The bombshell libel trial between former spouses Depp and Heard, who're counter suing one another, took one other weird activate Monday as Dr Spiegel was cross-examined on the courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia.
Heard’s authorized staff known as psychologist Dr Spiegel to the stand, the place he claimed Depp ‘has behaviours which can be in line with somebody that each has substance use dysfunction in addition to behaviours of somebody who's a perpetrator of intimate companion violence’.
Depp, 58, sued Heard, 36, over a 2018 article she printed in The Washington Put up detailing her experiences with home abuse. The op-ed didn't title Depp, however his authorized staff argue it recommended he was bodily and sexually abusive in direction of her. The actress is counter suing him in flip.
Dr Spiegel instructed the courtroom that he requested to talk with Depp twice however was denied, so due to this fact primarily based his evaluation on testimony from Depp and others.
When Depp’s lawyer, Wayne Dennison, requested what the psychologist ‘used as a baseline’ for processing pace and analysing the actor, Dr Spiegel replied: ‘I assume my baseline would most likely be how I’ve seen him work together in public, how I’ve seen him work together with others, I’ve seen him work together in media and his processing pace is actually not sluggish.
‘I’ve seen him do commercials and his processing pace was not sluggish.’
Dennison then requested: ‘At deposition, didn’t you say that what you probably did was examine Mr Depp’s efficiency in plenty of Pirate films towards his deposition testimony right here?’
Dr Spiegel responded: ‘What I mentioned was I’ve seen Mr Depp do apology advertisements… I’ve seen him work together with the media relating to to that, I noticed no delay in processing pace.’
When Dennison pressed him on his feedback about analysing Depp within the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Dr Spiegel mentioned: ‘I apologise for what I mentioned. I misspoke.’
Dr Spiegel was then requested which films of Depp’s he’s watched, with Dennison saying: ‘Willy Wonka doesn’t matter to you? You see that film, Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit? Did you have a look at that one once you had been evaluating his processing pace?’
Dr Spiegel didn’t reply and licked his lips earlier than asking the choose: ‘Do I've to reply that query, Your Honour?’
‘You must reply questions, sure sir,’ the choose instructed him, as Dr Spiegel then clarified: ‘No you’ll be glad to know I didn’t see Willy Wonka. I didn’t see 21 Bounce Avenue when it occurred. No I didn't.’
Depp barely eliminated his gaze from Dr Spiegel within the witness field and drew nearer in his seat at one level whereas wanting wholly confused by the psychologist’s muddled testimony. He later positioned his head in his palms out of frustration because the tense testimony continued.
The trial continues.
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