As expected, Kate Moss testified in favour of Johnny Depp, putting to rest to rumours regarding an allegation made against him by Amber Heard in court. On May 25, Moss appeared as a rebuttal witness for Amber Heard and Johnny Depp in their defamation trial in Fairfax, Virginia, via video link. Amber Heard previously testified in court that during a fight with Johnny involving her sister Whitney, she immediately thought of ‘Kate Moss and stairs.’
Meanwhile, Moss told the judge about an event that occurred in the 1990s while she and Depp were on vacation. “We were leaving the room and Johnny left the room before I did,” she said adding, “and there had been a rainstorm and as I left the room, I slipped down the stairs and I hurt my back.”
She continued, “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.” Moss also added that during the whole course of their relationship, which lasted between 1994 and 1998, “he never pushed me, kicked me, or threw me down any stairs.” When Depp was called to the stand later, he was asked about the altercation with Moss.
“I remember looking and seeing Kate coming out the door. And there were three little wooden stairs and she slipped, her legs went up and she landed directly on her coccyx, on her lower back. She was obviously physically in pain and she was hurt, she was crying, so I ran over and grabbed her to make sure she was alright. That’s it that’s the whole story,” Depp testified.
During their nearly two-year marriage, Johnny Depp, 58, and Amber Heard, 36, have accused each other of violence. Depp has filed a $50 million lawsuit against Heard, alleging that she defamed him in a 2018 Washington Post column in which she stated, “I became a public figure symbolising domestic abuse.” Heard didn’t name the actor, but it was evident that she was going after him. Heard has filed a countersuit for $100 million, alleging that Depp “illegally targeted” her in a “ongoing harassment and internet slander campaign.” The trial in Virginia is set to end on Friday, May 27.
