Video of Amber Heard’s sister shows actress ‘beat’ her, Johnny Depp trial hears in last-minute submission
- Footage in Depp’s trial against The Sun newspaper came from an anonymous tipster
- Depp’s lawyer called the video ‘critical’ to the trial
Johnny Depp’s legal team played an anonymous tipster’s video at his libel trial Friday aimed at proving ex-wife Amber Heard had a violent streak and once beat up her sister.
The last-minute submission came in the third week of Depp’s lawsuit against Britain’s tabloid The Sun in London’s High Court over a 2018 story accusing him of being a “wife beater”.
The Pirates of the Caribbeans franchise actor says the false allegation ruined his reputation and cost him lucrative Hollywood jobs.
The Sun counters it can back up its claim by 14 cases of abuse against the 34-year-old model and actress in a three-year span leading up to Heard’s 2016 decision to file for divorce.
Depp’s lawyer David Sherborne interrupted planned testimony Friday and asked judge Andrew Nicol to allow him to play what he called “critical” new evidence in the case.