At libel trial, Depp blasts Amber Heard`s `sick` abuse claim
(WorldNews Health)

LONDON — Johnny Depp said Tuesday that ex-wife Amber Heard had made “sick” claims of abuse and falsely branded him a monster, as the actor testified in a U.K. libel case that hinges on who was the aggressor in the celebrity couple`s violent, toxic relationship Depp is suing British tabloid The Sun over an April 2018 story headlined “Potty — How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy` casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?” The newspaper`s lawyers plan to use Heard`s allegations of abuse by Depp to defend the “wife beater” claim. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star strongly denies Heard`s claims that he assaulted her during their tempestuous marriage, and is suing The...