Ellen Barkin recently testified in court during the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard case. The actress spoke in Amber's favour telling the jury that Depp was a controlling, jealous and angry man even back in the 1990s, when the two dated.
Barkin recalled her relationship with Depp during a previously taped deposition that was played in a Virginia courtroom on Thursday by lawyers for Depp's ex-wife, Amber Heard. She said he would ask, "Where are you going? Who are you going with? What did you do last night? I had a scratch on my back once that got him very, very angry because he insisted it came from me having s*x with a person who wasn't him." Barkin also testified that Depp was "always drinking or smoking a joint" or doing other illegal drugs. She said that she dated Depp for about three to five months and characterized the relationship as more sexual than romantic. Notably, Barkin co-starred with Depp in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in 1998. It was during this time they two dated and Barkin recalled Depp throwing a wine bottle in her direction while he was fighting with some friends in a hotel room. She also told the court that she didn't know why he threw the bottle. Depp sued Heard for defamation and claimed that her 2018 op-ed cost him the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Meanwhile, Heard's attorneys argue that the free-fall of Depp's career was the result of his own bad behaviour and not Heard's op-ed. They have tried to portray Depp's career as "the biggest movie star in the world" to a man who struggled with drugs, money and the ability to show up at movie sets on time.