Moss takes stand to deny Depp pushed her on stairs

LOS ANGELES: Kate Moss told a court that Johnny Depp did not push her down a flight of stairs as rumoured, as the model became the latest celebrity to be dragged into the actor’s libel action against Amber Heard.

Moss, 48, (pictured) who was in a relationship with Depp from 1994 to 1998, appeared via video link to recall an incident during a holiday at a resort in Jamaica.

The model became involved in Depp’s lawsuit against his former wife because Heard had mentioned her during her testimony, apparently referencing a rumour about the Caribbean holiday.

Heard, 36, had been recalling an alleged row in March 2015 in which she said she feared Depp would push her sister, Whitney Henriquez, down the stairs. Heard said she “instantly” thought about “Kate Moss and the stairs”. One of Depp’s lawyers greeted Heard’s mention of Moss with an enthusiastic fist pump because it meant that he could call the model to testify.

Moss told the court in Fairfax, Virginia, that she was giving evidence from Gloucestershire. Her testimony lasted less than three minutes. Asked by Ben Chew, one of Depp’s lawyers, if she knew the actor, Moss replied: “Yes I do. I had a relationship with him.”

It was a romantic relationship, Moss said, and took place in the mid-1990s.

She was asked to recall a holiday with Depp at the GoldenEye resort in Jamaica and said that she fell down a flight of stairs after a rain storm.

Moss said: “We were leaving the room and Johnny left the room before I did and there had been a rain storm and as I left the room, I slipped down the stairs and I hurt my back.

“And I screamed because I didn’t know what happened to me and I was in pain and he came running back to help me and carried me to my room and got me medical attention.”

Asked by Chew if Depp had pushed her, Moss replied: “No.” She said Depp had never pushed her down any stairs.