Secret video of Johnny Depp smashing cabinets resurfaces during defamation trial; alleged photos of cocaine lines and bloody lampshades revealed by Amber Heard's defense team



The second week of Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard ended with a bang. Video of Johnny Depp smashing cabinets before pouring himself a large glass of wine was shown to jurors on Thursday. Heard's defense team also presented photos of alleged drug use and a bloody lampshade.

Depp goes on an angry rampage

A video of Depp cursing and slamming cabinet doors in a fit of rage was shown in court. The video, from 2013, was secretly recorded by Heard in the kitchen of Depp's West Hollywood home.

Depp storms into the kitchen and Heard asks, "What happened?"

Depp then fiercely opens cabinet doors and then violently slams them shut after retrieving a glass cup.

Amber says, "Nothing happened this morning, you know that?"

More objects are heard being slammed in the background before Depp responds, "Nothing happened to you this morning." He then gets another glass cup.

Heard replies, "I just woke up, and you were so sweet and nice. We're not even fighting this morning. All I did was say, 'Sorry.'"

Depp raises his voice as he exclaims, "Did something happen to you this morning? I don't think so." Then the sound of more objects being destroyed can be heard in the video.

"You wanna see crazy? I'll give you crazy," the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor announces. As he pours himself a large cup of wine, he proclaims, "Here's crazy."

Heard asks Depp if he drank an entire bottle of wine "this morning."

Depp then realizes that Heard is secretly filming him with her cell phone.

Depp grabs the phone and yells, "You got this going? You sic that s*** on me, motherf***er?"

Heard responds, "You were smashing s**t."

The camera goes dark, and it sounds as if Heard chuckles.

As Depp is leaving the room he shouts, "A**."

At the trial in Fairfax, Virginia, Depp reacted to the video of him smashing cabinets.

"I don't know about anyone else, but I have had experiences in my life where one does stray from complete control over their emotions at times, and that is a very normal, primal thing to do," Depp said, according to Insider. "I did assault a couple of cabinets, yes."

Depp defended himself, "I did not try to intimidate Ms. Heard. If she was intimidated, why was she filming? If she was scared to death, why didn't she leave?"

Content Warning: graphic video

Video shown of #AmberHeard recording #JohnnyDepp slamming cupboards and other objects. Depp discovers her recording. \n\n@LawCrimeNetworkpic.twitter.com/U3DNPgb6N0
— Cathy Russon (@Cathy Russon) 1650572387

Alleged photos of lines of cocaine and bags of marijuana revealed

An alleged photo of a table containing lines of cocaine, whiskey, and a Keith Richards CD was presented to the jurors during cross-examination. The photo was allegedly taken at Heard's former home in March 2013 by the "Aquaman" actress – who claimed that Depp consumed the drugs and alcohol one morning before an argument.

Depp acknowledged that he had "fallen off the wagon" during the time the photo was taken.

WTTG reported, "When asked by attorneys if the white lines in the photo were indeed cocaine, Depp answered, 'I would assume.' When asked if the cocaine was his and if he kept it in a box that says, 'Property of JD' with a skull and crossbones image on it, Depp answered, 'Well the beautiful composition of the photograph would suggest that, certainly.'"

When asked if he would often drink whiskey in the morning, the 58-year-old actor retorted, "Isn’t happy hour any time?" The gallery laughed at the actor's response.

Johnny Depp says it's unlikely he kept cocaine in this metal box with "Property of JD" on it, depicted next to lines of cocaine.\n\n"When you put it in a box like that, chances are very good you\u2019ll leave a trail of a long line of cocaine behind you walking down the street,"pic.twitter.com/9ZU0MEwD7F
— Jacob Shamsian (@Jacob Shamsian) 1650553702

Heard's lawyer J. Benjamin Rottenborn asked about text messages sent between Depp and musician Marilyn Manson – which included a photo of four large bags of weed at the actor's recording studio.

Speaking about the photo, Depp said, “Yes, sir. That is a lot of marijuana.”

An attorney for Amber Heard continues questioning Johnny Depp about his drug use under cross. \n\nATTORNEY: "Mr. Depp, I'd like to ask you about this photo. This is a photo of four pretty huge bags of marijuana. Correct?"\n\nJD: "Yes sir. That is a lot of marijuana."\n#deppvsheardpic.twitter.com/56Qb76aSnb
— Teresa Whitaker (@Teresa Whitaker) 1650570548

Jurors were shown a photo of Depp “passed out” on a couch with ice cream all over his clothes that his ex-wife allegedly took in Boston in 2014.

The "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" star said he had worked a 17-hour day and had taken some opioids.

"Ms. Heard asked me to hold the ice cream as she noticed that I was on the nod – that means falling asleep – from the 17-hour day that I had worked and also the opiates that I had ingested," Depp testified.

“If you’ll notice, my right hand is in my pocket, so I wasn’t participating in the festival of ice cream," he noted.

"That was a wonderful picture for her to take,” Depp continued.

Rottenborn: This is you passed out?\n\n#JohnnyDepp: Passed out is an interesting word. I was asleep. \n\nDepp says he'd just worked a 17-hour day. He claims #AmberHeard stuck the ice cream in his hand knowing he was nodding off. "That was a wonderful picture for her to take."pic.twitter.com/sJv06RKOcy
— Cathy Russon (@Cathy Russon) 1650556508

A bloody lampshade revealed

A photo of a lampshade "painted" with a mixture of paint and Depp's own blood was introduced into court this week. The photo was reportedly taken at a house in Australia that the couple were staying at.

Depp said he poured himself two or three "stiff shots of vodka," stressing that it was the "first taste of alcohol I had had for a long time."

Heard allegedly told him, "Oh, you're drinking again."

Depp claimed, "She walked up to me, grabbed the bottle of vodka and then just stood back and hurled it at me. It just went right past my head and smashed behind me."

Depp responded by pouring another shot of vodka from another bottle, while Heard was allegedly "flinging insults left, right, and center."

"She then grabbed that bottle and threw that at me," Depp said, specifying that he was hit with the bottle on his hand after the large vodka bottle "made contact and shattered everywhere."

"I felt no pain at first all. I felt heat, and as if something was dripping down my hand," Depp recalled. "I was looking directly at my bones sticking out. Blood was just pouring out."

"I don’t know what a nervous breakdown feels like, but that’s probably the closest that I’ve ever been," he suggested. "Nothing made sense and I knew in my mind and in my heart that this is not life. No one should have to go through this."

He revealed that because of his meltdown that he was compelled "to write in my own blood on the walls."

"Little reminders from our past that essentially represented lies that she had told me and lies that I had caught her in," the actor explained. Depp said that he hid in the bathroom and texted his doctor to provide medical treatment for his hand.

Rottenborn said there was "a coffee cup stuck into the screen" of the TV, a broken window, "a penis" drawn on a painting, and messages written in blood and paint all over the walls and furniture.

In a previous trial in the U.K., Depp remembered, "I recall painting on a lampshade, on a wall, on a mirror. I remember dunking my finger into paint thinner and using paint when I had run out of blood to paint with, and I could have defaced the painting I suppose, but I do not remember a painting specifically."

Heard's legal team asked Depp about other destructive behavior, "You've trashed hotel rooms simply because you had a bad couple of days and an unpleasant time, right?" Depp replied, "I have assaulted a couch or two, yes, sir."

This lampshade was on the floor at the Austrailia house. #JohnnyDepp admits to writing this in a mixture of paint & blood with his injured finger. "GOOD LUCK AND BE CAREFUL AT TOP". Depp says he wrote it, "I thought it was good advice." \n\n#AmberHeard @LawCrimeNetworkpic.twitter.com/TRvQ5mYH1G
— Cathy Russon (@Cathy Russon) 1650567896
Images have been submitted to the court showing Johnny Depp\u2019s graffiti on the mirror of a rented house in Australia in his blood, in paint, and lipstick during an argument with his then wife Amber Heard.He denies attacking her describing the claims as \u201cfabricated and vicious\u201dpic.twitter.com/sDk0ckNMVl
— Adele Robinson (@Adele Robinson) 1594296992

Celebrities are expected to testify

Depp is suing Heard, 35, for $50 million over an op-ed piece she wrote in the Washington Post in 2018 – where she alleged that she is a victim of domestic abuse. The article does not name Depp specifically, but the Jack Sparrow actor claims that the opinion piece cause him to be blacklisted from the entertainment industry.

Deadline reported, "The trial, which is underway, runs Monday through Thursdays, with Fridays off. It is set to run for five weeks. However, there will be a pause from May 9-12 as Judge Azcarate attends to a previously scheduled conference engagement."

The outlet noted that celebrities such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk, as well as actors James Franco and Paul Bettany, are expected to testify in the trial.

CEO fired after confronting teenage boy who wore red dress to prom — but he says that's not the whole story



A Tennessee man who was the CEO of a Tennessee-based telemedicine company was fired after a video went viral that showed him criticizing a teenage boy who wore a red dress to senior prom.

What are the details?

While gathering for pictures before the Franklin High School prom on Saturday, cell phone video showed Sam Johnson, the now-former CEO of VisuWells, confronting Dalton Stevens, a high school senior who was wearing a floor-length red dress with a thigh-high slit.

Stevens told WKRN-TV that Johnson used "slander terms" against him.

"Slander terms thrown towards me of like 'You look bad,' 'You've got hair on your chest, you shouldn't be wearing a dress,' 'You're not a man,' blah, blah, blah," Stevens told WKRN. "The fact that he thought he had the audacity to come tell me what I was supposed to wear and what I was supposed to do because of his standards."

Cell phone video captured by Stevens' boyfriend, Jacob Geittman, showed Johnson telling Stevens, "You look like an idiot." However, the video also showed Stevens using numerous expletives, and even Geittman seemingly further inciting Johnson.

"I chose what I want to wear so you can f*** off," Stevens told Johnson. "F*** off. Get the f*** away from me."

"You think he looks gross? Disgusting?" Geittman said suggestively.

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pt. 1 https://t.co/bgQLyMMVcE
— Jacob Geittmann (@Jacob Geittmann)1619379023.0

"I very much view clothes as genderless," Stevens later told WKRN. "I was very confident. I knew that I felt beautiful, and I felt great."

What did VisuWells say?

The company released a statement Monday announcing that Johnson had been terminated. The company also said it would announce "concrete steps" within the coming weeks to show its support for the LGBT community.

The statement said:

We unequivocally condemn the behavior exhibited by Sam Johnson in a recent video widely circulated on social media. After investigating the matter and speaking to individuals involved, the VisuWell Board of Directors has chosen to terminate Mr. Johnson from his position as CEO, effective immediately. Gerry Andrady, our President and COO, will lead the company through this important time.

VisuWell's culture emphasizes respect, kindness, and compassion, especially for those from traditionally marginalized communities, and we maintain a zero-tolerance policy for intolerance of any kind. Mr. Johnson's actions contradicted the high standards we set for ourselves in promoting the health of those who use our platform.

We share the concerns that so many have expressed on this matter and look forward to announcing concrete steps we are taking in support of the LGBTQ community in particular over the coming weeks.

The company was later forced to release a second statement clarifying that Johnson is no longer associated with the company in any way after critics claimed the initial statement did not "acknowledge whether [Johnson is] still an employee."

The second statement read, "In response to those asking for additional clarity on Sam Johnson's termination as CEO, we can confirm that Mr. Johnson is no longer employed by VisuWell in any capacity. He no longer has a position on the Board of Directors or any informal advisory role. His behavior was not representative of our values, which include respect and compassion for all."

What did Johnson say?

Johnson told Newsweek the video was deceptively edited and did not tell the entire story. He explained that he only interacted with the teenagers to ask them to tone down their "obnoxious, loud behavior" outside a restaurant.

Johnson said the incident "wasn't anything personal or involving a dress."

"We had just sat down for dinner at this restaurant that we frequent, and I was returning from the restroom when I was presented with their loud cursing," Johnson told Newsweek. "Making it about the dress was their idea and they edited out most of the exchange."

Bill Clinton's former 'right-hand man' claims the president visited Epstein's Island in 2003​



Doug Band, a longtime counselor and friend to former President Bill Clinton, claimed recently that Clinton did in fact visit deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's infamous private island — an accusation that Clinton has repeatedly denied for decades.

What are the details?

The claim appears in a lengthy Vanity Fair feature story about Band's time working with Clinton, titled, "Confessions of a Clintonworld Exile," written by Gabriel Sherman.

In the article, Band discloses a great deal about Clinton's life and work post-presidency, including details about the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative. But perhaps the most relevant bit of information relates to Clinton's supposed visit to Little St. James, Epstein's private 70-acre island in the Caribbean, where it has long been surmised that the accused sex trafficker and his guests would engage in acts of pedophilia.

Here's an excerpt from the article where Sherman outlined Clinton's working relationship with Epstein, according to Band, with the specific accusation in bold:

Band told me he had been trying to push Epstein out of Clinton's orbit ever since their much-discussed 2002 trip to Africa aboard Epstein's private 727, dubbed the "Lolita Express." Band recalled that Epstein had made a bunch of ridiculous claims on the trip, like boasting that he invented the derivatives market. Band said he had no idea about Epstein's sex crimes back then but got enough bad vibes that he advised Clinton to end the relationship. But Clinton continued to socialize with Epstein and take his money. In 2006 Epstein donated $25,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Clinton made more than two dozen trips on Epstein's jet around this time, Epstein's flight logs show. In January 2003, according to Band, Clinton visited Epstein's private Caribbean island, Little St. James. Band said it was one of the few trips he declined to go on in his time with Clinton. A Clinton spokesperson said the president had never been to the island and provided detailed travelogue entries of the period in question that did not contain a visit.

"Wow. Doug Band — Bill Clinton's former right-hand man — says Clinton visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island, which Clinton has repeatedly denied," Business Insider legal reporter Jacob Shamsian tweeted regarding the news.

Wow. Doug Band — Bill Clinton's former right-hand man — says Clinton visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island, whic… https://t.co/THJqjKTXcX
— Jacob Shamsian (@Jacob Shamsian)1606922149.0

What else?

Band's assertion follows similar accusations found in unsealed court documents involving Epstein and alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, in which witnesses claim that Clinton visited the island accompanied by "young girls."

The information became public after a federal judge ruled in July that the trove of documents from a 2015 defamation cases against Maxwell could be unsealed.

Maxwell, a British socialite closely associated with Epstein, is currently being tried by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of conspiracy, perjury, transporting minors for illegal sex acts, and enticement of a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts.

Anything else?

In the Vanity Fair article, Sherman noted that Band claimed that Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, had ties to Epstein and Maxwell as well.

"[Band] showed me a photo of Bill and Chelsea posing with Epstein and Maxwell at the King of Morocco's wedding," Sherman wrote. "Chelsea remained friends with Maxwell for years after the press revealed Maxwell was a close associate of Epstein's. For instance, Chelsea invited Maxwell to her 2010 wedding at the Brooke Astor estate in Rhinebeck, New York, after Epstein had pleaded guilty in Florida to procuring sex from a minor."

"'Ghislaine had access to yachts and nice homes. Chelsea needed that,' Band told me," he added.

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