Ellen Barkin, 68, was referred to as by Amber Heard‘s crew to testify in Johnny Depp‘s ongoing defamation case in opposition to Amber, 36, and she or he didn’t maintain again. Ellen, who claimed to have a “sexual” relationship with the famed actor within the Nineteen Nineties, per Vulture, stated Johhny, now 58, was a resentful and indignant man with substance abuse points in a recorded deposition from 2019 performed on Might 19. “He’s only a jealous man, controlling,” she stated, describing his demeanor after they have been collectively. “‘The place are you going?’ ‘Who’re you going with?’ ‘What did you do final night time?’” she claimed he would continually ask. She additionally claimed Johnny accused her of dishonest and have become “very, very indignant” after seeing a scratch on her again she claimed he assumed was a results of intercourse with one other individual.
Ellen additionally talked about Johnny’s alleged consuming points. “He was drunk a variety of the time. Plenty of the time,” Barkin stated, per Entertainment Tonight. “He was a purple wine drinker.” She went on to assert the previous Pirates of the Caribbean star as soon as bought so indignant along with her when he was consuming that he threw a wine bottle throughout their lodge room at her whereas they have been in Las Vegas filming Concern and Loathing in Las Vegas. She famous that the bottle missed her and stated she had no thought why he chucked it. Moreover, she stated Johnny usually took “hallucinogenics, cocaine, marijuana” in entrance of her throughout their rocky relationship.
Throughout Johnny and Amber’s earlier 2020 libel trial on the Excessive Courtroom in London, Johhny stated Ellen accused him of such actions as a result of she was damage by him. “Ms. Barkin and I had been pals for a lot of years,” Johnny claimed, describing their relationship to the court docket, per Daily Mail. “A sexual ingredient started with Ms. Barkin which lasted for months on and off often because she was making the movie I used to be making on the time, Concern and Loathing in Las Vegas, and I suppose her wishes have been… She wished greater than a relationship, she wished a correct relationship with me and I didn’t need that.” He continued, “I didn’t really feel the identical about her as she did me and I suppose from that second on she turned very, very indignant and since then I’ve not spoken to Ms. Barkin.”
Amber has additionally recalled alleged cases of indignant outbursts from Johnny. On Might 11, Amber claimed Johhny beforehand slapped her throughout the face whereas carrying rings, making her lip bleed. “He wears a variety of rings. I bear in mind type of simply feeling like my lip went into my enamel, and it bought just a little blood on the wall,” she stated in her testimony, per TMZ. “Simply that easy, just a little little bit of blood on the wall.” The incident apparently occurred earlier than they bought married. In response, Johnny’s crew denied the story and stated the dates she used didn’t add up.
Johhny and Amber have been in court docket since April 11 together with witnesses and consultants getting used to assist both sides of the argument. Johnny is suing Amber for $50 million for writing a 2019 op-ed piece in The Washington Put up wherein she detailed her alleged expertise as a home abuse survivor. Whereas she didn’t title Johhny, it was assumed her piece was about him. Amber countersued for $100 million.