To the Royal Courts of Justice for the case of Depp -v- News Group Newspapers. Evidence later from Amber Heard @5_News #JohnnyDepp
‘My name is Amber Laura Heard’ she says after pledging the oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
She is a witness in the case her ex husband has brought against The Sun/NGN
AH tells court JD didn’t want a pre-nup and said he would tear it up. ‘The only way out of this is death’ she says was his view.
‘He told me this time and time again ... I was never interested in his money, I never was’
On use of drugs AH denies she has presented herself in a dishonest way in witness statement
You say you never took cocaine with Mr Depp? ‘Absolutely’
Eleanor Laws QC is asking the questions: she is one of Depp’s barristers. Reporters are in an annex watching a video feed - we can only see AH
AH claims JD’s doctor ‘put me on all sorts of medications and frankly I’ve lost tab’
AH admits to taking MDMA and magic mushrooms on birthday trip to Coachella festival, says it was rare
‘I’ve taken recreational drugs a few times’
Says only took MDMA w JD once, on a flight to Moscow early in relationship, says it ended in violence
EL is putting to AH several witness statements about alleged use of drink and drugs
EL ‘You’re just lying as you go along, aren’t you?
AH ‘No’
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