Ex-wife defecated in his bed, Depp says

LIBEL CASE

LONDON • Celebrity marriages can often be messy affairs, and none more so than that of Johnny Depp and his former wife Amber Heard.

But the depths to which their union descended involved one particularly unpleasant episode.

Heard is accused of having defecated in the couple’s marital bed in what he has said was a “fitting end” to their turbulent relationship.

The actress blamed one of their dogs, but the High Court has been told Depp, 57, suspected either Heard or one of her coterie were responsible for the objectionable “gift” found at their Los Angeles home — the morning after he allegedly attacked her at the end of a party to celebrate her 30th birthday.

The claim came during the fourth day of a libel case being brought by Depp against NGN, the publisher of The Sun, at the High Court in London.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star accuses the newspaper of causing serious harm to his reputation by describing him, in an online story from April 2018, as a “wife beater” who was violently abusive towards Heard, now 34.

Depp had allegedly arrived several hours late for Heard’s party at their home in April 2016, after being given “rather unfortunate news” about his finances.

Heard accuses him of throwing a magnum of champagne at her, which missed, before grabbing her hair and pushing her on to their bed, while “drunk and high on drugs.”

The actor claims Heard had been “drinking heavily” and attacked him while he was reading in bed, punching him in the face four times.

NGN’s lawyer, Sasha Wass, asked if Depp left Heard a note which read “happy f–– birthday.”

He replied: “I don’t know that I did, but it is very, very possible.”

The feces were discovered the following morning by a maid, who took photos of it, which the actor found “hilarious.”

Depp told the court: “It was one of the most absurd, unexpected statements that I have ever witnessed in my life.” He added that the incident was “a fitting end to the relationship.”

Wass suggested that Boo, one of the couple’s two Yorkshire terriers, “had problems with her toilet habits,” to which the actor said the dogs “were very well trained.”

A month later, the court heard, rancour over the defecation incident led to another row, during which Depp is accused of throwing a phone at Heard.

Two police officers attended the apartment but Heard did not want to press charges. One of the officers, Melissa Saenz, told the court there were no signs of injury on Heard’s face at that stage.

The court was shown photos of Heard taken that day, said to show the beginnings of a bruise,

Depp denied attacking Heard. The case continues.