Johnny Depp Shows Footage of Amber Heard With Elon Musk, James Franco During Defamation Trial

Johnny Depp's camp reportedly showed footage of his ex-wife, Amber Heard, having late-night "meetings" with Elon Musk and James Franco to the jury in his defamation suit in Virginia.

According to Marca, the black and white videos wherein Heard was seen getting into an elevator with Musk and Franco on separate occasions were shown to the jury.

The outlet noted that there were moments in the elevator footage where the actress did not have clothes and was only covered with a blanket. Heard reportedly showed physical affection to Musk and Franco, but mildly.

Marca reported that the Tesla founder and the "Pineapple Express" actor were expected to go and testify at the trial, but they most likely will not show up.

Depp's lawyers have accused Heard of having "extra-marital affairs" with Musk and Franco. The two celebrities were included in the actress' list of 80 possible witnesses she plans to call upon to back up her story of being beaten and abused by her ex-husband.

Franco's apartment was reportedly in the same block as Depp and Heard's at the time. Franco and Musk can tell the court if the actress told them about any fights or if any bruises were visible on her face during the visit to their apartment.

However, Daily Mail reported that Musk would likely be a no-show at Depp and Heard's defamation trial that kicked off early this week.

Under Virginia law, the outlet noted that Musk, a non-resident of the state, could not be forced to attend proceedings at the Fairfax County Circuit Court, either in person or via video link.

Lawyers can instead draw upon their deposition as evidence if a witness decides not to participate. However, the Daily Mail reported that the Tesla CEO never sat down for one with either side.

During the third day of the trial, another recording from the security cameras of the Art Deco Eastern Columbia skyscraper that showed two officers of the Los Angeles Police Department appearing at the building on the night of May 21, 2016 was also shown to the jury.

The surveillance footage was reportedly significant because that was when Heard alleged that Depp threw a phone at her face earlier that day, which the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor denied. Depp owned several apartments at the said Los Angeles building, where the couple has lived.

Amber Heard and Elon Musk Open up About the 'Affair' While She Was Married to Johnny Depp

In a 2020 statement, Amber Heard said Elon Musk did not visit her in their apartment in 2015 while Johnny Depp was away, BBC reported. The actress said she did not have any "illicit relationships," and she was not in touch with the SpaceX founder until the following year.

In the same year, Musk echoed what Heard claimed and said that he and Amber started going out about a month after the actress' divorce filing, Geo reported.

"I don't think I was ever even in the vicinity of Amber during their marriage!" Musk noted.

But in a 2020 written statement by a witness in the high-profile case of Depp against a British newspaper at the High Court in London, Alejandro Romero, a concierge at the Eastern Columbia Building, said he saw Musk visiting Heard when "Depp was in Australia."

Romero noted that "from March 2015 onwards, Ms. Heard was visited regularly late at night, at around 11pm to midnight, by Mr. Elon Musk." He added that Heard even gave the Tesla CEO Musk his own fob to access the building. The "Aquaman" actress has denied all these claims.

Heard has confirmed that James Franco was the one recorded in the elevator with her on May 22, 2016. However, she claimed that they were only talking and the actor was asking her what happened to her face.

She noted that she collected Franco from downstairs, adding that she did not sleep much at night "in those days."

Depp lost the case at the High Court in London in 2020. The actor sued "The Sun" and its executive editor Dan Wootton after he was labeled as a "wife-beater" in the paper's 2018 headline.

Depp has accused Heard of being the "abusive one," arguing that the actress faked photos to make it look like he injured his ex-wife.

Depp further noted that the actress came into his life and took everything that was "worth taking" and allegedly destroyed what remained in his life.

But despite his claims, the actor lost the libel case, and the judge concluded that he "regularly beat" her ex-wife.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's Defamation Trial

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are battling over a 2018 op-ed the actress wrote for the Washington Post, calling herself a domestic violence survivor.

The piece did not mention Depp by name, but the actor claimed he was booted from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise due to the "clear implication" that he was the abuser in his ex-wife's op-ed.

Depp further alleged that Heard was the actual "perpetrator" of the violent encounters that damaged their relationship. He is asking for $50 million in damages.

On the other hand, Heard has filed a $100 million counterclaim against the actor, who she divorced in 2017, for nuisance.

On Tuesday's hearing, Heard's attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, threw some explosive new sex assault allegations against the actor.

Bredehoft told the jury that Depp penetrated the actress with a liquor bottle during a three-day, drug-fueled bender in Australia in 2015.

Describing the incident, the lawyer noted that Depp had his ex-wife jammed up against the bar, hurled bottles at her, dragged her, punched her, and kicked her before penetrating her with a liquor bottle.

But Depp's spokesman has vehemently denied those claims. The spokesman said the claims were "fictitious" and were never made at the onset of Heard's allegations in 2016.

On Thursday, Dr. Laurel Anderson, who treated the couple starting in 2015, said the pair has a "dysfunctional and volatile" relationship, Fox News reported.

Anderson noted that the couple engaged in a "mutual abuse" but added that Heard, on more than one occasion, "started it."

The clinical psychologist also said that Heard admitted that she had hit, socked, and hurled a can at her ex-husband in various brawls. She noted the actress also told her that the actor had also smacked her and showed her bruises to prove it.

But Anderson said Heard had a "jackhammer style of talking" that made it difficult for the actor to a get word in, adding that "he was cut off a lot."

Heard's personal assistant from 2012 to 2015, Kate James, also testified and said that her former boss was extremely demanding.

James noted that the actress called her at all hours and on weekends but refused to pay her overtime. She added that the actress was also "verbally abusive" to her, her late mother, and her sister.

James also claimed that she never witnessed the couple arguing, Insider reported. She noted that she never saw any evidence of domestic violence during her regular visits to the couple's respective homes.

James added that over the years she worked with Amber Heard, she regularly interacted with Johnny Depp, and she never saw the actor yell or be rude to anyone.

The defamation trial has adjourned until Monday. It is expected to last more than a month.

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Written by: Joshua Summers

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