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Johnny Depp’s Island manager: ‘I remember him passed out on the beach’
Johnny Depp in court in Fairfax, Virginia
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The manager of Johnny Depp’s private island was connected via video link on Tuesday. Lawyers for both parties questioned Tara Roberts, who recalled, among other things, a dispute between the ex-husbands.
As the manager of his private island, Tara Roberts caught a glimpse of what was going on between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. On Tuesday she was connected via video and answered questions from Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft, among other things.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: incident on his island
Bredehoft was interested in an incident that is said to have happened in 2013. At the time, Depp and his children, Lily-Rose and Jack, apparently wanted to take one last trip on their yacht before selling it to “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling. Bredehoft asked Roberts if she remembered arranging a helicopter for Lily-Rose, Jack and Amber Heard to fly them home early. “Remember Lily-Rose told you she was upset because her father was drinking and he was trying to hide it from her?” Bredehoft asked. However, she did not get an answer because Depp’s lawyers intervened.
“Remember Mr. Depp passed out face down in the sand?” Bredehoft asked instead, to which Roberts recounted, “I remember he passed out on the beach.” She then helped him.
Violent dispute
Roberts also recalled an incident in December 2015. Johnny Depp claims Heard threw a can of mineral spirits at him while on vacation. Roberts said she and another employee were talking when an irate Johnny Depp entered the room. After a few minutes, Amber Heard also came, apologized and asked Depp to come back to her. Depp then went out to his car and wanted to drive away, but Heard blocked his way. The two ended up leaving together, but Roberts was concerned and wanted to make sure they were okay.
So she and the other clerk also drove to the main house, where she heard screams. “Amber screamed and Johnny answered, you could hear what was being said. We stood there for a few minutes. Then Amber was heard telling him he was a failed actor and was going to die a fat lonely old man.” , she said. “Johnny said ‘you hit me with a can (…)’. Johnny came down the stairs, Amber was behind him, she had a bottle in her hand. There was a pause of initial shock, neither Johnny nor Amber knew we were there,” Roberts said.
After further arguments, Depp tried to run away. “She clawed, grabbed his clothes, grabbed his hair like an angry woman – he wanted to leave. He couldn’t drive away in the car because the keys had been removed,” the manager recalled. Depp’s private island in the Bahamas is a key location in their failed relationship. Not only did Depp rehab there, it was also where he and Amber Heard tied the knot in 2015.