Unsealed Johnny Depp and Amber Heard court documents reveal new information, stir up online battle – National

Despite the ruling in June, more details about the celebrity libel trial between ex-spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have come to light in the form of unsealed court documents. wind.

On July 13, more than 6,000 pages of legal files from the case were sealed. The Daily Beast, which first reported on the documents this weekend, said the information sheds light on the clear strategies of both Depp and Heard’s legal team.

Much of the new information doesn’t bode well for Depp, who received overwhelming support during a six-week field trial in Fairfax County, Va.

Several purported copies of unsealed court documents have been shared online, including by YouTuber and legal commentator Andrea Burkhart, who shared the files to her website. . Burkhart accepted donations from viewers to pay a fee of more than $3,300 to download the material.

New information alleges that Depp’s legal team attempted to submit several items as evidence but was never included in the trial, including Heard’s nude photo. In the unsealed documents, Heard’s attorney argued for the exclusion of nudity, calling the proposed submission of evidence “irrelevant personal matters.”

Neither Depp nor Heard have commented publicly on the unsealed court documents.

Heard’s attorneys also struggled to dismiss Depp’s attempt to mention Aquaman the actor’s time was allegedly working as an exotic dancer, claiming the information was provided only as a means to “suggest or maliciously imply that Miss Heard had been a guardian throw.”

During the disqualification, Depp’s legal team also questioned Heard’s sister, Whitney Henriquez, about the alleged speeding fines and suspension that Heard obtained when she was a teenager. a teenager.

According to court documents, they asked Henriquez if the death of Heard’s friend Logan (who died in a car crash as a teenager) had anything to do with his suspended license. Heard or not. Henriquez allegedly told Depp’s attorney that the license suspension “had nothing to do with that.”

Text messages from Depp and his associates were mentioned in unsealed court documents, but were not read aloud in court, including messages about an alleged incident when Heard claimed Depp kicked her on a flight in 2014.

A text appears to have been sent from Depp to Heard: “Once again, I find myself in a place of shame and regret. Of course I’m sorry… I will never do it again… My illness somehow crept in and grabbed me… I feel so bad for letting you down.”

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However, records of these texts (which were presented during the trial of the lost Depp in the UK in 2020) could not be found in the star’s iCloud, and according to Depp’s legal team, may have been deleted”.

Court documents also allege that Heard refused “tens of millions” of dollars in a divorce from Depp.

Heard’s attorneys, through unsealed court documents, claim Depp and his legal counsel edited the visual and audio evidence submitted during the trial. They claim that metadata analysis related to photos and video “reveals that the items were ‘Modified’ several days prior to production in this case.”

Among several other claims, Depp’s attorneys have struggled to remove all mention of the actor’s friendship with controversial musician Marilyn Manson (who was mentioned in the trial) and that the law Depp’s former mentor, Adam Waldman has “Russian ties” (not mentioned in court).

Of course, there were also motions by Heard’s attorneys that were denied and therefore inadmissible in court, including the claim that But the pirate of the Caribbean The actor suffers from erectile dysfunction.

Page Six reported court documents show Heard’s attorneys argued that although Depp “would rather not disclose his erectile dysfunction, it is entirely related to sexual violence.” sex, including Depp getting angry and using a bottle of wine to rape Amber Heard.”

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In July, Heard announced she would appeal the verdict from the defamation trial.

A Virginia court ordered Heard to pay Depp $10.35 million for defaming the actor in a Washington Post article written by Heard after their divorce. She won a smaller $2 million judgment on the counterclaim against Depp.

This weekend, several hashtags popped up on social media due to unsealed court documents, including #AmberHeardDeservesAnApology. Online discussions still seem to favor Depp, even in hashtags calling for Heard’s domestic violence claims to be believed.

There could be a slight shift to pro-Heard sentiment online, though – much of it sparked by Burkhart and her YouTube follow-up, after analyzing unlisted documents. wind.

In July, Depp settled a separate lawsuit in which he allegedly punched a crew member on the set of the film. City of Lies in 2017. The terms of the agreement were not made public.

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