10 h, jul 7, 2020 y - Depp v NGN & Wootton UK LIBEL TRIAL Day 1: COURT Opening Statements Skeleton Arguments Johnny Depp - Direct Testimony Cross Examination

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The Opening Statements were not read out but to save time were submitted in writing.

Skeleton arguments were submitted later in the Trial at the request of Judge Nicol but are attached here due to the logic of reading those upfront.

The day opened with some court housekeeping including a conversation about the possible cross examination of Amanda de Cadenet.

Johnny Depp was sworn in by David Sherborne and was then taken through a brief direct testimony which discussed:
1. the reason Johnny Depp and Amber Heard had recorded the audios
2. a section of the recording from 26 September 2015
3. the meeting in San Francisco on 22 July 2016

Thereafter Ms Sasha Wass QC took over the Cross Examination on behalf of NGN.

TOPICS COVERED:
- Depp accused Heard of being a calculating, narcissistic sociopath who married him to progress own career;
- Said Heard once told his former head of security, Mr Jerry Judge, that the actor was a 'fat old man' and 'she did not know why she married me';
- Star insisted he was never violent, but admitted to trying 'every kind of drug known to man from very young age';
- He spoke about the abuse he had suffered during his childhood, and said drugs helped deal with 'pain';
- Admitted to taking drugs with Marilyn Manson 'twice' and another time with Avengers star Paul Bettany;
- Recalled how friend River Phoenix tragically died of a heroin overdose at his nightclub in West Hollywood;
- Remembered 'trashing' hotel where he was staying with Kate Moss in 1994, landing him with a $10,000 bill;
- In 1999, Depp said he assaulted photographers to protect then-partner, Vanessa Paradis, who was pregnant;
- Claimed to spend 'much' more than £24,000 a month on wine but said Elton John helped him to go straight;
- Referred to Vanessa Paradis as the 'pain the a**e French ex albatross';
- Depp's lawyer alleged that Heard had 'two extra-marital affairs' or 'extra-relationship affairs' with Elon Musk and James Franco;
- Meanwhile, Heard's lawyer revealed messages in which he called himself 'the monster' - which she claimed was his 'drunken alter-ego';
- Denied 'any physical altercation' with a crew member he was accused of attacking in 2017 on the set of his film, City Of Lies.

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