In court documents from an earlier hearing in the case, counsel for Mr Depp said Ms Kendall will give evidence to explain how annoyed she was that the article was presented as if she was “endorsing” a comparison between the Mr Depp and Mr Weinstein.In a complaint to the newspaper, Ms Kendall wrote: “I never meant to be in an article that called Johnny Depp a ‘wife beater’.“I told you that I didn’t know that to be true at all! 0 shares: Share Tweet Save Post Send : Video Credit: Reuters Studio - Published 3 weeks ago. "I was not 'going public' on behalf of MeToo or myself, to criticize J.K. Rowling's decision to cast Mr. Depp, nor did I accuse Mr. Depp of hurting Amber Heard, about which I have no first-hand knowledge. Actor Johnny Depp waves as he arrives at the High Court in London.Amber Heard, actress and former wife of Johnny Depp, arrives at the High Court in London.This handout photo provided by London High Court shows a photo used in evidence of Amber Heard with marks on her face that she says were inflicted by Johnny Depp.Stream East Freo Sharks v Peel Lightning AND Rangers v Souwest Jets on The West!Stream East Freo Sharks v Peel Lightning AND Rangers v Souwest Jets on The West! "Earlier on Friday, the court heard from Depp's long-time friend, artist Isaac Baruch, who said a "distraught" Depp had come to see him in 2013, and told him Heard "likes to hit," and that she would punch him after starting fights.In his witness statement, Baruch said Depp had told him: "I don't know what I'm gonna do, because I'm not gonna hit her, you know me I'm not gonna hit her, I love her. "Kendall, who appeared by videolink from Los Angeles, was not questioned about her statement.Before Kendall's appearance, a friend of Amber Heard said one of Depp's lawyers had pressured her to say unfavourable things about Heard in a U.S. court declaration.In her written statement, interior designer Laura Divenere stated she had not seen any injury to Heard in the days after Heard alleges Depp threw a phone which struck her face.Asked by Sasha Wass, lawyer for the Sun's publisher News Group Newspapers, if she had come under "enormous pressure" to make the declaration, Divenere said: "Correct. She said she had texted the Sun reporter after the article was printed and told her: “It seems that the whole article was about defaming him.”The Sun article had mentioned Kendall’s advocacy for the MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault, and her accusations that disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed her.“Although it was true that I was a victim of Harvey Weinstein, the rest was a lie,” she said in her witness statement.“I was not ’going public’, on behalf of MeToo or myself, to criticise JK Rowling’s decision to cast Mr Depp, nor did I accuse Mr Depp of hurting Amber Heard, about which I have no first-hand knowledge.”Kendall, who appeared by videolink from Los Angeles, was not questioned about her statement. He strongly denies abusing Heard.She was the last witness called as part of Depp's case, which has spanned nine days.In a written witness statement, Kendall said she spoke in April 2018 to a woman she later learned was a Sun reporter. Actress Katherine Kendall says she has 'heard several times' that Heard was abusive to Depp In a complaint to the Sun, Kendall wrote: 'I never meant to be in an article that called Johnny Depp … Johnny Depp's action against the Sun for an article calling him a 'wife beater' continues in London. It seems that Amber got hurt.”But Kendall said in a written statement to the court she had been misquoted by the tabloid. Katherine Kendall (50) an campaigner for the #MeToo movement which sprang out of widespread revelations about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct, is expected to give evidence in the trial today over a video link from the US.
Kendall was quoted in the Sun’s original article as saying: “I don’t stand behind hitting people or abusing people. Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of that newspaper for libel over the article, saying he had never struck his ex-wife Amber Heard, and it was Heard that hit him during their volatile relationship.