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Johnny Depp Describes Ben Rottenborn’s Examination As ‘Hit Pieces’

By Chinelo Eze

26 April 2022   |   9:51 am

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Depp, a three-time Oscar nominee, and Heard met in 2009 on the set of the film "The Rum Diary" and were married in February 2015. Their divorce was finalised two years later. Heard's attorney Ben Rottenborn have alleged that Depp would become a physically and sexually abusive "monster" when he was drunk or on drugs,…

Johnny Depp. CREDIT: Getty Images

Depp, a three-time Oscar nominee, and Heard met in 2009 on the set of the film “The Rum Diary” and were married in February 2015. Their divorce was finalised two years later.

Heard’s attorney Ben Rottenborn have alleged that Depp would become a physically and sexually abusive “monster” when he was drunk or on drugs, and pressed him extensively about his drug and alcohol use during his three days of cross-examination on the witness stand.

“If anyone had a problem with my drinking, at any time in my life, it was me,” Depp said. “The only person I’ve ever abused in my life is myself.”

Heard’s lawyer also sought to convince the jury that the accusations against Depp pre-dated the Washington Post column that Heard wrote.

Rottenborn noted that Heard had filed a temporary restraining order against Depp in Los Angeles in May 2016, citing abuse, and quoted headlines from a number of newspaper articles.

“These are all hit pieces,” Depp replied.

Depp also played down some of the harsh languages he used to describe Heard in text messages to various friends, including one that said

“I can only hope that karma kicks in and takes the gift of breath from her.”

“It’s just irreverent and abstract humour,” Depp said, and he was “ashamed that this has to be spread on the world like peanut butter.”