In Virginia, the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Hurd continues. The actor requires the former wife 50 million US dollars, he has 100 million in the oncoming lawsuit. We tell how the 8th day of the meeting went.
The subject of the court is an article in the American newspaper in 2018. It was written by Amber Hurd, and she claims that the title was invented by journalists. He read: "I survived home violence in a relationship, and everyone recouped me." The name of Johnny Depp in the text was not directly mentioned, but the actor believes that everyone already understood who she was talking about.
What happened in the first eleven days of meetings, we said earlier:
On the eleventh day of the trial, the interrogation of witnesses from Johnny Depp continued. The third week of proceedings came to the end, but the verdict is still very far away.
On this day, it became known that the article by Amber Hurd, which became the subject of this proceedings, was not written in the draft version, but she tried to return personal details to her about a life together with Depp, although without indicating his name, despite the objections of her lawyers .
They also continued to disassemble the sad quarrel of the largest quarrel of the couple, as a result of which Depp was injured by the tip of the finger. The parties parted in versions, who was to blame for this, accusing each other.
On this day, a representative of the journalists' trade union Terens Douggeri, who noted that the article was deliberately removed, was deliberately removed about Johnny Depp, which Hurd wanted to add, although the “skeleton” of the material was scored by the journalist on her behalf. The headline allegedly also came up with the employees of the newspaper, where the article came out, and not Amber Hurd.
Depp is sure that the article was about him, and that the material ruined his career. He expects to endow the process with elements of the judicial show and persuade the jury to his side in his native territory after defeat in London.
However, this court has not yet concerned the article itself. Basically, it discusses the details of the complex life of the couple.
Also on this day, the court was performed by the former agent of Depp - Edward White, his next guard Malcolm Konnolly and a personal driver and an assistant named Starling Jenkin -Brigh.
The representative of the trade union Terens Dogerti began his performance with a story about the Association for the Protection of Civil Freedoms in America, where he also works. At the time of the publication of Amber Hurd, she became the ambassador of this non -profit organization. Terens said that the association and actress worked on joint initiatives.
The lawyers of the parties were looking for what changes were made to the published text, in comparison with Chernov. Diergey admitted that the first version of the article was written by another representative of the association, a journalist who, when sending it, Herd added an email comment:
Amber Hurd showed a draft of the article to her lawyers, as well as to lawyers of the association. She wanted to make sure that the text does not violate the agreement on the divorce of the stars, according to which she received $ 7 million, which she partially promised to give to charity.
Johnny Depp lawyers reproached her for not doing this, to which the representative of the association noticed that she was transferring money to the organization in installments as gratuitous assistance, and they did not rush her.
According to Diergey, one of the lawyers of the Association after the answer noted that explicit references to Johnny Depp and their marriage were excluded. After that, suddenly, Amber asked to restore some fragments of the text that lawyers excluded.
Just during this period, the Aquaman comic DC was preparing to be released on the screens. Depp lawyers drew attention to this, saying that the actress tried to use the article to draw attention to her new role, so she wanted to make her more scandalous than the lawyers opposed.
Further, this was not the first time about 7 million dollars of US funds paid to her depp during a divorce. The actress promised some of them not only the association, but also the children's hospital in Los Angeles.
Lawyers Embers Herd could not give evidence of translations to the hospital. Regarding the payments of the association - there was a transfer of $ 1.3 million and a promise to pay more than 7 later, which is still less than 7.
Diergey noted that the actress promised to transfer funds for 10 years, but since 2018, transfers to charity on her promises did not make any.
Hurd lawyers objected that endless courts and expenses for lawyers eat huge funds. Earlier, the team hired by Johnny Depp also complained about this.
Terens made another unexpected confession:
Depp lawyers grabbed this detail, trying to prove that Amber Hurd was deceiving here, and, therefore, could deceive against Johnny Depp. Elon Musk was also one of the donors of the association earlier.
Another point is one of the payments for 100 thousand US dollars on the check from Johnny Depp, but sent him Herd. The lawyer of the association wanted to clarify whether Depp donated money or Herd, but she said that this was her money, and they could cash out the check of Johnny Depp. There is such a probability that it was part of the promised amount of $ 7 million, compensation.
The next appeared the guard of Johnny Depp - Malcolm Connolly. He spoke in a court of video, shared sad, scandalous and romantic moments about the relationship of the couple.
The court was more interested in the story of March 2015 in Australia, when Johnny Depp lost his tip. The guard said that after arriving in the removable housing of the couple at that time, he found the actor, bandaging a dangerous wound. Amber Hurd screamed at him and called the "damned coward."
Johnny did not answer, but gathered and decided to leave. They went to his apartment, and from there to the hospital. The tip of the finger later found the management of rented joint housing in the bar. Depp claims that Herd threw bottles and injured him. She replies that he himself beat them against the wall and cut off with fragments.
Speaking of a finger, the guard noted that he looked very bad with scraps of the skin and sticking bone.
The court listened to the audio recording of a pose from Australia, where Johnny Depp shouted that Amber "got him". The guard confirmed that he was angry and upset, but not drunk when they went to the hospital. And Herd, he said, was anger.
Herd lawyers asked if Johnny Depp celebrated his need right there with a wound on his finger on the carpet of the house. Malcolm answered negatively. Hurd lawyers claim that he even took off his pants and tried to do what they were talking about earlier.
Then the guard made the whole hall and Johnny Depp with his answer:
He added that he did not see any injuries and bruises on Herd that day, and indeed earlier. At the same time, he emphasized that the traces of fights on Johnny appeared more and more actively:
When asked about injuries, he specified that he saw on Johnny scratches, traces of blows and even a broken eye. At the same time, he said that he did not remember the dates of the appearance of traces.
The guard was shown a photograph of Johnny Depp's face with a bruise from a blow. He confirmed that he saw the actor at a time when a picture was taken.
Malcolm added that the bruises on Depp appeared more and more often. Not every week, but with enviable regularity.
Konnolly himself made one of the photographs of the mark. It was from the honeymoon of the couple, who traveled on a road train from Bangkok to Singapore. In the picture of Depp - a bruise under his left eye.
When asked what Depp spoke about this, he replied:
Amber Hurd claims that even then on the trip it was a victim of domestic violence in a relationship, but Johnny Depp denies everything.
Hurd lawyers asked if Johnny Depp was resting in Australia with Marilyn Manson, to which he replied that he did not follow this, because He was busy smuggling dogs from Australia. The judge considered that the conversation was going the wrong way and interrupted the answer to the question.
It was about the case when Johnny Depp secretly brought his dogs to Australia without permission, and the authorities gave him a couple of days to take them back to America or threatened to euthanize right there for violation of the rules for the import of animals into the country.
On this day, Depp remained silent and did not even draw, as last time, but absorbed his favorite chewing sweets. He occasionally chuckled when Hurd lawyers received a ridiculous answer from a witness to a strange question.
Hurd lawyers indicated that the guard worked with Depp and Depp, and in the last two years he received money from him, although he did not provide him with security services. Allegedly, this could influence his testimony.
When asked about gifts, he also said that he received them from the actor, gave them to him. To the remark of lawyers that the amount of gifts exceeded $ 8.5 thousand, Malcolm replied that Johnny gave him much more expensive things, which caused laughter in the hall, including depp himself.
Malcolm recalled that Herd had previously thrown things to Depp. Once he saw a lighter flew off the actor’s chest, and another time, Ember allegedly threw the jar of soda into a huge TV in the house of Depp.
The guard summed up that the couple’s relations were cute at the beginning, but then the ember became tougher and began to dominate the relationship, and Johnny tried to extinguish conflicts and at times fell under a hot hand. For the first time, he learned about the novel at the premiere of the Rum Diary in Los Angeles, and before that he had not seen them together.
Malcolm specified that he began working with depp with his protection at work, after which he thought about how to ensure his safety during his visit to public places. When asked why he did not inform London in court. What often saw on Johnny traces of violence, he replied that he was not asked about this there.
The final question to the witness concerned whether he was loyal to the actor, to which he noticed:
Another witness was an agent for business issues for the actor - Edward White. He worked for Johnny Depp since 2016, when, according to him, Johnny’s financial situation was so-so, but a plan was developed, hope for new roles:
It was not entirely clear whether the actor was running out of money, or he began to drink less on vacation.
White specified that Depp had no problems with tax debts, and he made all the payments on time.
Lawyer Herd, Ben Rottenborn, actively pressed the witness and tried to break off.
White was shown two letters with contributions for 100 thousand US dollars from depp to charitable organizations marked that these are the first of the promised payments of the Herd in favor of the associations.
He replied that, in his opinion, the money was supposed to pay Herd. The lawyer menacingly asked if he saw these letters, to which he answered what he had seen. Thus, Herd took this money not secretly, and surrounded by Depp was aware that she used his checks for transfers.
The defense tried to prove that the payments from the money of Depp were made with his consent. He understood what he was spending on funds that Herd promised to pay from her compensation during a divorce.
Edward said that in 2016, Johnny Depp’s affairs were not very good, but there was no disaster, although he needed new roles, and some of the property had to sell to reduce expenses.
At the same time, they discussed the amount of future tax payments. The agent was asked if he knew why Johnny was catastrophically late everywhere, for example, for 5 hours to shoot the fifth "Pirates of the Caribbean", which he reported to the agent in a letter through the assistant to Tracy Jacobs, who complained about the actor's delay in Disney. He replied that he was aware of the messages received, but could not know for Johnny why he was late then.
Hurd lawyers ask the agent about the strange purchases of Johnny Depp. He owned a dozen houses. The agent confirms. When asked about whether Herd bought at home if she had a yacht for the sale of Joan Rowling, the agent replied not.
It was about the fact that Depp was rich and salted with money for several years, and Herd led a more modest lifestyle, not owning expensive property.
White's fee for an hour of work was $ 710 per hour. He says this is a standard bet. Since the beginning of the work, the actor transferred his company millions of dollars for cooperation.
White told the court that he also took money from Depp for the time spent on the dacha and participation in court. In America, this is also considered the work that is paid.
He told the court that during the main work he paid the bills to doctors and servants, at the time of acquaintance, Depp allegedly had outstanded loans. Herd lawyers ask if he knew about the major debt of Depp at that time before the bank of California. He replied that he did not remember.
The main problem of the actor, according to the agent, was that he spent more than he earned. This satisfied the lawyers of Herd.
Further, it was again about wine. Depp bought expensive wine from an elite supplier in Los Angeles. The agent notes that after a divorce of the account, they went to zero, although Depp sometimes ordered bottles as a gift for Christmas.
He also noted that Amber Hurd preferred the most expensive wine - about $ 500 per bottle. On her birthday in April 2016, the actress ordered 5 bottles of such wine and 8 other, no less expensive from their account. The party, according to him, was expensive.
The final witness of the day is the driver Starling Jenkins, the third. He said that he knows Depp since 1993, he has been working for him for a long time. From the first meeting with him and Amber, he had pleasant impressions.
The driver forced the quarrels of the couple in the car later. He reports that she began more often them, and he asked to make the music louder. Allegedly it was twice.
At night in April 2016, at a party in honor of the birthday of Amber Hurd, they told him that they had a fight, and she threw his things from the balcony. It was about the phone and wallet with all cards and cash.
Through the application, the driver found the phone at a considerable distance in the suburbs of Los Angeles. It turned out that he was picked up by the homeless, but then returned for a reward of $ 420 and chips.
Herd lawyers asked if the phone was next to home. The witness answered negatively.
Here, Herd lawyers indicated his testimony in London's court earlier. There he said that the application found the phone somewhere on the street under the balcony.
Jenkins said that today's option is more correct, he took the phone to the house of Depp, and Herd was already going to the Coachella festival. She led the car herself. He was engaged in luggage and loading of dogs. Jenkins said that he did not see his traces of beatings on Embert that day.
The driver emphasized that, in general, he had never seen her beaten, but remembered that at the festival she felt ill:
The testimony of the day ended on this. Depp security guard spoke on his side, indicating that more often Herd beat him and threw objects into him.
The actor’s agent said that Johnny spent more than he received during their relationship.
Not the first witness said that Amber Hurd often liked to drink red wine, and, quite expensive, although she was not rich herself, and even tried to make charity payments at the expense of her ex -husband to save money.
The testimony of Amber Herd and her witnesses are getting closer.
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On this the court will be interrupted until Monday. At the end of the day, it became known that the most star witnesses of the process, Elon Musk, James Franco and Paul Bettani, study the opportunity not to participate and not give any evidence so as not to influence the outcome of the case with their status. We will talk about the next meeting here on our channel in Yandex.Zen.
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