Hollywood star Johnny Depp has slammed ex-wife Amber Heard with a $50 million defamation lawsuit for accusing him of domestic violence.
Depp, 55, said Heard’s 2016 domestic abuse allegations is ‘an elaborate hoax’, according to the lawsuit obtained by The Blast.
An article Heard, 32, wrote for the Washington Post in December last year, was referenced in the lawsuit. The article revealed that Heard had received death threats and lost out on work after she accused Depp of domestic abuse.
Depp’s lawsuit stated that;
‘The op-ed’s clear implication that Mr Depp is a domestic abuser is categorically and demonstrably false.’
‘Mr Depp never abused Ms Heard. Her allegations against him were false when they were made in 2016.
‘They were part of an elaborate hoax to generate positive publicity for Ms Heard and advance her career.’
The lawsuit also says Amber’s allegations against Depp were refuted by ‘two separate responding police officers, a litany of neutral third-party witnesses, and 87 newly obtained surveillance camera videos’.
‘Ms Heard is not a victim of domestic abuse, she is a perpetrator,’ the lawsuit states.
Amber filed for divorce from Johnny Depp back in May 2016 stating that he had been ‘verbally and physically’ abusive towards her.
The pair were married for 15 months before ending their marriage.
Part of Heard’s article in The Washington post read;
“Friends and advisers told me I would never again work as an actress — that I would be blacklisted.
“A movie I was attached to recast my role. I had just shot a two-year campaign as the face of a global fashion brand, and the company dropped me. Questions arose as to whether I would be able to keep my role of Mera in the movies Justice League and Aquaman.”
Heard also revealed that after she made the allegations, she was stalked by paparazzi and the media made her feel she was “on trial in the court of public opinion.”
