Ellen Barkin also testified Thursday about her brief “sexual relationship” with Depp
The attorney who represented Johnny Depp in his failed 2019-2020 defamation case against Amber Heard became a witness Thursday in the U.S. version, telling the court via pre-recorded deposition that he still believes Heard set up Depp in what he once called an “abuse hoax.”
“Yes, to some extent I have seen evidence of things that show her statements to be false,” Adam Waldman testified Thursday. Remarks Waldman made to media during the U. K. -based trial are the basis of Heard’s $100 million counterclaim against Depp for defamation. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, saying she libeled him in a 2018 op-ed. Waldman defended statements he made to media during the Daily Mail trial, calling Heard’s domestic violence allegations an “abuse hoax” telling the court pictures and videos sent to him by Marilyn Manson disprove Heard’s allegations. “As to that incident Thanksgiving 2013, I think those videos and photographs, yes, demolished her claim,” Waldman said. He said there were two LAPD officers – including one trained in domestic violence – that testified there was no damage to the couple’s penthouse that Heard claimed was “destroyed.” He also said there are “nine other witnesses” that testified at various times “there were no injuries to her [Heard] face whatsoever between the 21st and the 27th, when suddenly there were bruises.”
Waldman began representing Depp after he and Heard divorced.
