Johnny Depp alleged that his former wife, Amber Heard, stubbed a cigarette out on his face, his bodyguard Malcolm Connolly told a court Tuesday.
Connolly, who has worked for Depp for about 16 years, was giving evidence at London’s Royal Courts of Justice on the sixth day of Depp’s libel trial against the publisher of The Sun newspaper.
Depp is suing News Group Newspapers and journalist Dan Wootton for an article on The Sun website that described him as a “wife beater.” Depp denies that he was violent toward Heard, to whom he was married from 2015 to 2017.
Connolly gave evidence about an incident in March 2015 in Australia, where Depp was shooting “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.” Connolly got an urgent call from the late Jerry Judge, the head of Depp’s security team, who told him: “Malcolm, get in the car, extract the boss from the situation.
Connolly, who has worked for Depp for about 16 years, was giving evidence at London’s Royal Courts of Justice on the sixth day of Depp’s libel trial against the publisher of The Sun newspaper.
Depp is suing News Group Newspapers and journalist Dan Wootton for an article on The Sun website that described him as a “wife beater.” Depp denies that he was violent toward Heard, to whom he was married from 2015 to 2017.
Connolly gave evidence about an incident in March 2015 in Australia, where Depp was shooting “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.” Connolly got an urgent call from the late Jerry Judge, the head of Depp’s security team, who told him: “Malcolm, get in the car, extract the boss from the situation.
- 7/14/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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