Depp finishes 4 days on stand; filed lawsuit to ‘fight back’

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Actor Johnny Depp has concluded a grueling four days on the witness stand in his libel suit against his ex-wife.

Actor Johnny Depp testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Monday, April 25, 2022. Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” (AP Photo/Steve Helber, Pool)

In testimony Monday in a Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom, Depp told jurors in a calm voice that he filed his suit against Amber Heard because it was his best chance to reclaim his reputation.

Just hours earlier they heard audio clips of him berating his wife with coarse vulgarities.

Depp is suing Heard for libel over a 2018 op-ed piece she wrote in The Washington Post about domestic abuse.

The piece doesn’t name Depp but his attorneys say the implications are defamatory.

Heard’s attorneys argue that Depp physically and sexually abused Heard.

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