Johnny Depp, 58, said he went from ‘Cinderella to Quasimodo’ as he told the jury that he never hit Amber Heard.
The Hollywood star took the stand in his $100 million defamation case and insisted: “Never did I myself reach the point of striking Ms Heard in any way.”
He also gave evidence as part of his civil defamation claim against his former wife in Fairfax, Virginia.
“It’s very strange when one day you’re Cinderella so to speak then 0.6 seconds later you’re Quasimodo,” Depp said.
“I didn’t deserve that nor did my children nor did the people who believed in me all these years. I didn’t want any of those people to believe I had done them wrong or that I was a fraud.
“I pride myself on honesty. I pride myself on truth. Truth is the only thing I am interested in. Lies will get you nowhere but lies build upon lies that build upon lies. I am obsessed with the truth.
“Today is the first day I have been able to speak about this case for the first time.”
When Depp was asked about how he felt when his private life was shared in public, the actor said: “As a father raising kids, you know when they were very very little it was important to me, very important to me, to try and shield my children as much as possible from looking at their father, or their mum for that matter, as novelties.point 486 |
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“I was always a private person.
“So for me to come up here and stand before you all and spill the truth is quite exposing and it’s unfortunate that it is not only exposing for myself but for my family, for Miss Heard.
“It never had to go in this direction. So I can’t say I am embarrassed as I know I am doing the right thing.”
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