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Elon Musk shouldn’t be anticipated to testify in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial towards his ex-wife Amber Heard, a supply near Musk’s authorized group confirmed to CNN.
Musk was listed as a possible witness for Heard within the trial, to look remotely. He dated Heard shortly after she and Depp ended their marriage.
A supply wouldn’t verify why Musk was now not on the listing to testify. CNN has reached out to a spokeswoman for Heard for remark.
Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is presently within the course of of shopping for Twitter.
Depp is suing Heard for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Put up during which she described herself as a “public determine representing home abuse.” Although Depp was not named within the article, he claims it value him profitable appearing work.
Each Heard and Depp, who met in 2009 and have been married from 2015 to 2016, accuse the opposite of acts of bodily violence throughout their relationship. They’ve each denied the opposite’s claims.
The previous couple settled their divorce in August 2016, releasing a joint assertion which learn partially, “Our relationship was intensely passionate and at occasions unstable, however all the time sure by love.”
Terrance Dougherty, basic counsel for the ACLU, testified Thursday about Musk paying $500,000 from a donor suggested Vanguard fund on Heard’s behalf to the ACLU as a part of $1.3 million she has gifted group. Heard had pledged to donate $3.5 million of her $7 million divorce settlement with Depp to the ACLU however funds stopped round 2019, Dougherty mentioned.
“We reached out to Ms. Heard beginning in 2019 for the subsequent installment of her giving. We discovered that she was having monetary difficulties,” Dougherty mentioned.
Dougherty mentioned he has no indication that Heard doesn’t intend to pay the remainder of her pledged donation. She continues to be thought of an envoy for the group.
The trial, which began on April 11, is ready to final six weeks. Depp concluded his testimony Monday, and Heard has not but testified.