Depp’s bodyguard tells the story of the actor’s honeymoon with Heard, when a photo of bruises on his face is shown

Johnny DeppThe security guard spoke about Mr. Deppu in Amber Heardhoneymoon, as he testified via a video link from his home Essex, United kingdom.

The defamation trial between Mr. Depp and Mrs. Heard began on Monday, April 11 in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr. Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019. Mr. Depp claims to have defamed him in a December 2018 article published in The Washington Post entitled “I spoke out against sexual violence – and faced the anger of our culture. That needs to change. “

Malcolm Connelly said he initially worked as a security guard for Mr. Depp, his children and his former Vanessa Paradis.

He said he first met Ms Heard in 2010 when she was in the UK to promote the film Drive angry with Nicholas Cage before she met Mr. Depp. He protected her for a week and said she was “nice”. He added that he had not seen her before she appeared Rum’s diary with Mr. Depp.

Mr Connolly describes the initial phase of Mr Depp’s relationship with Mrs Heard, who was “loving” and that Mrs Heard was “lovely, charming … as usual”.

He then said that things were starting to change and that she was becoming more “face” and “demanding”.

“I saw that Amber wanted to wear pants in a relationship, it was quite obvious,” he said, and that she could “freeze when her hat fell off.”

The security guard reviewed several incidents in which Ms. Heard threw things like a lighter and a can of soda at Mr. Depp, adding that he noticed scratches or bruises on Depp, usually on his face. Mr Connelly said he had been trained in the UK prison service to observe such things.

He added that Mr Depp stood with his arms raised to show that he had nothing to do to harm anyone.

Mr Connelly testified that he photographed Mr Depp and Mrs Heard on their honeymoon, saying Mr Depp was “not happy”.

In her 2018 article, Ms. Heard wrote that “like many women, I was harassed and sexually assaulted when I was a student. But I kept quiet – I didn’t expect complaints to bring justice. And I didn’t see myself as a victim. “

“Then two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic violence, and I felt all the power of our culture’s anger towards women who speak up,” she added at the time.

Although Mr Depp is not named in the article, his legal team claims it contains “a clear hint that Mr Depp is a bully in the family”, which they say is “categorically and demonstrably wrong”. Mr Depp is seeking “no less than $ 50 million” in damages.

Ms. Heard has filed a $ 100 million counterclaim against Mr. Depp for interference and immunity from his allegations.

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