Major bombshell in the Johnny Depp V The Sun trial today after Amber Heard’s former personal assistant Kate James casually dropped in that Heard co-opted a story of James’ about being raped in Brazil and passed it off as her own. Who the hell does that?
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All through the trial questions have been thrown at Heard about whether she just made up a hell of lot the shit that she said about Johnny Depp and was pretty much crazy herself, and this might be the testimony that gets a lot of people onto Depp’s side. Of course, it sounds like he was still pretty terrible during the whole of their relationship, but maybe just not as bad as Heard is making out in terms of him beating her up all the time.
Anyway, here’s a live tweeting of that pivotal exchange:
watching in court 38 as first Sasha Wass QC for NGN cross-examined Kate James and then Robert Sherborne for Johnny Depp re-examined her.
Kate James only made her second witness statement three days ago. Looking at the transcript (and I may be misreading his words)…
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
… so it is possible that Depp’s counsel did not know what they were sitting on until today. Kate James second statement was made on Monday, so it’s possible – trial prep is intense and RS may have been focusing on other witnesses earlier this week.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
MS. WASS: As I understand it, Ms. James, you worked during the daytime hours because obviously you had childcare obligations correct.
A. Correct.
Q. When was it that you say you saw Ms. Heard drinking these vast quantities of wine?
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
… the morning on a very regular basis, incoherent, abusive text messages between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., on average, on an almost daily basis.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
Q. You received these texts from Ms. Heard, I suggest, after she had been on a plane journey with Mr. Depp. Do you remember a plane journey?
A. Correct.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
A. I believe she contacted me first, ma’am.
Q. She contacted you. What she says here —-
A. Yes.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
Then, the next text reads: “Also, can you please see if you can redirect all of his texts to me to Whitney’s phone, or just block him entirely. I need to make this move”.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
A. I do not know why because she had an apartment, but yes.
Q. She had an apartment that she was sharing with Mr. Depp in the Eastern Columbia Building?
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
Q. We have heard of that apartment. I suggest —-
A. That apartment was still fully functioning and liveable, so I do not know why she went to The Chateau.
Q. She did go to The Chateau, as you call it, the hotel?
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
Q. Ms. James, do you think, when you consider Ms. Heard, you are able to be objective and impartial and fair?
A. Uh-huh.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
A. Absolutely not. I am gainfully and happily employed for the past five years to one of the nicest people I have ever met. I am extremely happy and content in my life. I am here for my own reasons and you know what those reasons are…
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
…. Because I take offence —-
MR. JUSTICE NICOL: Ms. James —-
A. —- at somebody —-
MR. JUSTICE NICOL. Ms. James, I have understood your answer….
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
And Ms Wass sat down.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
Actually let me just clarify what the argument was about. Ms Wass tried to say that what Mr Sherborne was about to ask Kate Jones about might have to be heard in private. Mr Sherborne pointed out that…
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
(again, this is from today’s official transcript)
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
A. Because Ms. Heard referred to a conversation we had about me being violently raped at a certain point in Brazil and she used that as her own story.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
A. Sorry. She referred directly to a violent rape that occurred
to me 26 years ago, and she twisted it into her own story and she used it for her own use.— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
… I discovered that Ms. Heard had stolen my sexual violence conversation with her and twisted it into her own story to benefit herself.”
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
Q. I wonder if you can help us with this, Ms. James. We have
very, very few texts between you and Ms. Heard and I think I am right in saying — I will be corrected if I am wrong —— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
A. Yes, because I was using a phone that was logged into her
iCloud account, so I could update her calendar, and then when she terminated my employment…— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
[and then into the home straight]
MR. SHERBORNE: Have you come to this court to lie on Mr. Depp’s behalf?
A. Absolutely not.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
A. Well, I was subpoenaed, so yes, I believe that is a legality of being subpoenaed.
Q. Since you left Ms. Heard’s employment, have you been unemployed?
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
Q. Can I ask you this one question. Before you were employed by Ms. Heard, was she the first well-known person that you have ever been employed by in Hollywood?
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
And with that, Ms James left the witness box.
— Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) July 15, 2020
Wow. That’s not going to make Amber Heard look good in the eyes of the judge, jury or the general public, but I suppose there’s still the question of whether or not Depp has paid off all these witnesses and what else is going to come up in the rest of the trial before we all cast judgment on everyone. Not sure how this is going to end up as we’ve still got a week or so left of evidence, but I’ve gotta say it’s not looking so hot for The Sun or Amber Heard right now.
For more of the same, check out everything that’s gone on in the trial right here. It’s been completely bonkers.
