Actor accused of lack of respect for women that turned into violence against Amber Heard
A “deep misogyny” lay at the root of the anger that Johnny Depp translated into violence – fuelled by an addiction to alcohol and drugs – against his then wife, Amber Heard, the high court has heard.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star had described himself as “a southern gentleman who had respect for women” but texts showed this was “entirely untrue”, said Sasha Wass QC, summing up for News Group Newspapers (NGN), which owns the Sun, in the three-week libel case brought by Depp.
In texts Depp, 57, had described women as “sluts” and “fat ugly whores”. In one he said he would “smack the ugly cunt around” after asking whether a “worthless hooker” had arrived. In another, he described his former partner Vanessa Paradis as a “withering cunt”. Depp also “created a misogynistic persona of [Heard] as the stereotype of a nagging woman. In addition, he had “reverted to more old-fashioned accusations of gold digger, a shrew and an adulterer,” Wass said,
Continue reading…Actor accused of lack of respect for women that turned into violence against Amber HeardA “deep misogyny” lay at the root of the anger that Johnny Depp translated into violence – fuelled by an addiction to alcohol and drugs – against his then wife, Amber Heard, the high court has heard.The Pirates of the Caribbean star had described himself as “a southern gentleman who had respect for women” but texts showed this was “entirely untrue”, said Sasha Wass QC, summing up for News Group Newspapers (NGN), which owns the Sun, in the three-week libel case brought by Depp.In texts Depp, 57, had described women as “sluts” and “fat ugly whores”. In one he said he would “smack the ugly cunt around” after asking whether a “worthless hooker” had arrived. In another, he described his former partner Vanessa Paradis as a “withering cunt”. Depp also “created a misogynistic persona of [Heard] as the stereotype of a nagging woman. In addition, he had “reverted to more old-fashioned accusations of gold digger, a shrew and an adulterer,” Wass said, Continue reading…