Heard Called Depp An ‘Old Fat Man', Libel Trial Hears

Johnny Depp's sister says Amber Heard called him “old and fat" and that the actor's family was “devastated” at his marriage to her.

- Graeme Massie

Christi Dembrowski made the claims as she took the stand as the first witness in the multi-million dollar libel trial in Virginia, in which Depp claims that a 2018 article on domestic violence she wrote for The Washington Post implied he was an abuser.

She told the court that while she had seen Ms Heard “be nice" to her brother, she had also seen her “be not nice" and gave details of one such confrontation.

“This one really stayed with me. On one occasion I was at the office, I had a meeting with Dior who wanted to sit with Johnny and talk about working together. Amber had come in and asked if she was interrupting, we said no, Johnny told Amber that I had just had a meeting with Dior and they were interested in him," she said.

“Her reaction to that was that she was in disbelief and sort of disgust, and she said 'Dior ? Why would Dior want to do business with you? They are about class and style and you do not have style.' It was an insulting kind of taking away that one moment, that insult was there.

“I have seen the insults, multiple times actually. She called him an ‘old, fat man.' I believe he heard her call him that.”

She also gave details of a 2013 documentary shoot with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, and described how close her brother and Ms Heard had been on the set.

“I was right next to her, I hugged her and was standing next to her, it was a small set. I did not see anything (marks or physical injuries).

"They were fine. She was laughing and happy and holding his hand and leaning on him, hugging him. It was mostly her hugging."

She was asked when she learned that Depp and Heard were going to get married.