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In court testimony, Johnny Depp alleges that Amber Heard became ‘this other person’

U.S. actor Johnny Depp testifies during his defamation trial in the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 19, 2022.

Actor Johnny Depp testified Tuesday that his $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard was motivated by his desire to clear up “heinous and disturbing” allegations of abuse that his ex-wife made against him six years ago and to prevent his friends and acquaintances from thinking he was a liar and a “fraud.”

“My goal is the truth,” he said in a Virginia court. “My goal is the truth.”

In his lengthy testimony, which will continue Wednesday, Depp opened up to the court about various topics. He touched on his abusive childhood, detailed his creative endeavors and his approach to them and explored his relationship with drugs and alcohol, which began when he was 11 and included a yearslong addiction to the opiate Roxicodone.

He also described Heard’s transition from a person who was “too good to be true” to “this other person.”

Depp is alleging that Heard, also an actor, defamed him in a

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