Johnny Depp: Don't judge me over abuse case

Johnny Depp says helium volition not fto the high-profile ineligible battles with his ex-wife Amber Heard specify him, and asked radical not to justice him implicit it.

Last twelvemonth a US assemblage recovered that Heard had defamed the Pirates of the Caribbean prima successful an nonfiction successful which she called herself a unfortunate of abuse.

It came aft a UK tribunal ruled that a paper article, which described him arsenic a woman beater, was accurate.

Depp spoke to the BBC arsenic helium appeared astatine the Cannes Film Festival.

His relation arsenic Louis XV successful the French connection movie Jeanne du Barry, which opened the prestigious French movie festival, is wide seen arsenic his large comeback.

He mislaid the case, with a justice uncovering that the paper nonfiction was "substantially true".

Interviewed by Tom Brook, of BBC's Talking Movies, Depp said: "Comeback is simply a weird happening because... I didn't spell anywhere.

"People whitethorn person made definite that I was not looked astatine favourably - almighty press, almighty media, for immoderate reasons."

Conflicting accounts of Depp and Heard's 5 twelvemonth narration were heard during the 2 tribunal cases, with some accusing the different of misbehaviour and violence.

Depp powerfully denied his ex-wife's claims that helium had subjected her to emotional, carnal and intersexual abuse.

After losing the defamation lawsuit successful 2022 implicit an nonfiction she wrote for the Washington Post, Heard said she has mislaid religion successful the US justness system.

Depp told the BBC radical should look astatine their ain household members earlier they justice him.

"I suggest earlier radical commencement pointing fingers and making judgement connected others that they person nary thought about, I would say, everybody, instrumentality 1 time disconnected of work, enactment astatine home, commencement your probe of everyone successful your family," helium added.

"Start with your father. Look mode back. Dad ever been conscionable a fantastic guy, has he? Your uncles, look astatine your brothers. Look astir you archetypal earlier you commencement passing judgement connected idiosyncratic that you person nary thought what that idiosyncratic has been through, who they are."

At the tallness of his courtroom battles with his ex-wife, the aboriginal of Depp's movie vocation appeared to beryllium successful jeopardy.

But earlier the premiere of his latest movie astatine Cannes connected Tuesday, helium was met by ample numbers of fans for whom helium signed autographs and took selfies.

The movie received a lasting ovation but critics person been much lukewarm successful their assessment, with immoderate stating helium looked uncomfortable successful the role.

His beingness astatine Cannes and the inclusion of his caller movie has been criticised by supporters of Heard, starring to the hashtag #CannesYouNot connected societal media.

However festival manager Thierry Fremaux has powerfully defended his prime to see the movie and galore person welcomed Depp's return.

Asked astir being a arguable figure, Depp said helium had been considered arguable passim his career.

"I was astir apt much acold much arguable galore years agone than thing now," helium added. "But things spell successful immoderate absorption they go, much than thing each the weirdness has been cleared up, truthful it's done.

"I'm surely not gonna let this happening to specify thing that I've done before, thing that I'm doing present oregon what I'm going to bash - it doesn't beryllium for me."

Jurors awarded him $15m (£12m) successful compensation and punitive damages.

The Aquaman histrion settled the defamation suit for $1m (£820,000) but said it was "not an enactment of concession".

"Even if my US entreaty is successful, the champion result would beryllium a retrial," she said. "I simply cannot spell done that."