Johnny Depp was jealous and controlling, according to the actor’s ex-girlfriend

• Depp and Barkin in 1994. Photo: Yahoo.

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  1. “Jealous, controlling and drunk”
  2. “Unprofessional”
  3. “Extremely concerned”

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Johnny Depp was jealous, controlling and frequently drunk, his ex-girlfriend and actress Ellen Barkin said in prerecorded testimony Thursday at the trial for The actor’s defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

Heard (36), who in May 2016 requested She issued an approaching restraining order against Depp (58) alleging domestic violence before filing for divorce, she wrote. Opinion piece for The Washington Post in December 2018 describing to himself She claimed herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse,” not to mention her former husband.

The protagonist of “Pirates of the Caribbean” for US$50 million in damages for insinuating that he was an abuser.

The actress from the state of Texas (south) and star of “Aquaman” a counterclaim for 100 million dollars , alleging that she suffered & oacute; “unbridled physical violence and abuse” by her ex-husband.

During the four days of her testimony, Depp denied had beaten Heard and claimed that she was the one frequently being violent.

“Jealous, controlling and drunk”

Barkin, 68, said he had < strong>a brief “sexual relationship” with the actor in the 1990s.

Barkin said that during the several months they were together, Depp “was drunk most of the time.”

“He is a jealous, controlling man: ‘Where are you going? Who are you going with? what? What did you do last night?'”, he added.

” He told me a lot because he had a scratch on his back and he insisted. in that it was because I had sexual relationswith a person who was not him“, he said.

Barkin counted an incident during the filming of the 1998 movie “Panic and Madness in Las Vegas” in which Depp “thrown a bottle of wine on the other side of the hotel room (…) I don’t know; why threw the bottle”, although he indicated that he may have had an argument with friends or his assistant.

“Unprofessional”

Tracey Jacobs, Depp’s former agent who also n offered a recorded testimony, she said that she the reputation of the protagonist of “Pirates of the Caribbean” started It will decline after 2010 due to his “unprofessional behavior.”

Depp’s lawyers allege that his ex-wife’s domestic abuse allegations damaged Depp’s reputation. n of his client, but his former agent maintained that the actor had already begun to decline before that. that “unprofessional behavior” Depp’s included drug and alcohol use as well as drug use. like “being late to the set ofIt’s consistently on pretty much every movie.” he explained. “It’s a small community and it made people reluctant to come to him towards the end,” he said.

that Depp was in such “financial despair” in January 2016 that came to the agency to ask for 20 million dollars. claimed that she and her partners told him that her firm “was not a bank”; though they helped him get a loan through Bank of America.

“Extremely concerned”

On his side, Josh Mandel , Depp’s former manager, said he was “extremely concerned” for the financial situation of the actor in 2015.

There were “constant” conversations. He was asked to cut back on spending, but “that never happened,” he added.

“Over time it became clear that there were problems with alcohol and drugs.” and “that translated into more erratic behavior”, he detailed.

At one point, Depp was spending$300,000 a month on full-time staff and another 100,000 a month on a doctor and nurses to ensure his sobriety, he said. that Depp won He earned around 600 million dollars during the decades he represented it.

Nominated three times for an Oscar, the actor in 2016 to Mandel, who presented a lawsuit, although both reached an agreement in 2018.

He also fired to Jacobs, who said he didn’t know why: “I really don’t know. all i know it’s that it’s over with practically everyone who was in his life & quot;.

Depp’s lawyers put experts on the stand who testified that the actor lost & oacute; ; $22.5 million due to domestic abuse allegations, including $22.5 million for a sixth installment of “Pirates.” He filed a lawsuit for defamation in the United States after losing a case in London in November 2020, also for defamation, against the tabloid newspaper The Sun, which called him a criminal. “wife beater”.

Heard and Depp met in 2009 on the set of “The Rum Diary” and were married in February 2015. Their divorce was finalized. two years later.

Judge Penney Azcarate scheduled a hearing. Closing arguments in the case will be announced by May 27, after which it will deliberate. the jury.