Johnny Depp says he is seeking “the truth.”
On April 19, actor Johnny Depp took the stand in his defamation suit against his former wife, Amber Heard, and made it clear in no uncertain terms what he wished to accomplish. “Never did I myself reach the point of striking Ms. Heard in any way, nor have I ever struck any woman in my life,” Depp declared on the stand, per People. “Since I knew there was no truth to it whatsoever, I felt it my responsibility to stand up not only for myself in that instance but stand up for my children, who at the time were 14 and 16,” he continued. “My goal is the truth,” he declared. Depp went on to add that he hoped to “clear the record” of the allegations. “It’s been six years of trying times,” he confessed. “It’s pretty strange when one day you’re Cinderella, so to speak, then 0.6 seconds you’re Quasimodo. I didn’t deserve that, nor did my children, nor did the people who have believed in me for all these years. I didn’t want any of those people to believe that I had done them wrong or lied to them or that I was a fraud. I pride myself on honesty.”
Depp is set to be cross-examined by Heard’s team of attorneys on April 20.
