The actor is accused of hitting Greg Brooks, a member of the film crew The city of liesIn April 2017, their court battle will begin on July 25.
With his lawsuit against Amber Heard hardly won, Johnny Depp is set to start a new legal battle. The actor is indeed accused of hitting the director of the film crew Greg Brooks The city of lieshas been revealed TMZ: July 2018 – the day the manager filed a complaint. The two men will meet in court on July 25.
“I will give you $ 100,000 if you hit me.”
According to the legal documents seen by the tabloid, the shooting manager was hired in 2017, when the artistic film crew was shooting a scene in Los Angeles. At that time, Johnny Depp’s hunts would be chained without satisfying director Brad Furman. Greg Brooks would then inform the assistant director that the filming permit would expire, that they could only shoot one additional film. Which would make Johnny Depp angry.
The manager, worried about the actor’s “instability”, would try to contact the policeman. But Johnny Depp allegedly attacked him before he got there. Then the actor would start. “You have no right to tell me what to do.” According to Greg Brooks, he then hit his rib twice, without the reaction of the shooting manager. “I’ll give you $ 100,000 to punch me in the face,” Johnny Depp allegedly said.
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“Self defense”?
The latter would continue to attack the employee until he was evacuated by the bodyguards. An incident in which Johnny Depp’s breath “smelled of alcohol,” said Greg Brooks in his testimony. The employee also condemned the “emotional anxiety” that the actor would “cause” him, revealed. Page Six. Johnny Depp, in his turn, considered that Greg Brooks “caused” the actions that caused his injuries, that they are only the result of his “self-defense”. In 2018, the other members of the team also claimed that the confrontation was only verbal.
A trial that is not televised
Asked արև:Pat Harris, Greg Brooks’s lawyer, argued in early June that the verdict in Johnny Depp’s Amber Heard’s trial had “nothing to do” with the future legal battle. “Brooks’ case has nothing to do with the trial of two Hollywood celebrities involved in a toxic relationship,” he said. This is the attack of a movie star on a member of the film crew.
If the actor is again defended by his lawyer Camille Vazquez, this new trial will not be televised, unlike the trial of Amber Heard. The request made by the channel Law և crime it was really rejected, it was revealed Newsweek:. The extent of the damage claimed by Greg Brooks has not yet been determined.
Source: Le Figaro
