James Franco

2022 - 5 - 17

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Johnny Depp's team grills Amber Heard over footage of James ... (EW.com)

Johnny Depp's team grills Amber Heard over footage of James Franco's visit during the defamation trial.

While on the stand last month, Depp confirmed he was suspicious that Heard might be having affairs. Heard previously testified that Depp suspected the two of having an affair. "I attempted to," Heard replied, referring to previous testimony about changing the locks after a fight with Depp.

Amber Heard Addresses James Franco Elevator Video in Court (Vulture)

Johnny Depp's attorney Camille Vasquez continued to undermine Heard's claims that Depp had hurt her — and to cast her as a woman who cycled between moments ...

“That’s you and Mr. Franco on May 22, 2016, right, Ms. Heard?” Vasquez pressed. Vasquez then confronted Heard with elevator-surveillance video of her and Franco going up to the apartment that was timestamped around 11 p.m. on May 22, 2016. Vasquez asked Heard about Franco visiting her at the home she once shared with Depp the day after he allegedly threw a phone at her in late May. Heard filed for divorce on May 23, 2016, and received a protective order from Depp on May 27, 2016. “That’s correct,” she said. “What did Mr. Franco do on the elevator before laying his head on your shoulder?” Bredehoft asked. “That’s correct,” Heard replied. Cross-examination ended shortly after 2:30 p.m. Heard’s attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, questioned her on redirect and asked about the Franco video. “Yes, you did,” Heard said. “Yes, it’s a love note,” Heard said. “Did I read that correctly?” Vasquez asked. Depp is claiming at trial that Heard defamed him by alleging abuse, so Vasquez is attempting to show that Heard’s behavior conflicted with the actions of a person suffering abuse — and reframe testimony to support Depp’s thesis that he was abused by his ex. Vasquez showed jurors pages from a shared journal that Heard and Depp kept, in which they exchanged elaborate notes with each other.

Amber Heard Confirms She Had James Franco Over the Night ... (PEOPLE.com)

Johnny Depp's lawyers played elevator surveillance footage that showed Amber Heard and James Franco going to her penthouse on May 22, 2016.

She is countersuing for $100 million, claiming Depp launched a smear campaign to ruin her reputation and painting her allegations as "fake." In her testimony Heard explained that she was "close" friends with Franco, whom she made two movies with. And the behavior spun out to a point where it was like I was hurting everybody." And I, frankly, had exhausted my support network with my usual friends and was happy to welcome as much friendship at that time as I could possibly get." Heard confirmed that it was Franco in the video and that they were going to her penthouse. She then played elevator surveillance footage of Heard and Franco with the timestamp of May 22, 2016, at about 11 p.m. on their way up to her penthouse.

Amber Heard Confirms She Had James Franco Over the Night ... (Us Weekly)

Amber Heard confirmed Tuesday, May 17, that she was with James Franco the night before filing for divorce from Johnny Depp — details.

“He had already been upset with me and accused me in many arguments about not telling him about scenes that I had, if I had a kissing scene,” she said during her May 5 questioning. “He hated James Franco and was already accusing me of kind of secretly having a thing with him in my past, since we had done Pineapple Express together.” “And I, frankly, had exhausted my support network with my usual friends and was happy to welcome as much friendship at that time as I could possibly get.”

Video shows James Franco visited Amber Heard night before ... (al.com)

During Amber Heard's testimony Tuesday in the Johnny Depp defamation case, surveillance footage was entered into evidence of Heard escorting actor James ...

The trial is now in its fifth week. Depp, on the other hand, says he was the victim, and that he lost the tip of his middle finger when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him. Heard has claimed that Depp flew into jealous rages about Franco. Franco had co-starred with Heard in the past, and according to Depp, he had a reputation.

Amber Heard calls James Franco her 'friend'; Addresses the footage ... (PINKVILLA)

Amber Heard addressed James Franco's visit to her house before she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp.

Heard had also worked with James Franco on Pineapple Express. Heard maintained that Franco was her neighbour and also a good friend to her with whom she had worked on two films. In her testimony regarding the same, the Aquaman star said Franco "kinda touched the side of my face and responded to what he saw."

Video shows James Franco visiting Amber Heard night before she ... (The Independent)

The day after the footage was taken of Mr Franco – 23 May 2016 – Ms Heard filed for divorce from Mr Depp. Recommended.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Mr Depp has given a different version of events of that night saying that he had gone to the apartment to collect some belongings and heard Ms Heard was laughing on the phone to a friend about an incident where faeces had been left on his bed. Ms Heard has testified that Mr Depp threw a cellphone at her face and the court was shown a photo of her bruised face. Ms Heard testified that her husband accused her of cheating on him with Mr Franco while the couple were on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles in 2014. Ms Heard has previously testified that Mr Depp assaulted her on a flight back in 2014 after he accused her of having an affair with Mr Franco Ms Heard confirmed that the footage shows her and Mr Franco going to her penthouse apartment.