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        <title><![CDATA[Johnny Depp’s libel trial over Amber Heard assault claims set to end with cliff-hanger]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hollywood&#8217;s ugliest &#8220;hit&#8221; is coming to an end &#8212; with a cliff-hanger.</p><p>Johnny Depp&#8217;s explosive libel trial is due to hear closing arguments this week &#8212; with the Hollywood star and his actress ex Amber Heard still accusing each other of disturbing acts of violence.</p><p>London&#8217;s High Court is expected to wrap up the final testimony over Monday and Tuesday in the 57-year-old actor&#8217;s lawsuit against The Sun newspaper over a 2018 article calling him a &#8220;wife beater.&#8221;</p><p>The judge, Mr. Justice Nicol, will then take time to consider his ruling &#8212; leaving the case in a real-life cliff-hanger as to when his decision will be announced.</p><p>Despite no cameras inside the courtroom, the tawdry testimony has rivaled any reality TV show &#8212; and gripped celebrity watchers at a time when Hollywood is at a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>Along with disturbing accusations of violence, plotlines include numerous alleged celebrity affairs, threesomes, the <strong>loss of $750 million</strong>, drug-taking by dogs and young daughters &#8212; and even <strong>marriage-ending poop attacks</strong>.</p><p>It also featured a stellar support cast of A-listers &#8212; with Elon Musk, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Franco, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Costner, Liam Hemsworth and Billy-Bob Thornton all named as stars Depp was paranoid his <strong>wife was cheating with</strong>.</p><p>Depp was first to take the stand when the case opened on July 7 to vehemently deny 14 allegations of domestic violence used by The Sun&#8217;s legal team to justify its &#8220;wife beater&#8221; claim.</p><p>His legal team accused Heard of <strong>faking photos of bruises</strong>, with Depp calling some of her detailed allegations &#8220;pedestrian fiction” &#8212; accusing his &#8220;sociopathic&#8221; ex of the violence and trying to set him up in a &#8220;choreographed hoax.&#8221;</p><p>Heard, however, later claimed Depp threatened to kill her “many times,&#8221; saying he would blame his actions on a “self-created third party” he called “the monster.&#8221;</p><p>They included a “three-day hostage situation” during which Depp started picking up empty booze bottles and &#8220;<strong>throwing them like grenades</strong>” at her, Heard told the court.</p><p>It ended with Depp completely severing a fingertip &#8212; using the <strong>blood to scrawl messages</strong> about his wife across mirrors in a rented home in Australia, he admitted to the court, blaming his wife for the gruesome injury that <strong>left him with MRSA</strong>.</p><p>The couple, who met during auditions for 2011&#8217;s &#8220;The Rum Diary,&#8221; was already having volatile fights before their marriage in February 2015 on Depp&#8217;s private island in the Bahamas, they both agreed.</p><p>They even had a &#8220;terrible fight&#8221; during their honeymoon on an Eastern &amp; Oriental Express train ride through Southeast Asia during which Heard claimed she woke with her husband&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>shirt wrapped around my neck</strong>,&#8221; the court was told.</p><p>Depp vehemently denied ever striking his ex &#8212; or any woman &#8212; but conceded their <strong>heads may have once clashed</strong> when he tried to hold her back from attacking him.</p><p>Heard, meanwhile, admitted she once punched the actor &#8212; but only to stop him pushing her sister down some stairs like she heard he once <strong>did to supermodel ex Kate Moss</strong>, she told the court.</p><p>Either way, the decay of their marriage was spelled out in graphic detail, with Depp admitting they had agreed it was &#8220;a <strong>crime scene waiting to happen.</strong>&#8221;</p><p>Aside from the violence, the case has also thrown into sharp focus Depp&#8217;s fall from grace &#8212; with him detailing his fight with drug addiction, even calling himself a &#8220;<strong>poor old junkie</strong>&#8221; while going through detox.</p><p>Depp even admitted to <strong>giving daughter Lily-Rose pot</strong> when she was just 13, claiming he was being a “responsible parent.&#8221; Another time, he allegedly went on a <strong>24-hour drug bender</strong> with rocker Marilyn Manson after dropping off Lily-Rose at school.</p><p>He also detailed how one of Heard&#8217;s Yorkshire Terriers, Boo, ate about an ounce of the drug in front of him &#8212; but dismissed as an “<strong>utter falsity</strong>” claims that he held her other dog, Pistol, out of the window of a speeding car.</p><p>The grossest moment came when the court was shown photos of <strong>poop left in Depp&#8217;s bed</strong> following a fight after Heard&#8217;s 30th birthday. The actress denied being responsible &#8212; but Depp said it was the moment he finally decided to dump her.</p><p>It was not the only bodily waste involved &#8212; with Depp also accused of trying to write <strong>Heard&#8217;s name in pee</strong> during one attack.</p><p>The only disappointment for celeb watchers was the last-minute <strong>decision not to call</strong> Depp&#8217;s celebrity exes Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis. Each instead <strong>gave glowing testimonials</strong> in witness statements claiming Depp had never been violent during their combined 18 years with him.</p><p>No matter the outcome of the case, many insiders believe it could halt similar libel claims from celebrities who will be horrified at the graphic details being aired.</p><p>“I think the legal action has backfired in many ways,&#8221; celebrity journalist Sandro Monetti said. &#8220;Win or lose the case, I think Johnny is damaged in his career. And I don’t think Amber Heard has come out of it smelling of roses either.&#8221;</p><p>Crisis PR expert Evan Nierman also said Depp has not &#8220;done himself any favors&#8221; with the court action.</p><p>“I’m not sure the juice is worth the squeeze,&#8221; he said. “I’m not sure putting himself through the wringer like this accomplishes his goal.&#8221;</p><p>Still, he believes Depp could bounce back easier than his ex-wife.</p><p>“People have known Johnny Depp and thought that he’s a wild man for a long time,&#8221; Nierman said.</p><p>“Whereas now, our introduction on a grand scale to Amber Heard doesn’t paint a particularly pretty picture.</p><p>&#8220;So I think it’s actually likely to have more damage to her career than his, because he’s already on the tail end of a great run.”</p><p><em>With Post wires</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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