Elon Musk dragged into Johnny Depp trial as Amber Heard texts revealed

The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star also accused Heard and Musk of possessing a threesome with Cara Delevingne in his Los Angeles dwelling while he was away in Australia filming a motion picture, a assert that the billionaire has denied.

Musk was dragged into the mess once again on Thursday (AEST) as Christian Carino, Depp’s previous Hollywood agent took the stand.

Carino, the previous fiance of Woman Gaga, was requested about Heard’s connection with the billionaire Tesla and SpaceX founder.

The pair have insisted they only turned intimate soon after Heard’s 2017 divorce from Depp. Questioned if the pair were being courting as early as 2016, Carino explained: “I never know if they were being dating, but they experienced certainly put in time together.”

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A timeline of Musk’s relationship with Listened to

Listened to and Musk fulfilled on the established of the 2013 Robert Rodriguez film, “Machete Kills,” in which the former starred and the latter produced a cameo.

Even though sparks flew as cameras rolled, Musk insisted the pair were being very little extra than mates right until Heard’s divorce from Depp and his personal divorce from then-wife Talulah Riley had been both equally finalised.

“When the time was right and they have been both single previous year, he began pursuing her romantically,” a supply informed Folks in April 2017. “She was playing hard to get for a when, which built him even additional intrigued.”

Later that thirty day period, the actress posted a picture of herself with Musk with a “cheeky” lipstick mark on his facial area.

The Tesla founder was reportedly captivated to Heard’s “edginess” and that she wasn’t “frightened about getting different.”

A individual resource claimed to People today at the time, “She doesn’t get quickly intimidated. She is really focused and enjoys to master.”

Rumours began swirling in August 2017 that the pair’s yr-extensive romance had occur to an conclusion. Musk verified the speculation shortly just after, telling supporters the break-up was amicable.

“Btw, just to distinct up some of the press storms this weekend, even though Amber and I did crack up, we are continue to friends, continue being shut and love one one more,” Musk wrote.

He afterwards included that the break up was mostly owing to their schedules, sharing at the time, “Long-length relationships when both partners have rigorous work obligations are constantly tough, but who appreciates what the long term retains.”

Heard’s text messages expose crack-up heartache

On Thursday, lawyers for Depp examine out textual content messages exchanged in between Carino and Read at the time.

“Dealing with split-up. I loathe when things go general public. See, I’m so unfortunate,” Listened to claimed in a message about the close of her connection with Musk.

“You weren’t in like with him and you told me 1,000 instances you were just filling room,” Carino replied. “Why would you be unfortunate if you weren’t in appreciate with him to begin with?”

Listened to responded: “I know but I required time to grieve and get well in my individual time.”

Asked by a lawyer for Depp if Read was referring to Musk or Depp, Carino stated “I really do not know.”

He also presented her with some advice. “You could prevent all this if you stopped dating uber-famous individuals,” he mentioned. “You can be with a significant gentleman who isn’t famed.”

Musk and Listened to gave their partnership a further shot at the stop of 2017, as they invested the vacation year going to Easter Island.

The pair’s re-coupling was additional confirmed when they were being photographed keeping arms in LA immediately after the new yr.

By February 2018, Musk and Listened to break up for excellent. A source instructed Site Six at the time that Musk “made the conclusion to end things,” and Heard agreed that the marriage had run its system.

“The timing just was not appropriate, but they continue to care about each and every other,” the insider described.

Agent: Domestic abuse allegations powering Depp’s drop

Through a prerecorded testimony played on Thursday, Carino also mentioned Depp was dropped from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise due to the fact of the domestic abuse allegations made by Heard, backing up the actor’s declare against his ex-wife.

“My view is that it was related to the accusations that Amber has made,” Christian Carino, who operates for Artistic Arts Company, stated in a videotaped deposition in the defamation go well with submitted by Depp against Listened to.

Depp submitted a defamation circumstance against Heard more than a column she wrote for The Washington Submit in December 2018 in which she explained herself as a “public determine symbolizing domestic abuse.”

The 36-calendar year-aged Listened to in no way named the 58-year-aged Depp but he sued her for implying that he was a domestic abuser and is trying to get $50 million in damages.

The Texas-born Listened to countersued, asking for $100 million and saying she experienced “rampant actual physical violence and abuse” at his fingers.

Depp filed the defamation criticism in the United States immediately after getting rid of a individual libel circumstance in London in November 2020 that he introduced against The Solar for contacting him a “wife-beater”.

Carino, Depp and Heard’s previous agent, said it was never ever explicitly stated by Disney that Depp was being dropped from the “Pirates” franchise for the reason that of the domestic abuse accusations but it was “understood”.

Depp, testifying previously on his own behalf, blamed the accusations by Heard for the decline of his rewarding function in “Pirates” as Captain Jack Sparrow.

Testifying last 7 days, Depp mentioned the allegations that he was a “drunken, cocaine-fuelled menace who conquer women” have expense him “everything.”

Depp denied at any time physically abusing Heard and claimed that she was the a single who was frequently violent.

Depp, a a few-time Oscar nominee, and Heard satisfied in 2009 on the established of the movie “The Rum Diary” and ended up married in February 2015. Their divorce was finalised two a long time afterwards.

— New York Publish, AFP