Actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, arrived at a London court as Depp launched legal action against a British tabloid over a 2018 article calling him a ‘wife beater’ http://t.co/cK3omLNqw7 pic.twitter.com/EIx8JWJ8kv

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 7, 2020

除了強調赫德才是加害者，戴普同時也這樣形容自己的前妻：「她是一個精於算計、被診斷出邊緣人格、反社會、自戀，並且她在感情上完全不誠實。我現在相當確定，她進入我的人生是為了要奪走我身上任何有價值的東西，然後把剩下來的全都毀滅殆盡。」

We are at the High Court today for the start of Johnny Depp’s libel claim against The Sun newspapers publishers....Depp expected in person as well as ex Amber Heard pic.twitter.com/c4fGtY4SlH

— Lucy Cotter (@lucycottersky) July 7, 2020

赫德的律師也沒放過可以交叉質詢戴普的機會，先是詢問戴普是否承認自己有吸食大麻、海洛英、迷幻藥、合成迷幻藥以及迷幻蘑菇，對此戴普坦承不諱。不過當被問到曾毀掉紐約一間飯店的客房擺設一事，戴普則是回答：「我當時是很生氣，不過這並不代表我有情緒控制上的問題。」