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Biggest Bombshells from Johnny Depp's U.K. Libel Case: From Early Drug Use to Losing $750 Million

From starting drug use at 11 to losing $750 million, here are all the bombshells from Johnny Depp's U.K. libel case

By Alexia Fernández

As Johnny Depp's libel case against the U.K. tabloid The Sun nears its end, the actor has revealed several things about his past and his marriage to Amber Heard.

Depp, 57, is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN), the parent company of The Sun, for libel over a story that called the actor a "wife-beater" in reference to his former marriage to actress Heard, 34.

The case faced a hurdle before it ever began in the U.K. high court, with Judge Andrew Nicol ruling the actor had breached his previous disclosure order by omitting text messages during his time in Australia, where Heard accused Depp of being abusive and high on drugs. Depp has previously denied the allegations made by the outlet and by Heard.

The case was able to proceed with a slew of bombshells coming to light.

1. Depp's drug use began in his early childhood.

During the first day of testimony, Depp revealed he’d began using drugs “at a young age, when it was not a particularly stable or secure or safe home life.”

The actor said his mother would ask him to “go and get her ‘nerve pills’ and I think I was around the age of 11 that it dawned on me that ‘nerve pills’ were calming her nerves, so I brought her her nerve pills and I took one and that began [my drug use].”

In court documents obtained by PEOPLE at the time, Depp said he was in recovery from alcohol and drugs during “significant parts” of his marriage to Heard and accused the Aquaman star of encouraging him to relapse “instead of supporting my sobriety.”

2. Depp gave his daughter Lily-Rose Depp weed when she was 13.

During cross-examination in early July, Depp was asked by Sasha Wass QC, the lawyer for NGN, if he had ever “encouraged” his daughter, Lily-Rose Depp, to try weed when she was 13.

According to Metro, Depp said he "never encouraged my daughter to use marijuana."

"My daughter was 13 years old and, as we all know, at 11, 12, 13 years old, when you go to high school parties you are approached by people who will want to give you drink because they’re drinking," Depp continued per the outlet, adding the advice he gave his daughter when she was young: "Listen, sweetheart, if you are at a party and someone hands you the joint, take the joint from that person and pass it to the next person… don’t experiment with drugs with people you don’t know."

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Depp said he had asked his daughter to come to him when she felt "ready," saying it was due to not wanting the young actress and model's "first experience in this world to be with people you don’t know, taking things you don’t know that I can’t trust, so it’s a safety issue."

Depp recalled how Lily-Rose, now 21, later came to him wanting to try marijuana, and he consulted with her mom Vanessa Paradis, who he said also talked to their daughter about it. The exes, who were together from 1998 to 2012, also share 16-year-old son Jack.

Per Metro's reporting, Depp said he "would rather" his kids "be honest and have me be honest with them so that she doesn’t go out there and do these things and hide them from me."

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