Johnny Depp’s Bodyguard Testifies, Shares Picture Of Actor’s Alleged Accidents On Honeymoon

Connolly labored for Depp all through his relationship with Heard, saying that, initially, every little thing between them was “lovey-dovey” and “nice.” He added that Heard was “pretty, charming, as she often is,” earlier than issues “began to vary.”

“Amber began to vary. Amber began to get a bit extra feisty, demanding. I may see Amber wished to put on the pants on this relationship, that was fairly apparent,” he stated, saying the actress may additionally “get a bit frosty on the drop of a hat.” Connolly additionally stated Depp was “getting quieter.”

He stated he may usually hear Amber “screaming,” however by no means witnessed any bodily violence between them. Connolly went on to explain just a few cases the place he believed Heard threw gadgets at Depp, together with a lighter and soda can.

Although he did not see issues get bodily, he stated he did discover accidents on Depp, however not Heard.

“It began off with possibly a scratch every now and then, however it received extra. He sustained marks, positively. He was getting marked … most of those marks, most of this stuff, can be on the left facet of his face, scratches on his neck possibly a fats lip within the nook, possibly a bruising within the eye socket,” he claimed. “It is all impacts. It was getting extra common. Not each week, however it was positively occurring.”

A photograph from the couple’s honeymoon was then proven, through which Connolly believed you might see proof of “swelling” below the actor’s left eye. “What do I interpret that as? He is walked right into a door or a door’s walked into him,” he quipped. Whereas Connolly stated the honeymoon began off good, just a few days into it, he began to imagine Johnny was “not having fun with” himself anymore.

When requested concerning the actor’s drug use, Connolly stated he had witnessed Depp smoking marijuana and believed the actor would use cocaine when he snuck off to the toilet.

He stated Depp had a “very excessive tolerance for any substances,” earlier than sparking laughter from the courtroom by including, “I feel Jack Sparrow is extra drunk than Johnny Depp, to be sincere.”

He additionally stated Depp’s wine consumption had “dropped drastically” lately, however even earlier than he allegedly lowered his ingesting, by no means actually received “drunk.”

Connolly additionally described strolling into pure “chaos” in Australia, after the notorious Incident the place, because the bodyguard put it, “Johnny misplaced a finger.” He stated Depp was already “nursing one hand” when he arrived, whereas Amber was “irate.” After attempting to take away Depp from the state of affairs and taking him downstairs, he stated Heard “seems from someplace and she or he’s screaming, berating him, ‘F— off, that is what you do, it is all you ever do, you f— off along with your guys, you f—ing coward!'”

After getting Depp away from the altercation, the actor began washing his arms and, per Connolly, “it is a mess.” He in contrast it “a type of cartoon exploding cigars,” saying he may even see bone — earlier than Dr. Kipper arrived and stated they needed to go to the hospital.

He added that did not observe any accidents on Heard, earlier than Depp’s workforce concluded its line of questioning for the witness.

Beneath cross-examination, Connolly stated he was nonetheless employed by Depp and was “loyal” to him, as an worker. He was then requested about arriving to Australia incident and whether or not he recalled Depp attempting “to urinate within the lobby” with “his penis out of his pants.”

“I feel I might have remembered if I would seen Mr. Depp’s penis,” replied Connolly, as Depp  began cracking up.

Audio from Australia was then performed through which Depp was heard screaming at somebody — presumably Heard — “What you’re and who you’re and the way you f—ed me over and make me really feel sick of myself!”

Depp is searching for $50 million in damages after Heard claimed she was a survivor of home abuse in an op-ed within the Washington Put up in 2018. Whereas she did not identify Depp within the piece, his attorneys argue it was implied to be about him and negatively affected his profession. She countersued Depp for $100 million.