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Johnny Depp retakes witness stand, calls Amber Heard’s claims ‘insane’; Kate Moss also testifies
“Ridiculous, humiliating, ludicrous, painful, savage, unbelievably brutal, merciless, and all false,” Depp mentioned when requested about his response to listening to Heard’s allegations when she testified earlier within the trial.
Depp was testifying Wednesday as a rebuttal witness – each he and Heard every testified extensively earlier within the trial.
He gave some particular responses to a few of the explicit allegations levied by Heard and likewise her sister, Whitney Henriquez, who supplied a few of Heard’s strongest corroborating testimony.
He concluded his testimony with a closing denial of the allegations.
“I’ve by no means in my life dedicated sexual battery, bodily abuse, all these outlandish, outrageous tales of me committing this stuff,” he mentioned. “And residing with it for six years, and ready to have the ability to deliver the reality out.”
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He mentioned that “it doesn’t matter what occurs I did get right here and I did inform the reality and I’ve spoken up for what I have been carrying on my again, reluctantly, for six years.”
Depp shall be cross-examined Wednesday afternoon.
Depp is suing Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Courtroom over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Publish describing herself as “a public determine representing home abuse.” His attorneys say he was defamed by the article although it by no means talked about his title.
Depp has denied he ever struck Heard and says she was the abuser within the relationship. Heard has testified about greater than a dozen separate situations of bodily abuse she says she suffered at Depp’s arms.
Depp additionally disputed a declare made by Heard that Depp had nothing to do with getting her a job within the superhero blockbuster “Aquaman.” When Heard testified, she was clearly offended by a query from Depp’s attorneys insinuating Depp bought her the position.
Depp, although, mentioned that after Heard auditioned for the position, he talked to the studio on her behalf. He was barred from discussing the main points of his conversations when Heard’s attorneys objected, however mentioned that “finally she did get the job, so hopefully, I suppose, I had curbed their worries to some extent.”
Additionally Wednesday, supermodel Kate Moss, a former girlfriend of Depp, denied that she had ever been pushed or assaulted by Depp through the course of their relationship.
Moss additionally testified as a rebuttal witness. Heard, in her testimony, made a reference to Moss and a rumor that Depp had pushed Moss down a set of stairs once they dated.
Moss, in testimony supplied by video hyperlink, mentioned Depp by no means assaulted her. She mentioned she did as soon as slip down a flight of stairs after a rainstorm at a Jamaican resort, and that Depp got here to her help.
She testified for lower than 5 minutes and was not cross-examined.
Depp additionally addressed the accusation in his testimony, saying it occurred simply as Moss mentioned. He mentioned he’d instructed the story about Moss to Heard years in the past and “Ms. Heard took the story and turned it into a really ugly incident, all in her thoughts.”
Each side are anticipated to current their closing witnesses Thursday, with closing arguments anticipated Friday.
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2 women found dead in Englewood home after fire, Chicago fire officials say
CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago hearth officers mentioned two ladies have been discovered lifeless in an Englewood house after a home hearth.
The fireplace broke out Tuesday night at a home within the 7200-block of South Wolcott, Chicago hearth officers mentioned.
The fireplace was struck out at about 9:10 p.m., CFD mentioned.
After the fireplace was out, firefighters discovered two grownup feminine victims lifeless within the wreckage.
It was not instantly clear if the ladies died within the hearth or earlier than the fireplace. No additional particulars have been launched.
The Chicago Hearth Division has not but commented on any potential causes for the fireplace or mentioned in the event that they consider it was suspicious.
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3 women united by Highland Park shooting now lobby for assault weapon ban
HIGHLAND PARK, Ailing. (WLS) — Three ladies and their households had been good strangers up till the second tragedy introduced them collectively within the aftermath of Highland Park’s July 4th parade.
As Thanksgiving approaches, they’re united in goal and in gratitude for probably the most primary of all issues: life.
“I believed I used to be going to die,” Highland Park capturing survivor Liz Turnipseed mentioned. “That I used to be going to put there and I used to be going to bleed out and I used to be going to die.”
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“I used to be on the parade with my three grownup kids, my son-in-law and my 2-year-old grand child,” mentioned Debra Baum, with the Highland Park Gun Violence Mission. “Our complete household may have been worn out.”
“July third I had 70 folks at my home and the following day our life bought flipped the other way up,” capturing survivor Lindsay Hartman mentioned. “So I simply know for me, I am attempting to take pleasure in it and never spend an excessive amount of time previously.”
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For Lindsay, not spending an excessive amount of time previously means internet hosting Thanksgiving for 30. Liz, who was one of many almost 50 folks injured that day, nonetheless wants a cane to get round, so she’ll be catering the meal and having her complete household fly in. Debra shall be coming along with the identical household she was with on July 4.
“There are numerous households in Highland Park that do not have folks with them this Thanksgiving due to what occurred,” Baum mentioned. “It is a very weighty realization.”
However there’s additionally gratitude for random issues and other people, like for the proper strangers who took in Liz’s 3-year-old daughter for a few hours after she was shot. And the neighbor she’d by no means met earlier than who lent her a step stool for her mattress.
Turning ache into goal is what unites these ladies now as they foyer for an assault weapons ban in Congress. As a result of whereas life for them won’t ever be the identical, it does transfer on.
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Biden to extend student loan repayment freeze as relief program is tied up in courts
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Biden administration is but once more extending the pause on federal scholar mortgage funds, a profit that started in March 2020 to assist individuals who have been struggling financially because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a supply conversant in the plan mentioned.
The Division of Training will announce it’s extending the freeze one other six months with the primary funds due two months after June 30, the supply mentioned, until a Supreme Courtroom resolution on the president’s scholar mortgage aid program comes first.
The administration had beforehand mentioned the latest extension could be the final, and funds have been scheduled to restart in January.
However the administration had additionally meant for its scholar mortgage forgiveness program to start canceling as much as $20,000 in debt for low- and middle-income debtors earlier than January. This system has but to be carried out because it faces a number of authorized challenges.
This story is breaking and can be up to date.
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