The case, Sherborne explained, concerned allegations that Johnny Depp “seriously physically assaulted his former wife, the actress, Amber Heard.
Amber Heard, not Johnny Depp, was the one who started fights during their marriage, the high court has been told at the start of a libel battle involving the divorced Hollywood actors.
It was Heard who was “the abuser” and who invented claims that her former partner was a “wife-beater”, according to an opening statement submitted to the court by Depp’s barrister, David Sherborne.
Amber obtained a domestic violence restraining order against Depp back in 2016 and has tried to moved on with her life.