Share this @internewscast.com

Actors Johnny Depp, 58, and Amber Heard, 35, continue the ugly fallout from their contentious divorce. This time, jurors in Fairfax County, Virginia will decide whether Heard defamed Depp in a Washington Post op-ed from 2018. Opening statements are set to begin 10am ET om Tuesday, April 12.

It is the next stage of their raucous split. Heard filed for divorce in 2016 and claimed he was abusive throughout their relationship. Depp has said that the allegations damaged his reputation and career. He answered back with recriminations. Heard was the actual abuser, he said.

He filed the lawsuit in question after The Washington Post published an op-ed she wrote in 2018. Though she did not name Depp in the article, she wrote about getting blowback for stepping forward with her abuse claims.

“Friends and advisers told me I would never again work as an actress — that I would be blacklisted,” she wrote. “A movie I was attached to recast my role. I had just shot a two-year campaign as the face of a global fashion brand, and the company dropped me. Questions arose as to whether I would be able to keep my role of Mera in the movies ‘Justice League’ and ‘Aquaman.””

Depp’s complaint said Heard had a history of being an abuser.

“With a prior arrest for violent domestic abuse and having confessed under oath to a series of violent attacks on Mr. Depp, Ms. Heard is not a victim of domestic abuse; she is a perpetrator,” the lawsuit stated. “Ms. Heard violently abused Mr. Depp, just as she was caught and arrested for violently abusing her former domestic partner.”

Heard was arrested in 2009 for allegedly striking then-girlfriend Tasya Van Ree at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Prosecutors in King County, Washington, declined to formally press charges though police took her in for misdemeanor assault in the fourth degree/domestic violence, according to USA Today.

When news of the arrest surfaced in 2016, Van Ree said Heard was “wrongfully” accused.

“It’s disheartening that Amber’s integrity and story are being questioned yet again,” she reportedly wrote. “Amber is a brilliant, honest and beautiful woman and I have the utmost respect for her. We shared 5 wonderful years together and remain close to this day.”

Depp lost a separate libel lawsuit in the United Kingdom. Tabloid The Sun described him as a “wife beater” in a headline.  The trial court ruled that the headline was “substantially true.” His appeal failed in March 2021.

[Image via Alison Buck/Getty Images]

Have a tip we should know? [email protected]

Source: This post first appeared on

Share this @internewscast.com
You May Also Like

Man Convicted for Stabbing Teen 22 Times and Concealing Her Body

Background: News footage of Nathaniel Bevers-McGivney in court (KCCI). Inset: Michele “Luna”…

Man Arrested in Connection with New York Child Sexual Battery Case

Staff report from Gainesville Police Department social media post GAINESVILLE, Fla. –…

Georgia Teen Faces Adult Charges Months After Delivering Tearful Eulogy; Accused of Killing Mother and Stepfather, Police Report

A 17-year-old teenager from Georgia has been accused of murdering her mother…

Watchdog Accuses Trump Administration of FOIA Violations Concerning Emil Bove Records

Former President Donald Trump is seen in court beside his lawyer, Emil…

Paddleboarder’s Mysterious Death at Pond Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

The investigation continues into the case of a paddleboarder who was found…

Frustrated Judge Criticizes Department of Justice Lawyer at Abrego Garcia Hearing

Inset: Kilmar Abrego Garcia in an undated photo (CASA). Background: President Donald…

Girlfriend of Bali bombing survivor has clinic targeted in arson attack

A Melbourne skin-care clinic that was firebombed overnight is owned by the…

Update: Suspect in Alabama Double Homicide Arrested After Mother and Daughter Discovered Dead in Auburn Home

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has canceled a statewide AMBER Alert for…

Gainesville Resident Accused of Coercing Friend into Assisting Escape from July 2nd Shooting Scene

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Xzavier Taylor Hawkins, 20, was apprehended yesterday…

Man Accused of Harassing Women at Gas Station Fatally Shoots Another Man: Police

Background: The BP at 778 Grant Street in Akron, Ohio (Google Maps)…

“Who could be responsible for this?’: Firebombing attack targets new childcare center”

A newly opened childcare centre has become the target of a firebombing…

Nurse Alters Plea in Unauthorized Foot Amputation Case

Background: Spring Valley Senior Living and Healthcare Campus in Spring Valley, Wisconsin…