimodo. “It’s been six years of trying times,” Depp testified in April 2022. The What’s Eating Gilbert Grape star, who was married to Heard from 2015 to 2017, denies all allegations of physical abuse and claims that the article damaged his career and reputation.
Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard began in April 2022 - and the actress’ role in DC’s Aquaman film series has repeatedly come up throughout the highly publicized proceedings.ĭepp is suing his Rum Diary costar over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she identified herself as a victim of domestic violence but did not mention the Pirates of the Caribbean actor by name.
