Representing lawyers questioned Amber Heard Actor’s ex-wife Johnny Depp Thursday, the champion of the series “Pirates of the Caribbean” (Pirates of the Caribbean) in defamation suit which he filed against his ex-wife and presented jurors with graphic text messages in which Depp referred to a “monster” within him that he had worked to curb.
Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 35, in a Virginia court for $50 million, after she accused him of abusing her during and before their two-year marriage. He argued that Heard was the one who was violent in the relationship.
In the Virginia courtroom, Heard’s lawyers spent most of Thursday viewing emails and text messages Depp sent to Heard, friends, family and partners that often contained insults and vulgar phrases.
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He wrote a text message to a former security guard in 2015 shortly after his marriage to Heard: “We’re amazing. All I had to do was send the monster away and lock it up. We’re happier than ever.”
In another text message to one of his doctors, Depp said, “I locked my little monster in a cage deep inside me and it worked.”
Depp said Heard used the word monster to describe him when she thought he was drunk or taking drugs, but he nevertheless said her perception was not always accurate.
On Wednesday, Depp said it was Heard who turned violent during arguments and might slap him or push him away. He said that Heard once dropped a bottle of vodka and injured one of his fingers.
A judge in Fairfax County, Virginia, is handling the case, which will appeal on Monday.