<p>Johnny Depp drew gasps and laughter in a Virginia courtroom on Monday as he reacted to a lawyer representing Depp&#8217;s ex-wife Amber Heard reading off a slew of negative press headlines about the &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; actor.</p>
<p>Depp, who is suing Heard for defamation, pushed back against lawyer Ben Rottenborn on some of the media headlines, saying that the reports were based on &#8220;hearsay&#8221; and run-of-the-mill media &#8220;hit pieces&#8221; without legitimate sourcing.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is hearsay, is it not — your favorite word?&#8221; Depp said to Rottenborn, who blew past the actor&#8217;s objection. &#8220;These are all hit pieces, these are dregs, these are pathetic attempts,&#8221; Depp added.</p>
<p>&#8220;You read that very, very well,&#8221; the actor sarcastically responded to Rottenborn after the lawyer asked Depp if he read a particularly negative headline correctly.</p>
<p>Some of the headlines and excerpts Heard&#8217;s lawyer read included, &#8220;Johnny Depp: A Star in Crisis and the Insane Story of His Missing Millions,&#8221; &#8220;Johnny Depp&#8217;s Friends and Family Seriously Concerned About Him, Here&#8217;s Why,&#8221; and subheadline, &#8220;After a string of flops and a ton of bad press, Johnny Depp’s star power looks as wobbly as Jack Sparrow on a plank.&#8221;</p>
<p>Some of the people watching the trial, mostly all females, were seen gasping and chuckling at Depp&#8217;s pushback.</p>
<p>&#8220;Thank you so much,&#8221; Depp sarcastically ended the exchange, adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s a stack of hit pieces generated by Heard&#8217;s team.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rottenborn&#8217;s general argument to the court was that Depp&#8217;s career was on the decline before Heard published what Depp is claiming to be a defamatory op-ed at The Washington Post in 2018.</p>
<p>WATCH:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JohnnyDepp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JohnnyDepp</a> v. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmberHeard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmberHeard</a>: The conclusion of Depp’s cross-examination gets heated, when J. Benjamin Rottenborn reads aloud a series of negative headlines about Depp. While on the stand, Depp talks back. WATCH ⬇️ (Via <a href="https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LawCrimeNetwork</a>) <a href="https://t.co/oz5NzhtobX">pic.twitter.com/oz5NzhtobX</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Sierra Gillespie (@sierragillespie) <a href="https://twitter.com/sierragillespie/status/1518622150592188416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The op-ed in question, titled, &#8220;<span data-qa="headline-opinion-text">Amber Heard: I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change,&#8221; was published December 18, 2018. </span></p>
<p>Notably, before the trial kicked off, Heard took to Instagram and pointed out that she had never mentioned Depp&#8217;s name in the piece.</p>
<p>“Johnny is suing me for an op-ed I wrote in The Washington Post, in which I recounted my experience of violence and domestic abuse,” the actress <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcI_qpVP0ZL/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=69f4525e-faa7-4274-9bdf-69d33e53e3b3">wrote</a>. “I never named him, rather I wrote about the price women pay for speaking out against men in power.”</p>
<p>“I continue to pay that price,” Heard claimed, “but hopefully when this case concludes, I can move on and so can Johnny. I have always maintained a love for Johnny and it brings me great pain to have to live out the details of our past life together in front of the world.”</p>
<p>Heard has countersued Depp, seeking $100 million in damages, accusing the actor’s legal team of making false claims about her.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/makeup-company-responds-with-facts-that-throw-wrench-into-amber-heard-abuse-claims">Makeup Company Responds With ‘Facts’ That Throw Wrench Into Amber Heard Abuse Claims</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-was-so-bizarre-johnny-depp-details-account-of-amber-heard-allegedly-leaving-feces-in-their-bed-after-fight">‘It Was So Bizarre’: Johnny Depp Details Account Of Amber Heard Allegedly Leaving Feces In Their Bed After Fight</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fing-baby-amber-heard-admits-to-hitting-johnny-depp-in-explosive-audio-shared-in-court">‘F***ing Baby’: Amber Heard Admits To Hitting Johnny Depp In Explosive Audio Shared In Court</a></strong></p>

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