Friend recounts Depp's jealousy, substance abuse
The trial for Johnny Depp’s libel suit against ex-wife Amber
Heard returned to the themes of Depp’s jealousy and substance abuse Thursday.
Bruce Witkin, a musician who was friends with
Depp for nearly
40years, said the actor’s jealousy in romantic relationships was first on display decades ago.
“He can definitely have a jealous streak in him,” Witkin said during a video deposition recorded in February and played in court Thursday.
Depp demonstrated some of that jealousy during his relationship with Vanessa Paradis, his former partner of 14years, “and a lot of it was in his head and not reality,” Witkin said.
Depp’s jealousy was also on display when he was with Heard and she was off filming a movie “or doing something that he couldn’t be around to see what was going in,” Witkin said. “I think he would work himself up.” Witkin said he once saw bruises on Heard’s arm when he and Depp were working on a documentary about Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. And he saw Depp with a “fat lip” one time. But Witkin said he never saw Depp or Heard physically abuse each other.