10h 10min, apr 13, 2022 y - Depp v Heard MEDIA Day 3 Isaac Baruch: Ms Heard’s fake narrative has gone out the door and around the world

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An old friend of Johnny Depp has tearfully described how the long-running legal dispute with Amber Heard had unfairly “wrecked” the actor’s life.

Isaac Baruch, an artist who has known Mr Depp for 40 years, said Ms Heard’s “fake narrative” had gone “out the door and around the world”, as he gave evidence at the US trial.

The actor, 58, is suing his former partner for libel over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post in which she discussed her experiences of domestic abuse.

Mr Depp’s lawyers say the article falsely implies Ms Heard, 35, was physically and sexually abused by him when they were married.

Mr Baruch lived in an apartment owned by the actor at the Eastern Columbia Building in Los Angeles between 2013 and 2016.

Giving evidence on Wednesday, he said he was “tired” of the drawn-out proceedings and that Ms Heard should “take her responsibility, heal, and move on”.

Asked whether he was angry at the Aquaman star and her allegations, Mr Baruch said: “Yeah, that kind of got me confused and frustrated and angry, upset.

“It’s (been) six years… am I angry? What I am is tired and I want this all to end.

“So many people have been affected by this malicious lie that she started and she created and it’s gone out the door and around the world.

“I’m not angry at anybody. I want the best for (Ms Heard), I want her to take her responsibility, heal, and move on.”

Becoming visibly upset, he added: “For Johnny, his family has been completely wrecked by all of this stuff and it’s not fair.

“It’s not right what she did and what happened for so many people to get affected from this, it’s insane how this happened.”

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