Johnny Depp is busy preparing for his court battle against ex-wife Amber Heard, which will soon be coming to a small screen near you.
A judge has ruled that “one pool camera” will be permitted in the courtroom so that proceedings can be partially broadcast as the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor wages a $50 million libel lawsuit against Heard over a newspaper article in which she described being a victim of domestic abuse.
The 58-year-old actor was snapped Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles meeting up in a parking garage with his legal counsel, which includes Adam Waldman, Benjamin Chew and new hire, Kathleen Zellner, who has famously worked to overturn wrongful convictions throughout her career.
While Heard never mentioned Depp’s name in the 2019 Washington Post op-ed in question, he insists that the article was about him because Heard previously alleged that she suffered two black eyes, a broken nose and a broken lip at his hands during a 2015 attack in Los Angeles.
Attorney Chew, however, claims that when the LAPD responded to the alleged beating, “they found no injury upon Ms. Heard and no disruption to the penthouses.
“Ms. Heard and her friends then fabricated photos that she used to obtain an ex parte TRO [temporary restraining order] and a $7 million divorce settlement which Ms. Heard falsely testified in London she gave to the ACLU and, more scandalously, to the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; sick children with cancer,” Chew alleged in his filing.
Back in November, a court ruled that the actor could have access to his ex’s cell phone in an effort to prove she doctored photos of fake injuries he allegedly gave her.
Depp’s upcoming court battle follows his libel suit loss in London against a newspaper columnist who labeled him a “wife-beater.” In March, Depp was refused permission to appeal against the ruling.
