Not even two months have passed since the victory against ex-wife Amber Heard is Johnny Depp will return for the second time to court, but this time as defendant. Alongside him will still be Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez, the lawyers who won the victory and media fame in the libel trial. This time the actor was accused of aggression by a location manager while recording a production film of the infinitum nihil, a production company owned by the actor. The events would have taken place in 2017 on the set of City of Lies-The hour of truth.
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The film is a crime thriller that follows the investigation of the LAPD into the unsolved murder of Notorious BIG. and Tupac Shakur. Johnny Depp plays the role of a retired detective who collaborates with Forest Whitaker, in the role of a reporter, to try to solve the mystery. He was also working on the production of the film Gregg "Rocky" Brooks, location manager who accused the actor of an attack, which took place for no apparent reason. The film was supposed to be released in 2018 but the production company withdrew it just a month after the manager's complaint. You can still see the trailer on YouTube today, however it is not possible to watch the movie.
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In the letter of complaint, Gregg allegedly sued the director of the film as a defendant Brad Furman. But what would have happened? The attack would have occurred following the manager's request to shoot some scenes outside, the actor at these words would have gone into a rage starting to scream: "Who the f *** are you? You have no right to tell me what to do ". All completed from a series of shots strike at the manager's chest. As if all this wasn't delusional enough, Brooks also stated that the actor, not seeing him react and probably under the influence of alcohol, he would offer him a thousand dollars to hit him in the face.
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In addition to all of that, Brooks would have been discharged by the actor's production company for refusing to sign an agreement that he would not sue infinitum nihil for the event. The manager also said that, as a result, he would no longer be able to find work. The trial was supposed to start in 2019, but was later postponed. On the other hand iDepp's story is completely different, if not opposite to that of Brooks. The actor allegedly stated a Variety of never having attacked the manager but of having confronted him verbally because he had engaged in aggressive behavior with a woman.
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Also, Depp's attorney Adam Waldman stated that he would file a complaint in turn against Brooks' attorneys for negligence: “After all the evidence, from the multiple sworn testimonies and dozens of contemporary photographs taken by the script supervisor, Brooks has finally found a single witness to support the its absurd and delusional statements: his own lawyer ". Once again Johnny Depp finds himself at the center of a court case in which everything seems the opposite of everything and the statements are completely contradictory. Does it remind you of something? That's right, the trial against ex-wife Amber Heard which brought to light stories as shocking as they are irreconcilable in the versions. However, this new procedure is still a bit missing. In fact it will start on 25 July at the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, but will not be broadcast on TV. Who knows if it will have the same media weight as the previous one ...
