Johnny Depp: "I have never hit a woman in my life"

• Defendants and plaintiffs The therapist of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard assures that the abuse was "mutual"

Johnny Depp

wrote a new episode of his never-ending legal battle with his ex-wife, actress

The 58-year-old interpreter testified for the first time in a court in

in a defamation lawsuit case following the publication of an article signed by Heard in

in 2018 in which he accuses Depp of having starred in episodes of domestic violence during their relationship.

The protagonist of the

saga told the jury that the objective of the process, which could last six weeks and began on April 11, is to clarify the "truth" and

with the who was married only 15 months.

"I have never hit Heard like that, nor have I ever hit a woman in my life," he said.

The actor is

in damages for the opinion piece in which the actress does not mention him directly but explains

during her marriage.

Heard has relied on her right to freedom of expression and in referring to situations that are completely true, according to her.

Depp, for his part, indicates that the part of the article where his ex-wife refers to "a public figure who represents domestic abuse" has had a devastating impact on his career since

with a figure .

linked to that kind of episodes, and more after the #MeToo movement that uncovered hundreds of cases of sexual abuse in the film industry.

Lawyers for the

star have accused Heard of signing the "performance of her life" in her description of the alleged abuse.

And on Monday, a nurse hired by Depp to treat her addiction testified that Heard "tried to instigate" the conflict with her husband on several occasions.

She has also testified on her behalf by a sound engineer who stated that he had never seen her attack her two children or their mother.

Depp and Amber met during the filming of

in 2009, married in 2015 and divorced in May 2016, with a restraining order in between for the actor's physical and verbal aggression, accentuated by his problems with drugs and alcohol.

Even so, in the joint statement they sent after ending the marriage, they acknowledged having had a "passionate and volatile relationship on certain occasions, but always marked by love."

The Texan actress, who dated South African

after their marriage, has struck back with her own $100 million lawsuit.

Depp, for his part, lost a similar case last year after suing the editor of The Sun tabloid over an article calling him a "wife beater."

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