TheQuartering [4/22/2022]
Johnny Depp is now starring in some of the lousiest pictures of his career.
The Virginia jury hearing the actor’s defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard was shown a series of embarrassing images displayed Thursday, including a photo of him with ice cream spilled in his lap and video of him going wild in a kitchen.
The most provocative photo, from 2013, could have been a scene out of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” — appearing to show a glass of whiskey, lines of cocaine, other drug paraphernalia and a Keith Richards CD arrayed on a glass-top table.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star acknowledged under cross examination in the Fairfax courtroom that the photo was snapped at a time when he had “fallen off the wagon.”
Asked if he would often drink whiskey in the morning, Depp replied, “Isn’t happy hour anytime?” eliciting laughter from the gallery.
Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 35, for $50 million, claiming she defamed him in a 2018 Washington Post opinion piece in which she did not name him but described herself as a victim of domestic abuse.
Heard’s attorneys argue that Depp did abuse the “Aquaman” actress, physically and sexually, and claim that his denials are not credible because he was often too drunk or high to recall what happened.
Her attorney showed jurors a string of text messages Depp had sent to friends over the years, including a June 2013 exchange with his actor friend Paul Bettany in which Depp wrote, “Let’s burn Amber!!!”