Depp V Heard: Johnny's Fall From 'Biggest Movie Star In World' To Demanding Huge Bank Loans

Ms. Barkin said she and Johnny, with whom she co-starred in the film Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, were together for about six months in 1994, during day 29 of the libel trial involving Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.

When asked if Depp ever acted in an "out of control" way, she said "yes".

"He once threw a wine bottle across the hotel room while we were filming."

Aside from being "out of control," she added he was "just a jealous man, controlling... Where are you going? Who are you with? What are you doing?"

She says it was "very common" for him to become "jealous and controlling", and that when he did he also became "angry and demanding".

Talking about Depp's alcohol and drugs, she told the court in Virginia just outside Washington DC: "He was drunk most of the time," adding, "he was a red wine drinker".

She also says he was often "high" on drugs, including "marijuana, cocaine, hallucinogenics". She says he did them in front of her "all of the time... He was always drinking or smoking a joint".

Depp is suing his ex-wife Amber Heard for $50 million (£40 million), claiming she defamed him by claiming she was a victim of domestic abuse in a Washington Post article.

Heard countersued for $100 million (£81 million), claiming that he slandered her by calling her a liar.

Depp claims that he never hit Heard and was the victim of his ex-abuse. wife's

Maria Sadanaga, a Los Angeles detective and domestic violence coordinator, was called to Depp's apartment in 2016 to investigate a domestic violence allegation.

Officers must record any observations made by the alleged victim and the scene they find when they arrive.

An incident report is supposed to be filled out if there is any reason to believe domestic violence has occurred - a state law requirement - but no such report was filled out after the visit to Depp's home.

Meanwhile, Heard has maintained that she was assaulted by Depp and has been publicly chastised for doing so.

Ron Schnell, a social media forensic expert, testified for Heard's team during the hearing on Thursday.

Between April 2020 and January 2021, he discovered some negative hashtags about the actress and told the court about them. Among them were:

#WeJustDontLikeYouAmber
#AmberTurd
#AmberHeardIsAnAbuser

He says most messages also contained "Hoax, fraud, fake".

Mr. Schnell also claimed that he ran four random tests of 1,000 tweets about Heard simultaneously and found not a single one that was positive about her.

Depp has always maintained that, despite the fact that the Washington Post article he is criticizing did not name him, it was clear that it was about him. As a result, he claims, he lost his acting job.

Tracey Jacobs, his former talent agent, said that while he was undoubted "the biggest movie star in the world" at one point, that was no longer the case when he left her agency.

"His star had dimmed," she told the court and explained it was due to "the reputation he had acquired due to lateness and other things... People were talking, and the question was out there about his behavior".

She added: "Showing up late to set consistently on virtually every movie - I would get yelled at....I said 'you've got to stop doing this, it's hurting you'. And it did."

Ms Jacobs went on: "Initially crews loved him, as he was so great with the crew. But crews don't like sitting around for hours and hours waiting for the star to turn up.

"Word got around town - people talk, it's a small community - and it made people reluctant to use him toward the end."

She also says he regularly used earpieces to have his lines fed to him while he was filming.

Her testimony was used to counter Depp's libel lawsuit, which claims that an op-ed piece Heard wrote in 2018 falsely depicted him as a domestic abuser and cost him a lucrative Hollywood career that included the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise.

Ms. Jacobs did add, however, that she had never seen Depp hit a woman, throw anything at a woman, or act violently towards a woman in any other way."

She hadn't heard of any other women accusing Depp of domestic violence, and she hadn't seen any injuries on Heard.

Ms. Jacobs was also asked about a message during her time working with Depp, when she talked about some "good news", and said she was talking about obtaining money for the actor.

She explained: "We were able to help [Depp] out when he was in financial desperation. We were able to secure a loan for him through Bank of America."

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Depp V Heard: Johnny's Fall From 'Biggest Movie Star In World' To Demanding Huge Bank Loans