Ellen Barkin Shocking Revelation Against Johnny Depp Explored: ‘He Was Too Controlling’
Johnny Depp's ex-fling, Ellen Barkin, offered her shocking testimony against the actor amid the defamation trial.
On Thursday, Barkin became the latest witness Amber Heard's team presented to the court. The actress, who the actor dated in the 1990s, testified through a deposition recorded in November 2019.
According to Barkin, Depp was drunk "a lot of time," calling him a wine drinker. She also claimed that he took "hallucinogenic, cocaine, marijuana," and she witnessed some of those instances during their friendship that turned into a sexual one.
Her initial statement resonated with what Heard said, revealing that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor tried to control her career throughout their short-lived marriage.
"He was just a jealous man, controlling. Controlling. Asking me, 'Where are you going? Who are you meeting with?' I had a scratch on my back once that he got very, very angry.... He insisted it came from me having sex with a person who wasn't him during that time," Barkin added.
Elsewhere in her testimony, she recalled the incident where Depp tossed a bottle in her direction during a fight.
Although it did not hit her, the actress noted that she still did not know what led him to throw the bottle.
Barkin and Depp met when they starred in the 1998 movie, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
Ellen Barkin Testifying Against Depp Due to "Grudge" She Held Against Actor
Barkin's deposition was presented after she previously supported The Sun amid the libel case Depp filed against the newspaper.
During that trial, Depp and his team hit back at told the court that Barkin only said those statements since she held a grudge against him.
"She wanted a proper relationship with me and I did not want that. I didn't feel the same about her as she did me and I suppose from that moment on she became very, very angry, and since then I have not spoken to Ms. Barkin," Depp revealed during the London trial, per Daily Mail.
Aside from Barkin, Dr. Alan Blaustein (Depp's former psychiatrist) also said in his January deposition that the actor had anxiety that caused him to have a drug and alcohol problem.
He added that the "Edward Scissorhands" star called the "something horrible inside himself" as "devil."
