James Franco has been subpoenaed to give evidence in Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation suit against his former wife Amber Heard, after surveillance footage emerged that Depp’s legal team claim could shine light on Heard’s abuse allegations.
Surveillance footage of Franco and Heard shows the pair interacting in an elevator, with Franco resting his forehead on Heard’s shoulder at one point.
Depp is suing Heard for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about her experiences as a domestic violence survivor.
While she did not name Depp as the perpetrator of the violence, Depp has claimed that it is strongly inferred.