Johnny Depp denied ever putting Amber Heard and claimed that she was the one who was regularly violent.
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Johnny Depp‘s profession and funds have been already in deep trouble earlier than his then-wife Amber Heard accused him of home violence in 2016, his former agent and enterprise supervisor testified on Thursday.
Tracey Jacobs, Depp’s former agent, mentioned the actor “grew to become the largest star on the earth” in the course of the three a long time she represented him in Hollywood.
However the fame of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star had begun to dim after 2010 due to his “unprofessional habits,” Jacobs mentioned.
The United Expertise Company (UTA) agent made the statements in a videotaped deposition on Day 19 of the defamation go well with filed by the 58-year-old Depp towards his former spouse.
Heard filed for a brief restraining order towards Depp in Could 2016, citing home violence, and subsequently filed for divorce.
Depp introduced go well with towards Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Submit in December 2018 wherein she described herself as a “public determine representing home abuse.”
Heard, who had a starring position in “Aquaman,” didn’t title Depp within the op-ed, however he sued her for implying he was a home abuser and is searching for $50 million in damages.
The 36-year-old Texas-born Heard countersued, asking for $100 million and claiming she suffered “rampant bodily violence and abuse” at his palms.
Depp, throughout his 4 days on the witness stand, denied ever putting Heard and claimed that she was the one who was regularly violent.
Depp’s legal professionals allege that the home abuse accusations broken his fame however his former agent mentioned his star had already begun to wane earlier than then.
She mentioned Depp’s “unprofessional habits” included drug and alcohol use and “displaying up late to set constantly on just about each film.”
“Crews do not love sitting round for hours and hours and hours ready for the star of the film to point out up,” she mentioned. “It is a small group and it made folks reluctant to make use of him towards the top.”
Jacobs additionally mentioned Depp was in such “monetary desperation” in January 2016 that he got here to the company and requested for $20 million.
“The query was not requested as a mortgage,” she mentioned.
Jacobs mentioned her companions instructed Depp the corporate was “not a financial institution” however they did assist him safe a mortgage by means of Financial institution of America.
– ‘Extraordinarily involved’ –
Josh Mandel, Depp’s former enterprise supervisor, was additionally requested concerning the actor’s monetary circumstances.
Mandel mentioned he had turn into “extraordinarily involved” about Depp’s monetary scenario in 2015.
There have been “fixed” conversations with Depp about curbing his spending, he mentioned, but it surely “by no means appeared to occur.”
“There was no followup,” he mentioned.
“It grew to become clear over time that there have been points with alcohol and medicines,” he mentioned. “And that translated into extra erratic behaviour.”
Depp was spending $300,000 a month on full-time workers at one level and one other $100,000 a month on a health care provider and nurses employed to make sure his sobriety, he mentioned.
Mandel estimated that Depp made round $600 million in the course of the a long time that he represented him.
Mandel was fired by Depp in 2016 and subsequently sued by the actor. They settled the case in 2018.
Jacobs was additionally fired by Depp in 2016.
Requested why Depp fired her, Jacobs mentioned: “I actually do not know. All I do know is that he terminated basically everybody in his life.”
Depp’s legal professionals have put specialists on the stand who testified that the actor misplaced hundreds of thousands due to the home abuse accusations, together with a $22.5-million payday for a sixth installment of “Pirates.”
Depp filed the defamation grievance in america after dropping a separate libel case in London in November 2020 that he introduced towards The Solar for calling him a “wife-beater.”
Depp, a three-time Oscar nominee, and Heard met in 2009 on the set of “The Rum Diary” and have been married in February 2015. Their divorce was finalized two years later.
Choose Penney Azcarate has scheduled closing arguments within the case for Could 27, after which it is going to go to the jury.
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