return to court after her trial against Amber Heard

The legal problems are not over for Johnny Depp. After several weeks of trial for defamation between the actor and his ex-wife Amber Heard in the court of Fairfax, the jury managed to reach an agreement after several days of deliberation. Thus, the five men and two women who made it up unanimously felt that the actress had made false statements by describing herself as a victim of domestic violence in the title and two passages of a column published in the washington post, in 2018. A trial that made headlines for several weeks, and on which Amber Heard continues to speak, while Johnny Depp celebrated his victory with great fanfare. However, his legal troubles are far from over.

Indeed, on July 25, 2022, the actor of Pirates of the Caribbean will appear in court to have, on April 13, 2017, hit Gregg Brooksthe manager of the team from the movie City of Lies. According to legal documents, it was while filming a scene in downtown Los Angeles that the actor physically attacked him. While he had just informed director Brad Furman, who was not satisfied with the scene shot, that they only had one test left before the filming authorization expired, Johnny Depp told him spear : “Who the fuck are you? You have no right to tell me what to do”before hitting him two punches in the rib cage.

Johnny Depp defended by Camille Vasquez

Seeing that Gregg Brooks did not react, and above all did not seem to want to return his blows, Johnny Depp promised him “$100,000 for [le] punch in the face”. According to the manager, the actor’s breath reeked of alcohol at the time of the altercation. He also denounces “emotional distress” that he would have “inflicted”reports Page Six, while, for his part, the ex of Vanessa Paradis estimated that the injuries of Gregg Brooks were due to his “self-defense”. Witnesses to the scene later claimed that the altercation had only been verbal. It remains to be seen what verdict will be given this time to Johnny Depp, who will find his lawyer Camille Vasquez.