Johnny Depp s Lawyers: Amber Heard Made Up Abuse Allegations

A Hollywood drama unfolded in a Virginia courtroom as the first day of trial began in the defamation lawsuit Johnny Depp brought against exwife Amber Heard. Heard claimed in an oped written at the height of the MeToo movement that she was abused by Depp. His lawyers have painted her as a liar who made up the allegations to gain publicity for a movie she was starring in, and claim that Depps career was destroyed as a result. Heards lawyers contend that his career was already in free fall.