apr 12, 2019 - Adam Waldman Statement

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Johnny Depp‘s lawyer, Adam Waldman, told Hollywood Life in a statement statement that the actor is responding to ex-wife Amber Heard‘s claims of abuse by fighting fire with fire. Heard claims in court documents, obtained by People and Page Six on April 11, that Depp abused her multiple times throughout their marriage, calling him a “monster” who allegedly beat her while abusing drugs and alcohol. Depp, who counter-sued her earlier this year for defamation, following a December 2018 op-ed Heard wrote for The Washington Post, alleges that she abused him. Waldman wrote in his statement that Depp’s legal team is now interviewing several women who have come forward with claims that Heard acted violently toward them, and that Heard’s new court filing is an example of “sustaining her hoax [by] shifting to new lies.” “Which part of 87 surveillance videos, 19 (and growing) sworn eyewitness statements, audio tapes, time and date stamped photographs, police depositions, and her own sworn testimony do [Amber] and her PR team not understand?” Waldman said in his statement.

“Ms. Heard has a new problem besides defamation, perjury, and filing a demonstrably false temporary restraining order demand with the court: we are now interviewing other women who have come forward claiming they are victims of horrific acts of violence and other abuse at the hands of Amber Heard, [including] Johnny Depp and Tasya van Rhee, the latter of whom Ms. Heard was previously arrested and incarcerated for assaulting,” he continued. He also states that subpoenas have been issued to Amber Heard, Elon Musk (Heard’s former boyfriend), and other witnesses “to explain the avalanche of evidence with which we intend to confront them.”

Waldman continues: “Despite [yesterday’s] claim ‘that was the only time I ever hit Johnny’ to explain away our release of published, time stamped photos, Ms. Heard grudgingly admitted in her deposition to multiple instances of violence against Mr. Depp. And those admissions are a mere fraction of the catalogued violence and other abuse Mr. Depp suffered, including the severing of his finger in March 2015, right before Ms. Heard flew back to LA to stay in Mr. Depp’s penthouse with Elon Musk.”

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