Johnny Depp’s authorized crew has expended the previous two weeks hoping to verify Amber Heard abused him — but there was a time in which he celebrated her “strength” that he claimed rivaled that of “one thousand guys.”
The 58-yr-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” legend’s message of praise was study by 38-yr-aged Heard’s attorney, Ben Rottenborn, in courtroom on Monday as Depp’s high-profile defamation suit against his former spouse proceeds in Fairfax, Virginia.
Seven months before Depp slammed Listened to as a “fat a – -“ and “c – -t” who was “full of s – – t as a Xmas goose,” Depp texted an psychological declaration of admiration to Heard’s late mother, Paige Parsons, on August 19, 2014, as he was heading into detox for addiction to prescription painkillers.
“My dearest Paige, how unbelievably type and pure your concept was,” Depp wrote. “I am beyond thankful to have you in my existence. There is no luckier guy on this earth to have the toughness that Amber offers me and the comprehensive assist of every single of you separately that I’ve gotten can help immeasurably.”
The “Edward Scissorhands” star ongoing, describing himself as a “poor, outdated junkie.”
“I do not will need to describe the horrors to you,” he stated. “You know as perfectly as I. What you do will need to know – that your daughter has risen considerably higher than the nightmarish job of getting care of this very poor, outdated junkie.”
“Never a 2nd has long gone by that she didn’t seem out for me or have her eyes on me to make positive that I was alright. Phrases are genuinely feeble in making an attempt to describe her heroism in a textual content. Suffice to say that I have hardly ever satisfied, or cherished, a woman or a detail, additional,” Depp wrote.
“She has the toughness of a thousand adult men and that is thanks to no just one or nothing but you, sweetheart. Thank you. I like you. Your son-outlaw,” he concluded.
The textual content was sent 6 months prior to Depp and Read tied the knot, in February 2015. They split in 2017.
Paige Parsons handed absent in 2020.
Depp is now suing Listened to, declaring she defamed him Washington Put up essay that a lot of read as a blow-by-blow of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star’s abuse.
The actor, who has vehemently denied abuse allegations, is looking for at minimum $50 million to compensate for the damage performed to his job, furthermore an additional $350,000 in punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and courtroom expenditures.
He was cross-examined in the courtroom by Rottenborn in Monday.
The lawyer examine out a different text sent by Depp — this one considerably fewer flattering than the a single he wrote to her mom.
In the 2nd concept — composed after the couple’s now-infamous 2015 fight with Listened to in Australia that left Depp with a severed finger — Depp described Heard as remaining “as comprehensive of s–t as a Christmas goose.”
In the exact text, Depp named Read “a destructive, evil and vindictive c – – t” who experienced an “obsession with herself” and was “so determined for achievements and fame.”
Audio recordings of the couple’s explosive fights ended up also offered by Heard’s authorized crew throughout cross-assessment of Depp, with the actor listened to berating his ex-wife in the clips.
“Shut up unwanted fat a – -,” Depp yells at Read in one of the by no means-prior to read recordings.
The vicious remark arrived following Listened to yelled at him to “put his cigarettes out on someone else.”
Depp denied placing his cigarette out on Read, telling the jury she was grossly exaggerating.
The trial proceeds.
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