Regardless of the defamation verdict coming in months in the past, the dialog surrounding Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s lengthy authorized battle hasn’t proven any indicators of slowing down. That is partly due to each events submitting new appeals, but in addition due to unsealed court docket paperwork which have come to gentle this week. And whereas Depp’s attorneys have accused Heard of modifying photographs of her bruises, these new docs see the Pirates actor accused of the identical factor.
Throughout their lengthy authorized battle, Johnny Depp’s staff of attorneys tried to discredit Amber Heard and her allegations of abuse. One of many methods this was achieved was by questioning the validity of photographs the Aquaman actress took of her face whereas bruised, claiming it was really achieved via make-up and/or modifying. However the tables are turning thanks to unsealed paperwork examined by The Day by day Beast (through Insider) that declare that Depp may need edited photographs of himself that had been submitted into proof.
The crux of this argument is said to discrepancies in dates on photographs that Johnny Depp’s groups submitted of the actor following an alleged altercation with Amber Heard. The difficulty is that the picture’s creation date was 2019, whereas it was speculated to be from again in 2015. In accordance with the paperwork, one other picture didn’t have a creation date, however was edited in 2020. As such, Heard’s staff claimed that these photographs had been tampered with– which is strictly what she was accused of. Because the attorneys alleged within the beforehand sealed paperwork:
Lacking creation dates and/or modification dates that post-date the information is usually a signal of digital proof manipulation.
However the allegations from Amber Heard’s attorneys in these new docs don’t cease there. The attorneys requested that they be given any recordings that Depp had of his ex-wife. They declare that mentioned audio has additionally been edited by the Pirates of the Caribbean actor and his staff.
So what did Johnny Depp’s attorneys like Camille Vasquez must say in response? These paperwork declare these new modified dates had been merely when the pictures had been final saved. What’s extra, there was concern that these findings would give the jury an “unfair prejudice” about Depp. The 59 year-old actor’s failed to offer a remark to Insider relating to these new findings.
Clearly the discourse surrounding Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s authorized battle isn’t going to decelerate anytime quickly. It stays to be seen how every of their appeals will play out in court docket, and if something adjustments relating to the assorted instances of defamation and their monetary penalties. For her half, Heard is seemingly making an attempt to do something to keep away from paying the whopping $10 million to her ex-husband.
Professionally, Johnny Depp is getting ready to shoot his first post-trial film whereas additionally touring as a musician. As for Amber Heard, she’s anticipated to have a (presumably smaller) function in Aquaman 2 on March seventeenth. Within the meantime, try the 2022 film launch dates to plan your subsequent film expertise.