Johnny Depp's Texts About Amber Heard's "Rotting Corpse" Read Out In During Defamation Trial

Johnny Depp's text messages about his ex Amber Heard's "rotting corpse" have been read out in court.

The former couple are in court in Fairfax, Virginia, in a multi-million dollar trial after Johnny sued Amber for US$50 million (S$68 mil) for defamation after she wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post, in which she described herself as a victim of domestic violence, but the 35-year-old actress didn't name the Dark Shadows star so she has countersued for US$100 million.

Issac Baruch — a long-time friend and neighbour of the former Fantastic Beasts actor — reportedly received a text message back in October 2016 which claimed that Heard had ruined their "f****** cool life".

According to Entertainment Weekly, the text read: "[I hope her] rotting corpse is decomposing in the f****** trunk of a Honda Civic. That **** ruined such a f****** cool life we had for a while."

The outlet went on to report that Baruch does remember getting the text messages, but when questioned if he was aware of any committed domestic violence Depp had allegedly committed against Heard, he said that he "never saw or witnessed whatever type of claim that is being said."

Heard is also accusing Depp of throwing a phone directly at her face back in 2016, but Baruch recalled that he remembered "inspecting her face" but couldn't see any signs of assault.

He said: "She’s got her face out like this to show me, and I’m looking, and I inspect her face. And I don’t see anything. … I don’t see a cut, a bruise, swelling, redness.

Heard's lawyer Elaine Bredehoft also alleged in court that Depp "penetrated" the Aquaman' actress with "a liquor bottle" during a "hostage situation" over three days in Australia in 2015.

She told the jury: "He has her jammed up against the bar. He has hurled bottles and bottles at her. He has dragged her across the floor on the broken bottles.

"He has punched her. He has kicked her. He has told her he’s going to f****** kill her, and he f****** hates her. He’s pounding at her, pounding at her. And then, he penetrates her with a liquor bottle."

However, a spokesman for Johnny vehemently denied the claims.

They said: "These fictitious claims were never made at the onset of Amber’s allegations in 2016, and only advantageously surfaced years later once she was sued for defamation after noting in her op-ed that she was a victim of 'sexual violence'." — BANG SHOWBIZ

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