Model Kate Moss, who had dated actor Johnny Depp in the Nineties, has revealed why she supported him throughout his latest defamation trial with his ex-wife, actor Amber Heard. In a brand new interview, Kate additionally spoke about beforehand supporting her good friend, dressmaker John Galliano, who was discovered responsible of anti-Semitic abuse in 2011. (Also Read | Kate Moss supports Johnny Depp in defamation case against Amber Heard)
Earlier in May, Kate took the witness stand in the defamation battle between Johnny and Amber Heard. Johnny’s attorneys had known as Kate as a rebuttal witness after Amber had testified a few time she feared her ex-husband would push her sister down a staircase. Amber had mentioned she recalled “rumours” of Johnny pushing Kate down a flight of stairs and she slapped him to cease him from harming her sister.
“I believe in the truth, and I believe in fairness and justice. I know that John Galliano is not a bad person – he had an alcohol problem and people turn. People aren’t themselves when they drink, and they say things that they would never say if they were sober. I know the truth about Johnny [Depp]. I know he never kicked me down the stairs. I had to say that truth,” Kate instructed BBC radio interview present Desert Island Discs, as reported by Deadline.
Kate, who dated Johnny from 1994 to 1998, testified that she slipped on a staircase and injured her again throughout a trip the couple took in Jamaica. He had rushed to assist her, carried her to her room and summoned medical companies, she had mentioned. “He by no means pushed me, kicked me or threw me down any stairs,” she mentioned.
In June, a Virginia court docket discovered in its verdict that Amber defamed Johnny by publishing an op-ed in the Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public determine representing home abuse.” The jury held that the assertion was false and was made with “precise malice.” They awarded Johnny $15 million in damages however Amber had to pay $10.35 million due to a Virginia regulation limiting punitive damages. In her countersuit, Amber received on one among the three counts and was awarded $2 million in damages.
Recently, each Johnny and Amber filed separate appeals difficult the damages awarded. According to Deadline, in the paperwork filed in Fairfax County, Johnny has appealed the $2 million defamation award the jury in Virginia handed to Amber at their trial. A day earlier, Amber had additionally filed an attraction difficult the damages the jury awarded to Johnny.
(With ANI inputs)