Johnny Depp
Elon Musk is supposed to help in the war of roses with Amber Heard
Johnny Depp (left) is hoping for Elon Musk.
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In his libel suit against ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp is hoping for statements from Tesla boss Elon Musk.
Hollywood star Johnny Depp (57, "The Secret Window") wants to continue fighting for his reputation and against his ex-wife Amber Heard (34). After an unsuccessful trial against the British tabloid "The Sun", he sued Heard in Virginia for defamation and demanded 50 million US dollars from his ex-wife for an article she wrote for the "Washington Post". Depp expects help in the case of Tesla boss Elon Musk (49). As "Deadline" reports, the entrepreneur has received a summons from Depp's lawyers.
The attorneys want Musk to testify "on all communications between you and Ms. Heard regarding Mr. Depp." They also have questions about the "Sun" trial and the "allegations of physical abuse or domestic violence committed by either Mr. Depp or Mrs. Heard". But what does Elon Musk have to do with the matter anyway?
The entrepreneur was in a relationship with the actress after Heard's divorce from Johnny Depp. In June 2020, Musk denied that the two should have had an affair and a love triangle with Cara Delevingne (28) during their marriage to "Page Six", the gossip portal of the "New York Post": "Cara and I are friends, but we were never intimate. (…) I would also like to reiterate that Amber and I didn't start dating until about a month after their divorce. I don't think I was ever near her during their marriage! "
The fight against "The Sun" is not over either
At the beginning of November 2020, a London court dismissed Depp's lawsuit against the British tabloid "The Sun", which had called him a "woman's thug". Depp and his legal team want to appeal the verdict, and a hearing is due to take place next March. A judge on the appellate court ruled "Deadline" that Johnny Depp and his team will have an oral hearing that will take place between March 15 and March 31 and will last two hours.
The trial against the "Sun" had degenerated into another war of roses between Depp and Heard, who were married from 2015 to 2017. Both made serious allegations against each other. After a 16-day trial in London, the judge ruled that the choice of words was "essentially true". Depp's lawyers then argued before the appeals court that the judge had accepted the evidence presented by Depp's ex-wife too uncritically, and that he had ignored relevant evidence or not even allowed it.