Johnny Depp ‘obsessed ex-husband hell-bent on revenge’ – Amber Heard’s lawyers

The actor is suing his former partner for libel over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post in which she discussed her experiences of domestic abuse

Actor Johnny Depp inside the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia (Brendan Smialowski, Pool via AP)

Amber Heard’s lawyers said Johnny Depp was an “obsessed ex-husband hell-bent on revenge” as they set out their defence in his multimillion-dollar US defamation lawsuit.

The actor, 58, is suing actress Ms Heard, his former partner, for libel over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Post in which she discussed her experiences of domestic abuse.