Johnny Depp leaves silence. Three years after her defamation judgment that opposed her ex -wife, actress Amber heard, the star of Caribbean pirates Book of rare confidences about this ultra mediated legal battle.
In an interview with Sunday Times, the actor claims to have been “an Indian bunny for Metao” during this trial. However, he specifies that “he did not regret” during these six weeks of hearing during which he believes he had fought “until the end”, especially for his relatives.
“If I don’t try to tell the truth, it’s as if I had really committed the actions they accuse me. And my children will have to live with her,” says Johnny Depp.
The actor is the father of Lily-Rose, 26, and Jack, 23, born of his relationship with Vanessa Paradis.
“I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but I didn’t care. I told myself: ‘I will fight until the end,” continues the actor.
Johnny Depp also explains that he was disappointed by several people around him during this period, as one of his agents with whom the actor worked for 30 years.
“She told court that it was a bad person (…) these bastards that lie to you, celebrate you, but say all kinds of horrors behind your back and keep your money, because they want money.”
The former condemned spouses
Married between 2015 and 2017, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, faced in court during an ultra -mediated trial in 2022. The actor had attacked his former partner in defamation by claiming him $ 50 million for a forum published by the Washington Post In 2018, in which the actress described herself as “a public figure that represents domestic violence”, without naming Johnny Depp. Amber Heard then countered by asking him for double.
At the end of six weeks of debate, the jurors of the Court of Fairfax, in the Washington suburbs, had concluded that the former spouses had defamed each other. Amber Heard had been Condemned to pay $ 10.35 million to Johnny Deppwhile the actor had been sentenced to his ex -wife $ 2 million.
The actress who had been The objective of violent attacks In social networks during the duration of the trial, he had finally announced that He resigned attractive of this judicial decision, revealing to have dropped to An agreement with Johnny Depp, which carries the sum that owes one million dollars.
Since then, Johnny Depp has managed to rebuild his image. Notably produced an album with The artist Jeff Beck And he returned to the cinema in the last Maïwen’s moviePresented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. The feature film will also soon play Drink dayScheduled for 2026.
Source: BFM TV
