Its
been
several
weeks
since
the
hearing
began
for
the
libel
case
brought
by
Johnny
Depp
against
The
Sun
newspaper,
its
publisher
NGN
and
executive
editor
Dan
Wootton,
over
an
online
story
from
April
2018
which
described
him
as
a
"wife-beater".
In
the
recent
hearing,
the
Hollywood
actor's
security
guard
revealed
that
Depp
has
suffered
more
bullying
at
the
hands
of
his
wife
Amber
Heard.
The
High
Court
in
London
has
been
told
that
Heard
would
regularly
pelt
Johnny
Depp
with
objects,
including
a
fork,
a
cigarette
lighter,
a
can
of
Coke
and
others.
Malcolm
Connolly
has
been
Depp's
security
guard
for
over
16
years
and
said
that
he
has
never
witnessed
or
seen
any
of
the
injuries
that
Heard
claims
Depp
inflicted
on
her.
Malcolm
Connolly
is
a
former
prison
officer
at
Pentonville
jail
in
the
UK
and
said
he
had
"seen
it
in
prison" that
"the
usual
victim
pattern
is
to
protect
the
abuser
for
some
reason,
you
know
the
psychological
bullying...
they
fit
the
same
criteria,
they
never
come
forward
with
the
information."
Incident
From
2015
Talking
about
the
aftermath
of
an
incident
when
Depp
claimed
that
Heard
severed
his
finger
with
a
vodka
bottle
in
Australia,
in
March
2015,
Connolly
revealed,
she
appeared
at
the
door
of
their
house
"screaming
and
crying".
Malcolm
Connolly's
Testimony
He
added,
"She
was
absolutely
hysterical.
I
was
worried
she
might
start
throwing
objects
at
Johnny
or
myself,
as
I'd
seen
before.
For
example,
I
had
seen
her
lob
a
fork
in
Johnny's
general
direction
once;
another
time
I
recall,
she
threw
a
lighter
at
him,
another
time,
a
can
of
Coke.
I
knew
that
we
needed
to
get
out
of
there
as
soon
as
possible.
I
was
much
more
concerned
about
Johnny.
He
was
obviously
in
emotional
distress
and
panicking.
He
wasn't
that
drunk
or
out
of
it
though
and
was
easily
standing
on
his
own
and
having
a
conversation."
Connolly
On
Depp's
Injury
Connolly
also
revealed
that
Mr
Depp's
team
hid
the
cause
of
his
injury
at
the
hospital
since
it
would
"create
extremely
bad
publicity," and
instead
decided
to
say
that
he
got
injured
while
cutting
onions.
"I
thought
it
was
fairly
obvious
that
this
was
not
true
given
the
severity
of
the
injury
and
suggested
we
say
he
jammed
it
into
a
car
door.
However,
we
went
with
the
onion
cover
story.
The
specialist
didn't
believe
us
for
one
second,"
said
Malcolm
Connolly.