On Wednesday, Kate Moss gave a three-minute video deposition in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, denying a claim that Depp threw her down a flight of stairs while they were dating in the 1990s.
From her home in Gloucestershire, England, the 48-year-old supermodel told the Virginia court that she and Depp had been in a love relationship from 1994 until 1998.
Depp's lawyer, Benjamin Chew, questioned Moss whether anything happened when they were on vacation in Jamaica at the GoldenEye resort.
"We were leaving the room, and Johnny exited the room before me, and it was raining." "I went down the stairs as I exited the room and bruised my back," Moss said to the court through a video connection.
"I yelled because I was in pain and didn't know what had happened to me." He returned to assist me, carrying me to my room and obtaining medical assistance," she continued.
Depp did not force Moss down the steps, according to Moss. "No," Moss responded when asked if he had ever pushed her in that direction throughout their relationship.
Moss testified in court, "He never pushed me, kicked me, or shoved me down any steps."
Moss was not cross-examined by Heard's counsel, and she was informed she may go.
Depp's defense team summoned Moss, who looked to rejoice when Heard mentioned her name during her evidence, reviving the allegation that Depp had shoved her down a flight of stairs.
Later in the trial, Depp entered the stand to refute some of Heard's earlier evidence. Heard's assertion that Depp took a handful of ecstasy tablets during a vacation to Australia in 2015 was one of them.
Depp admitted to using the substance, commonly known as MDMA, six or seven times during his life. As Heard testified, his counsel questioned him directly if he had ever taken eight to ten tablets at once.
“No. I'm rather certain I'd be dead. He stated, "I believe one would die rather rapidly."
Depp's lawyers inquired about listening to Heard's charges against him during the trial.
Depp said, "Insane." "It's ridiculous to hear her accuse me of horrific acts of violence, including sexual violence." "I don't think anyone wants to have to tear themselves apart and disclose the truth, but there are times when it's necessary because things have gotten out of hand," Depp remarked.
He went on to say that the allegations against him were "ridiculous, embarrassing, silly, terrible, nasty and unbelievably brutal, cruel, and all untrue." "It's all false."
He also refuted Heard's assertion that he had nothing to do with her landing a role in the superhero film Aquaman.
After Heard auditioned for the part, Depp says he spoke with the studio on her behalf. When Heard's lawyers objected, he was barred from discussing the details of his conversations, but he said that "ultimately she did get the job, so hopefully, I guess, I had curbed their worries to some degree."
Depp, on the other hand, denied Heard's attorneys' assertion that he approached Warner Bros officials after their marriage fell apart to have her removed from the series. "I had given them my word, and I felt obligated to tell them precisely what was going on and that it was going to be terrible," Depp explained.
Rather than maintaining the movie star façade he had presented previously in the trial, Depp was more combative throughout his evidence on Wednesday. In one discussion, he implied that Amber Heard's lawyer had created derogatory text messages about his ex-wife that he purportedly sent.
Morgan Tremaine, a former TMZ staffer, said that Heard had tipped off the gossip site that she was heading to court (to obtain a temporary restraining order) and "was going to stop and turn" so that photographers could photograph the bruise she alleges Depp gave her.
Tremaine fought with Heard's lawyers. Elaine Bredehodt noted that testifying in this case "gets you your 15 minutes of fame, doesn't it?" "I could argue the same thing about having Amber Heard as a client for you," Tremaine said.
The testimony came during the long-running defamation case's rebuttal phase. Throughout their 15-month marriage, each side has attempted to portray the other as an abuser.
Depp is suing Heard in Fairfax County, Virginia, for $50 million for libel for an op-ed she published in the Washington Post in December 2018, characterizing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse."
His attorneys claim the piece defamed him, despite the fact that his name was never stated.
Depp has denied ever striking Heard and claims she was the one who abused him.
Heard has testified about more than a dozen incidents of physical violence she claims she received from Depp, and she has countersued him for $100 million.
Depp lost a high-stakes libel case against the British tabloid the Sun in November 2020, after the publication portrayed him as a "wife-beater."
Moss' evidence in the US court came during the jury trial's penultimate week, with closing arguments set for Friday.
The investigation is ongoing.
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