Fit for battle... How Amber prepares for court duels with Johnny
IT’S the showbiz trial of the century, pitting two Hollywood stars against each other in a televised tale of drink, drugs and severed fingers.
But what happens away from the courtroom cameras when Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s multi-million-dollar defamation trial adjourns for the day? An insider tells me the actress keeps a regimented routine at home to ensure she’s battle-ready.
‘I get her up to do a workout every morning before she goes to court,’ says my source, who has temporarily relocated to
Virginia to be near the actress and Amber’s oneyear-old daughter for the case. ‘We create an environment that feels normal and routine.
‘At the end of the day, Amber has a laser focus on her daughter. After she puts her to bed, she comes downstairs, we cook dinner and try to wind down. Then she’s back to studying and preparing for the next day. She’s so stoic and focused, but it’s a marathon, not a sprint.’
Heard and Depp, who were married for just 15 months from 2015, are halfway through the explosive trial, which is expected to end on May 19.
Depp, 58, is suing his ex-wife for $50 million (£40 million), claiming she defamed him and irreparably damaged his career after she described herself as a ‘public figure representing domestic abuse’ in a 2018 article she wrote for the Washington Post.
Heard, who never named her exhusband in her piece, is counter-suing for $100 million. Among the shocking allegations levied by both sides, Depp has accused his ex of defecating on their bed in an act of aggression.
‘Six weeks feels like such an inhumane level of time to be in a process like this,’ the insider tells me. ‘It’s deeply sad that Amber has to be here and has to relive the intimate details of their relationship in such a public way. It must be very overwhelming.
‘Sometimes she seems like she’s hit a brick wall, other days she gets some momentum from somewhere.’
She adds that for Amber, 36, to be ignored by her ex-husband in court ‘must be dehumanising, so we just try to bolster her energy at home’.