Amber Heard’s lawyers target ex-husband Johnny Depp’s drug and alcohol use as defamation trial begins

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Depp is suing Heard for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a ‘public figure representing domestic abuse’

Dembrowski said that was correct. She also confirmed a 2014 e-mail exchange she had with a doctor who treated Depp’s addiction to pain medication.Dembrowski responded that she was concerned about Depp’s use of one medication but didn’t believe that he had a problem with drugs or alcohol overall, or that he romanticized drug culture.

Depp says the article indirectly defamed him by referring to abuse allegations Heard made back in 2016. Depp denies abusing her. In Tuesday’s opening statements, Rottenborn said the evidence will show that Depp physically and sexually assaulted Heard on multiple occasions. Actor Johnny Depp at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse on April 13. Mr. Depp has denied abusing his former wife, Amber Heard.Depp’s team asserts that the article is an example of “defamation by implication.” In the December 2018 piece, Heard wrote that “two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out.

 

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Yah..as an adult who got involved with someone with existing substance abuse issues it sucks but falls on you for choosing to remain with an ill person. At the same time his choices kinda destroyed his own career too so messy messy

hehe the look of i hope i get millions!

watch the live stream, not looking good for her, but i aint no law talking guy

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