0h 15min, jun 24, 2020 y - THE MIRROR Amber Heard called Elon Musk her 'Rocketman' in texts while married to Johnny Depp

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Amber Heard called Elon Musk her 'Rocketman' in texts while married to Johnny Depp

Actress Amber Heard allegedly used the nickname for Elon when they exchanged text messages

By Tom Bryant
Head of Showbiz

Amber Heard called billionaire Elon Musk her “Rocketman” while she was married to Johnny Depp.

The actress used the nickname in texts passed to Depp’s legal team as part of a defamation case against her.

Tesla chief Musk last week denied he was involved in an alleged “three-way affair” with his ex Heard and model Cara Delevingne.

He also insisted they only started going out “about a month after her divorce filing”, on May 23, 2016.

But the texts were sent on May 22, 2016 – a day after Heard claims Pirates of the Caribbean star Depp assaulted her with a phone, which he strenuously denies.

Heard saved Musk’s number on her phone as Rocketman, a reference to his SpaceX rocket programme.

In the messages, Musk also offers “to engage 24/7 security” because she had “talked about J being violent in the past”.

The actress replies that she is filing for divorce and a restraining order.

The claim heard, Musk and Delevingne were in a secret relationship in 2016 surfaced in legal depositions.

Musk responded: “Cara and I are friends, but we’ve never been intimate. Amber and I only started going out about a month after her divorce filing!”

Depp is alleged to have hurled a phone at Heard on May 21, 2016.

He sued after Heard portrayed herself as a domestic abuse survivor in a newspaper article.

Their High Court battle begins on July 7. Heard declined to comment.

Depp's lawyer Adam Waldman said: "Last week, Elon Musk publicly claimed his relationship with Amber Heard did not start until late June 2016, a date that was conveniently later than the May execution of Ms. Heard abuse hoax in which she claimed that Mr. Depp threw a phone into her face and further beat her.

"These messages between Ms Heard and Mr Musk profoundly contradict Musk’s statement that he wasn’t “ever in the vicinity of Amber during their marriage.”

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