Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are both celebrities, but their former caricature became a star on Wednesday at a libel trial in Fairfax, Virginia.
The court heard Alejandro Romero, who was a cartoonist in the Los Angeles Corps where Johnny Depp and Amber Heard once lived.
The whole exchange was so strange that Judge Penny Azkarat had to admit, “I’ve seen a lot, but I haven’t seen it yet.”
Romero’s deposition was related to the couple’s family violence incident on May 21, 2016, but he told his lawyers who questioned him. He was “very tense” and “unwilling to face.”
“I’m tired… I don’t want to hear this case… everyone has problems and I don’t want to face them anymore,” he said at one point. According to People.com.
Romero told lawyers he doesn’t remember seeing “marks or bruises” on Herd’s face in the days after the incident, but added: “I’ll see it and I’ll remember it, because that’s what you’ll see.”
Although Romero admitted that he did not encounter much with Depp, the actor was not abusive and violent in these cases.
Later, he said, he recalled that Herd had asked him to investigate if he had been assaulted. The dog growled in front of their door.
“Huh? Four inches off the ground? The dog is barking,” he said.
“They were scared. … They asked me to go to the ward and look at each room individually. “It’s part of my job, so I did it,” Romero said as the crowd in the classroom smiled.
Depp accused Herd of defamation A. Opinion from the Washington Post 2018 Under the headline “I’ve talked about sexual assault-and I recognize the anger of our culture. That must change. “
In the article, the actor said that he was insulted indirectly by making allegations against him in the background of their divorce and the fact that his wife abused him.
The process, which just ended on day 11, should take weeks to complete.
Romero’s testimony can be seen in the video below.
Source: Huffpost
