Amber Heard andJohnny Depp 's legal teams both released statements following a week of testimony.- Depp's lawyers said in a statement that Heard gave the "performance of her life" on the stand.
Johnny Depp's legal team said in a statement Thursday that his ex-wife Amber Heard had given "the performance of her life" on the stand while giving testimony as part of their ongoing defamation trial. In response, a spokesperson for Heard described Depp's behavior in court as "pitiful."
The statements come following a week of testimony from Heard. Both Depp and Heard are in their fourth week of trial after Depp filed a defamation suit against Heard in response to an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018 that detailed her experience with domestic violence.
The reality, according to Depp's lawsuit, was that Heard fabricated an incident where she accused Depp of beating her and had, in fact, verbally and physically assaulted him throughout their relationship. Heard denied the claims and countersued, alleging Depp physically beat her numerous times in their relationship, often while intoxicated on drugs and alcohol.
"While Ms. Heard's stories have continued to grow new and convenient details, Mr. Depp's recollections have remained exactly the same throughout the six painful years since her first allegations were made," Depp's spokesperson said, according to People.
"His truth — the truth — is the same no matter the environment in which it has been presented," the statement continued.
The statement from Depp's legal team concluded by saying that when Heard faces cross-examination from Depp's lawyer in the coming weeks, the "fallacies" she has told will be highlighted.
Heard's legal team told Insider in a statement that Depp's case is 'falling apart'
In response, a spokesperson for Heard told Insider in a statement Friday that Depp's defamation claims are rapidly "falling apart" and his legal counsel has turned from "prosecutor to persecutor."
"They boast that Mr. Depp's story has not changed. If so, since he lost the Domestic Violence Restraining Order and he resoundingly lost the libel case in the UK, perhaps he should consider a new strategy rather than the recycled approach of attacking the victim, and refusing to take responsibility for his own conduct," the spokesperson said, referring to Depp losing his libel case against the UK newspaper The Sun over a 2018 article that referred to Depp as a "wife beater" in connection to domestic-abuse allegations leveled by Heard. A judge found that the article was "substantially true."
The statement provided to Insider continued that Depp's "inability to distinguish fact from fiction" has spread to his legal team who, they said, are currently fighting to prevent new evidence and photos from being introduced into the trial. It is unclear what evidence Heard's spokesperson is referring to.
"Small wonder Mr. Depp does not have the fortitude or courage to even look at Ms. Heard at all throughout the proceedings — as he could not in the UK trial — and, instead he doodles and snickers," the spokesperson said.
Heard's statement concluded by saying: "Mr. Depp's behavior in this trial has been as pitiful as it was in their marriage. Apparently, they feel they must double-down on their demonstrably losing two-part strategy: distract the jury and demonize the victim."