10 h 2 août 2020 ans - 60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA Barnaby Joyce They're not above the law: Amber Heard could face perjury charges on return to Australia

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'They're not above the law': MP Barnaby Joyce says Johnny Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard could face perjury charges on return to Australia

By Sammi Taylor

MP Barnaby Joyce has reignited his feud with American stars Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, saying Heard could face perjury charges if she ever decides to return to Australia.

"They're not above the law. That's what annoyed the Australian people so much, this belief that you're some sort of royalty from Hollywood … we don't care about that rubbish," he told 60 Minutes

Details of the former couple's relationship have been laid bare in Depp's court battle against The Sun newspaper in the UK, where he has refuted claims he assaulted Amber on fourteen occasions and is suing over the newspaper labelling him a "wife beater".

More information about the Hollywood couple's wild stay in Australia has come to light, including allegations of drug-fuelled benders, violent altercations and an incident that saw Depp present to a Gold Coast Emergency Room with his finger cut off.

The court also heard emails from actress Amber Heard allegedly suggest she knew she was breaking Australian law when she and now ex-husband Johnny Depp smuggled their pet Yorkshire terriers on their private jet.

The emails, revealed in London's High Court, allegedly indicate Heard was looking for a vet to bribe to falsify documents for her.

The drama surrounding the pets – Pistol and Boo – was re-examined in court this week, five years since then Agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce caused an international stir when he threatened to have the dogs euthanised if they weren't sent back to the United States.

"Some beautiful people were all upset, there was a lot of hoo-ha within Canberra," Joyce told 60 Minutes reporter Tom Steinfort.

"[They said] Barnaby, you can't do that. You can't go so hard. They're Hollywood royalty, you know?' I was going, 'Get lost.'"

Joyce says then Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop asked him to tone down his attack on the high profile couple.

"I mean, give me a break. They might be royalty in Hollywood, but we don't give a toss about that here," he said.

"Bringing the dogs in like that, it has real-world effects. You've got to be careful … and how do these things get in? Cup-and-saucer dogs."

Most of the bad blood between Joyce and Johnny Depp relates to the hostage-like apology video he forced them to record, used as a warning to others who might consider breaking Australia's tough bio-security laws.

Joyce told 60 Minutes he thought the humiliation the now infamous video caused was warranted.

"As far as I was concerned, they looked like two people in a basement in Beirut. I wanted it. I thought it looked totally humiliating," he told Steinfort.

Joyce said Depp's insults at the time – calling him a "sweaty, big gutted man from Australia who was inbred with a tomato" – weren't much of sting.

"Hey, Johnny, look where your life ended up, old trout!" he told 60 Minutes.

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