JOHNNY DEPP. The American actor finds himself again facing Amber Heard in court from this Monday, April 11, 2022. Several stars are called to testify.
[Mis à jour le 11 avril 2022 à 15h17] Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard, Round 2! The two American stars face each other again in court from this Monday, April 11, 2022. The exes accuse each other of defamation, Johnny Depp having filed a complaint against his former wife after a column published in the Washington Post in 2018 in which she said she was a victim of domestic violence without naming him. Johnny Depp is seeking $50 million in damages. Amber Heard, she counter-attacked by filing a complaint in turn for defamation against her ex, claiming this time 100 million dollars.
This new trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp will be held for several weeks at the Fairfax court, located near Washington. Well-known personalities are expected to testify in favor of one or the other, such as Elon Musk, Paul Bettany or James Franco. This new trial should lead to new unpacking of their private lives, after the resounding trial that took place in London in 2020.
Message from Amber Heard
With the opening of this first day of trial against Johnny Depp, Amber Heard posted a message on Instagram in which she announces that she will withdraw from social networks for the next few weeks. She justifies this decision by the current legal proceedings. “I will always love Johnny and it hurts me so much that I had to rehash the details of our past life together in front of the world,” she also wrote. A request from the actress to turn the page with her ex-husband?
Johnny Depp is an American actor. He is known for his collaborations with Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…) but also for having played the famous pirate Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. . He also joined the Fantastic Beasts cast as Gellert Grindelwald for the first two films. Since 2016, he has faced domestic violence charges against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard.
John Christopher Depp II, aka Johnny Depp was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky. Son of an engineer and a waitress, the future actor is first and foremost a music enthusiast. He joined the group The Kids, and made the first part of the Iggy Pop tour. Two years later, the musicians will perform at Los Angeles, but the group did not achieve the long-awaited success. This is where Johnny Depp met the actor Nicholas Cage, which puts him in touch with his agent. He thus won a small role in 1984 in the cult film, The Claws of Night by Wes Craven.
Johnny Depp found his calling, he decided to take acting lessons, then became famous in 1987 with the series 21 Jump Street. His career is launched, but he decides to break with the image conveyed by his character on television. He then plays in cry baby by John Waters and interprets ever more surprising characters. The film Edward Scissorhands marks the beginning of a wonderful collaboration with the director Tim Burtonwho will make him his favorite actor, continuing with films Ed Wood In 1994, sleepy hollowthe legend of the headless horseman in 2000, Charlie and the chocolate factory in 2005, Funeral ritesor the musical Sweeney Todd.
Confirmed artist with multiple hats, Johnny Depp continues to diversify roles and appears where you least expect it (The Ninth Gate, From Hell, The Tourist, rango). Despite his success, the actor remains faithful to director Tim Burton, for whom he delivers a fabulous performance as a mad hatter in his adaptation ofAlice in Wonderlandthen as a bewitched vampire in Dark Shadows. He also regularly meets the filmmaker Gore Verbinsky for the saga Pirates of the Caribbean, rango and Lone Ranger which did not meet with the expected success in 2013. However, he experienced several critical and commercial flops with Transcendence (2014) and Charlie Mortdecai (2015), before resuming the role of the Mad Hatter in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 ). His career, however, experienced a new lease of life at the end of 2016, when Johnny Depp was officially announced in the casting of Fantastic Beasts, in the role of the evil mage Gellert Grindelwald. He embodies this role in the first two installments of the franchise. His accusations of domestic violence on Amber Heard, however, taint his presence in the films. The lost lawsuit against the Sun in November 2020 earned him to resign from the franchise derived from Harry Potter.
Johnny Depp has had several high-profile relationships during his life. The best known are those with Vanessa Paradis and Amber Heard. Previously, he was married for two years to Wiktoria Michel from 1983 to 1985, before being engaged for less than a year to Jennifer Gray (Dirty Dancing) from 1988 to 1989. He is also credited with a relationship with the actress Sherilyn Fenn, actress Winona Ryder (1989-1993) model Kate Moss (1994-1997).
From 1998 to 2012, Johnny Depp was in a relationship with Vanessa Paradis. The couple never married, but will have two children together, the actor and singer’s only children: actress Lily-Rose Depp and Jack John Christopher III Depp. The separation of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis is announced in a press release in June 2012, after 14 years together. However, they declare to keep friendly relations and separate while remaining friends.
Johnny Depp met Amber Heard on the set of the film Rhum Express, released in 2011. The couple married in 2015, before separating in 2016. The actress seen in Aquaman accuses him of domestic violence, which Johnny Depp denies, claiming to have received blows from his ex-wife. In July 2020, a defamation lawsuit pitted the actor against the Sun, which had called the actor a “violent husband”. On November 2, 2020, Johnny Depp lost his lawsuit against the and appealed for judgment. After collecting testimony from the actress and relatives of both parties, Judge Nicol ruled that the words and qualifications used by the Sun in their article were “substantially true”.
After the decision was made, a Sun spokesperson reacted to AFP by stating that “theVictims of domestic violence should never have to be silent”, thanking the judge and the actress “for her courage to testify before the Court”. The lawyers of Amber Heard for their part considered that “this decision and this judgment are not a surprise”, the actress wishing however “to obtain justice” in another procedure which is in progress in the United States. Following this defeat, Warner Bros asked him to withdraw from his role as Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts, which he accepted. However, he continues to maintain his innocence. He is replaced by actor Mads Mikkelsen for the third installment.
Wealth management controversies
Johnny Depp has also made headlines for how he spends his fortune. He would thus suffer from oniomania, a compulsive buying disorder. His manager revealed in 2017 that he had “spent $480 million over twenty years, an average of $55,000 a day.” Among his acquisitions are a ranch in Kentucky, an atoll in the Bahamas, five villas in Beverly Hills, 14 homes for 75 million dollars but also works of art by Warhol, Basquiat, Klimt or Modigliani, 45 luxury automobiles or even 70 collectible guitars.