Not much glamor remained after three weeks of the trial.

Johnny Depp, long one of Hollywood's brightest stars, presented himself as an aging actor with addictions to alcohol, drugs and self-pity during the defamation trial of his former wife Amber Heard.

Even the photos of severed fingertips, accompanied by fantasies of violence via text message, should not necessarily have boosted his Q-Score, the measure of a celebrity's popularity in the entertainment industry.

After his half-bored, half-confused court appearance in Fairfax, more than 4,000 kilometers from Hollywood in Virginia, Disney's decision to remove the fifty-eight-year-old from the screenplays of the family-friendly blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" seems almost understandable.

Financial advisor Michael Spindler calculated for the jury that the end of the pirate role after Heard's allegations of abuse is said to have cost Depp more than 22 million dollars.

Overall, Spindler said, he estimates Depp's losses from the allegations at more than $40 million.

In his four-day testimony, Depp assured Heard that prior to their abrupt split in May 2016, as implied by the actress in an article for the Washington Post, Heard was not physically

psychologically and sexually abused.

He did not repeatedly attack Heard, but the thirty-six year old him.

"I'm a victim of domestic violence," Depp told the jury.

"I didn't want this to be reality"

On Wednesday it was Heard's turn.

According to psychiatrist Dawn Hughes, who diagnosed the Texan with post-traumatic disorders, she testified on the witness stand with constant volleys of assaults.

Depp gave her the first blows in 2012, two and a half years before the wedding.

Heard was reportedly sitting on the sofa with her then-lover, drinking wine, when he reached out and slapped her.

The actress burst out laughing when, when asked about his tattoos, Depp replied that he had the word "Wino" tattooed on him.

She was more than surprised by Depp's slap in the face.

"I kept laughing because I didn't know how else to react.

I thought this must be a joke," Heard testified through tears.

Two more blows followed, the last so hard that she slipped off the sofa onto the floor.

“But I didn't want to leave Johnny.

I didn't want that to be reality.

But I also knew that you never recover from it," the actress told the jury.

Depp is said to have shown remorse.

He got on his knees next to her and started to cry.

The next day he brought Heard several cases of wine and promised to better control "the damn fucker", his dark side, in the future.

In the courtroom, Depp kept his eyes downcast behind his tinted glasses.

The next day he brought Heard several cases of wine and promised to better control "the damn fucker", his dark side, in the future.

In the courtroom, Depp kept his eyes downcast behind his tinted glasses.

The next day he brought Heard several cases of wine and promised to better control "the damn fucker", his dark side, in the future.

In the courtroom, Depp kept his eyes downcast behind his tinted glasses.

When questioned by her lawyer Elaine Bredehoft, Heard had previously recalled the beginning of the romance: How she talked to Depp in 2008 at the first meeting before filming the book adaptation "The Rum Diary" about their shared love of blues and poetry .

And how he kissed her in front of the camera on the set in Puerto Rico a few months later - with tongue and feeling instead of the usual rehearsed film kiss.

During the press tour in autumn 2011 things got serious.

“We fell head over heels in love.

I felt like he understood me like no one else," Heard testified.

At the same time, the couple lived in a "bubble of secrecy".

Depp had allegedly split a year earlier from his partner and mother of his two children,

Heard is asking for $100 million

The "dream" in which Heard believed himself did not last long.

The first slaps were allegedly followed by further attacks.

During a camping trip in Joshua Tree National Park in May 2013, Depp is said to have violently penetrated the actress' vagina with his fingers.

As Heard testified, he accused her of having hidden cocaine in her vagina after flirting with a visitor to the camp while she was on drugs.

A few months later, a vacation with Depp's children, Lily-Rose and Jack, to the actor's private island in the Bahamas reportedly ended abruptly.

Depp is said to have become violent at the time because he suspected that Heard had told the teenagers about their father's alcohol consumption.

“He pushed my neck against the bedroom wall and held me there.

He told me,

Why the actress stepped down the aisle with Depp a year and a half later after the alleged excesses of violence could be discussed in the second part of her statement.

Presiding Judge Penney Azcarate has added three more weeks of trial to the Hollywood stars' slugfest - in which Depp is demanding $50 million from his ex-wife while she is demanding $100 million from him.