VA - Johnny Depp's defamation case against ex Amber Heard, who countersued #7

[ar3593]

I am worried that CV not doing the cross on this witness (entertainment expert witness) is going to hurt Johnny. Thoughts anyone? JMO

 

[gloomy]

Current witness has said both things, basically; that he started to show up late to film sets starting in 2006; and then she points out him showing up drunk to an awards show in 2014… the latter of which IS under Amber’s watch, IMO. (I remember this well, because of the amounts of people, including me, who were all ‘who has managed to overserve Johnny Depp?!?’)

I think everyone knows JD was never perfect. I'm sure there were times he was late to work for various reasons. But in general he has had a good reputation. He has been around quite a long time imo. I have been reading a lot about his career and AH's. The history is there, you can find a lot of old articles online of old publications of magazines etc. He has been known as a pretty chill guy. MOO

 

[katydid23]

"She was on the precipice of a meteoric rise" .....yah, sure....

 

[gloomy]

I am worried that CV not doing the cross on this witness (entertainment expert witness) is going to hurt Johnny. Thoughts anyone? JMO

I think it will be fine. I don't have more to add to this except that I don't see this witness as difficult or evasive - but we'll see.

 

[Ontario Mom]

"She was on the precipice of a meteoric rise" .....yah, sure....

This witness implies Aquaman's success had everything to do with AH being in it.
I call baloney. AH is NOT a well liked actress. The obsession over Jason Mamoa is the #1 reason folks saw Aquaman.

 

[squareandrabbet]

I think everyone knows JD was never perfect. I'm sure there were times he was late to work for various reasons. But in general he has had a good reputation. He has been around quite a long time imo. I have been reading a lot about his career and AH's. The history is there, you can find a lot of old articles online of old publications of magazines etc. He has been known as a pretty chill guy. MOO

Also, the ‘spending on wine’ is a road I don’t think they want her to go down… I‘m pretty sure the jury remembers full well who wanted the wine, as well as what the wine cost…

 

[Allabouttrial]

Sky News

'The op-ed has had very little effect on Depp's career'

When asked about Depp's London libel trial in the summer of 2020, entertainment industry expert Katheryn Arnold says the evidence heard had a negative impact on Depp's career.

She says "that was a really tough one [for Depp]" as studios like Disney don't appreciate the linking of their star with messages about "texts about burnt corpses and violent behaviour".

Talking about Pirates Of The Caribbean, and the rumoured ditching of Depp for the sixth film, she says: "The Jack Sparrow character had been exhausted in where it could go creatively" and goes on to say she understands that the studio was looking at ways to develop the next movie with another character, rather than with Sparrow. She also points to the lower takings of later Pirates films, in comparison with the success of the early movies.

Ms Arnold is asked what impact she believes Amber Heard's Washington Post op-ed has had on Depp's career. She says: "Very little, very few people even noticed the op-ed before the lawsuit... and that includes Disney."

 

[Weki]

I think the argument that nobody paid attention to the op-Ed is a convincing one. I think the TRO and the staged scene at the courthouse is more explosive and he should’ve nipped it in the bud then. I think this is a good witness for AH.

It’s obv that Waldman initiated a negative PR campaign via “internet journalists.”

 

[Cindizzi]

A source close to Heard’s team said, “Calling Depp back to the stand would be as relevant to us as a bicycle to a fish. Everything Depp has testified up to this point has been irrelevant to the heart of this case, and there’s no reason to believe it would be any different now.”

Johnny Depp Is NOT Going To Testify On Monday, May 23

On Monday, Johnny Depp was called to testify by the defense in the ongoing defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.

theblast.com

 

[katydid23]

Just catching up, I thought Dr Richard Moore's testimony was very significant. Particularly when put alongside David Kipper's account and Depp's own words that he sliced his finger tip off with a knife.

I found CV's questioning of him highly unprofessional, disrespectful and insulting - bringing up his fee and trying to imply that it was that, rather than his professional opinion as an orthopedic doc with decades of experience, that drove his evidence.

The tactics employed in this trial are so disturbing.

I have never seen a case where the expert witness was NOT asked about their fees and their bias in their testimony. It is standard and CV wouldn't be doing her job if she hadn't done so.

 

[gloomy]

"She was on the precipice of a meteoric rise" .....yah, sure....

Imo AH's movies have been meh. I think her most successful movie has been Aquaman - which isn't saying much. Of course I haven't even watched it - I'll sustain myself for hearsay. MOO

 

[Ontario Mom]

So... she writes her accusatory op-ed, JD sues her for defamation (claiming she's lied about him), the public becomes aware, she gets flack, countersues, and here we are now.

This whole mess started with HER op-ed. Her accusations in that piece, started the ball rolling. Some folks act like that never happened. It's quite strange.

 

[PatLaurel]

"She was on the precipice of a meteoric rise" .....yah, sure....

"But honestly, was her career ever so great to experience a downfall in the very first place?"

Worst Amber Heard Movies We Wouldn't Be Caught Dead Watching - FandomWire

I wish AH face could be erased from "The Rum Diary"!

MOO JMO

 

[Cindizzi]

I had a t-shirt with the saying on it in the late ‘70s

'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle' - the meaning and origin of this phrase

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle'.

www.phrases.org.uk

"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" is often attributed to the American feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem, or to the American feminist and political activist Flo (Florynce) Kennedy, or to an anonymous author who painted the slogan on a wall at the University of Wisconsin in 1969 (who we might also assume would have been an American feminist and political activist).

Gloria Steinem had this to say in a letter she wrote to Time magazine in autumn 2000:

"In your note on my new and happy marital partnership with David Bale, you credit me with the witticism 'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.' In fact, Irina Dunn, a distinguished Australian educator, journalist and politician, coined the phrase back in 1970 when she was a student at the University of Sydney. She paraphrased the philosopher who said, 'Man needs God like fish needs a bicycle.' Dunn deserves credit for creating such a popular and durable spoof of the old idea that women need men more than vice versa."

 

[rebelchild]

I haven't followed JD's personal life but I have to wonder, did JD's issues with drugs and alcohol become an issue or get much worse after he and AH were together, or before? Anyone know?

I'm not sure if it got worse or if AH just wanted everyone to think it had gotten worse ..

 

[Ontario Mom]

Jason Mamoa was adamant AH be in Aquaman2?

Funny... that's not what we're all seeing in the msm articles, is it?
So which is true?

 

[Kiranerys]

This witness implies Aquaman's success had everything to do with AH being in it.
I call baloney. AH is NOT a well liked actress. The obsession over Jason Mamoa is the #1 reason folks saw Aquaman.

I almost DIDNT watch it because AH was in it and the only reason I did was because my kids wanted to watch it, and they are 9 and 7 (well the younger ones who still live at home are) so they don't care about AH or JM!

 

[Allabouttrial]

Jason Mamoa was adamant AH be in Aquaman2?

Funny... that's not what we're all seeing in the msm articles, is it?
So which is true?

Do you happen to have a link to those articles please? I haven't had chance to read what people have been saying.

 

[BUF]

I still don’t see how this testimony gets her to $100million

 

[katydid23]

Is this 'expert' really comparing AH to Momoa, the huge star? How can she compare their salaries or their popularity? He is a megastar. She is not.