A pint of whisky and four lines of cocaine for lunch: Johnny Depp’s libel trial is shown a picture of his skull and crossbones pillbox and mountain of drugs and alcohol taken by Amber Heard
- New images offer peak into Hollywood legend Johnny Depp’s ‘Peruvian’ lifestyle
- One picture shows glass table littered with mountains of alcohol and drugs
- Another image shows 57-year-old Depp on the floor, allegedly passed out
- Photos were presented to High Court on second day of Depp’s libel trial
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The High Court was shown photographs of Johnny Depp‘s ‘Peruvian’ lifestyle including an image taken by Amber Heard that shows a pint of whisky, four lines of cocaine and his skull and crossbones pillbox ready for consumption at 1.37pm.
Heard took the photograph at her home in LA shortly before the couple had another blazing row about his drug and alcohol use – on the afternoon when he was supposed to be filming a documentary on Rolling Stone Keith Richards.
The court was also shown a picture of Depp passed out beside his bed as the 57-year-old Hollywood legend was peppered with questions about his extensive drinking and drug use by lawyers acting for The Sun.
Depp is suing The Sun for libel after it labelled him a ‘wife beater’ in a trial that is set to take three weeks and feature celebrity witnesses including Vanessa Paradis and Paul Bettany.
One image shows a glass table littered with mountains of alcohol and drugs, with four lines of cocaine cut for use next to a credit card and tube
There are also two glasses of whisky – one half drunk, the other pint-sized – a rolled-up cigarette and a Keith Richards CD to hand
One image shows a glass table littered with mountains of alcohol and drugs, with four lines of cocaine cut for use next to a credit card and tube.
A skull and crossbones pillbox with ‘Property of JD’ written across the top, which Depp said ‘probably’ contained drugs, is to one side.
There are also two glasses of whisky – one half drunk, the other pint-sized – a rolled-up cigarette and a Keith Richards CD to hand.
Another picture shows Depp lying on the floor, allegedly passed out.
The pictures were taken on the day Depp was due to be filming a documentary about Keith Richards, shortly before he and Heard had another row.
Another picture shows actor Johnny Depp lying on the floor, allegedly passed out
Depp was cross examined by The Sun’s lawyer today, who asked the Hollywood legend if he was carrying cocaine in the pillbox.
The actor replied: ‘I would say I probably was.’
Barrister Sasha Wass QC said the photo showed ‘four lines of cocaine next to a credit card with a straw on top of the credit card’.
Ms Wass said when Heard’s sister Whitney Henriquez arrived at the house ‘she was confronted by the sight of Heard, who had obviously been crying’.
She then suggested that Heard and Ms Henriquez ‘remained with you for about four hours trying to persuade you to go to the film set’ for the Keith Richards documentary.
Depp said: ‘It was a day where Keith Richards and Tom Waits were performing together in the studio.’
New pictures offer a peak into Hollywood legend Johnny Depp’s ‘Peruvian’ lifestyle on the second day of the 57-year-old actor’s libel trial in London
Depp, 57, and Heard, 34, both arrived this morning at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where scores of photographers were waiting outside the entrance, wearing face coverings
But he added that ‘to me, it was more important to try to fix things, patch things up with Ms Heard’.
The court also heard how Depp had told screenwriter Stephen Deuters he thought his ‘Peruvian period’ had upset his former spouse.
He allegedly messaged Mr Deuters: ‘Amber is extremely upset and we’re dying… Do you want to speak with her while we’re there and give her some perspective on me and what I am and what I’m not? She thinks my Peruvian period has made me a monster and that I am ruining the relationship.’
‘So the Peruvian period is a reference to cocaine?’ Ms Wass asked, to which Depp replied: ‘Yes.’