Johnny Depp’s agent says Amber Heard’s record is ‘catastrophic’ for her career

Jack Whigham, agent Johnny Depptestified Monday at the defamation trial which is in its fourth week and the actor is facing his ex-wife, Amber heard.

The manager ensures that the note Washington Post published in 2018, in which Heard described himself as a victim of domestic abuse, was “catastrophic” for the actor’s career. It also coincided with the loss of a deal of more than 22 million dollars for a sequel of pirates of the Caribbean.

Heard’s lawyers vehemently denied such a claim, suggesting the article was irrelevant amid a flood of bad publicity for Depp caused by his own misconduct.

Depp filed Heard for defamation in Fairfax County Circuit Court, arguing that his article insulted him when the actress described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”

The note of post He never mentioned Depp’s name, but the actor’s lawyers said he still molested him because it was clearly referring to the abuse allegations Heard brought against him in 2016.

The effects of the “Post” note, on numbers

In his far -reaching statement Monday, Whigham explained that Depp was still able to work after those initial allegations.

He explained that he received 8 million dollars for City of Lies10 million dollars for Killing the Orient Express and 13.5 million for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwaldall were shot in 2017, although under contracts reached prior to the accusations.

He then insisted that the article on Washington Post has been especially detrimental to his career: “It’s a very strong first-person account,” Whigham said.

After that, he said Depp had a hard time getting any kind of job. He had to take a $ 3 million salary cut to make the independent film. minimataand a verbal agreement of 22.5 million dollars he has with Disney for the sixth film of pirates of the Caribbean.

cross-examination

However, on cross-examination, Heard’s lawyers asked if the deal with the Jack Sparrow movie franchise had already dropped in the pipes by the time Heard’s article was published.

Whigham admitted he did not have a written agreement for Depp to come out in the sixth installment of pirates. And while he said his producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, spoke in favor of Depp’s return to the franchise in 2018, Disney executives have not made a deal.

In early 2019, a few weeks after Heard’s article was published, Whigham said Depp’s role in any pirateswas blocked and instead the producers were looking to move forward with Margot Robbie in the title role.

But Heard’s lawyers cited various reasons that damaged Depp’s image more than the article. post. These include reports of excessive drug and alcohol use.

Two complaints were added to them: one from a member of the filming team in July 2018 claiming that Depp hit him on set; and another for separate libel filed by Depp against a British newspaper in 2018.

What Depp has to prove to win the trial

For Depp’s lawsuit to succeed in Virginia, not only must the actor prove that he was falsely accused, but that opinion caused the damage. postand not the abuse allegations Heard included in the 2016 divorce in which he obtained a temporary restraining order.

Depp’s lawyers also showed testimony from an intellectual property expert who testified about the negative rotation on the star’s reputation.

But its own data, which includes trends in Google searches, showed negative spikes after allegations of abuse in 2016, but little or no changes after the article was published.

The trial entered its fourth week on Monday. Much of the testimony in the first three focuses on the volatile relationship between Depp and Heard.

The actor said he did not hit Heard; His lawyers say Depp physically and sexually abused the actress on multiple occasions. Heard is expected to testify next week.

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