While taking the stand at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia on Monday, as part of their ongoing trial, Depp was shown a text message exchange between himself and Heard from 2013 in which she told him she was at a "coffee meeting". "NO F**KING MEETINGS!!! NO MOVIES!!! Why??? Why do you deviate from our agreement??? What species of meeting??? F**k it. Just tell me when you get home." Johnny Depp's messages / Fairfax Courthouse. Depp was confronted about the content by Heard's lawyer who asked him whether he had attempted to oversee the 36-year-old's Hollywood career.
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Amber Heard and Histrionic personality disorder
A forensic psychologist testified Tuesday that actor Amber Heard suffers from borderline personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder, as the civil lawsuit between her and ex-husband Johnny Depp continues to wallow in the couple’s personal issues.
Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post referring to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article doesn't mention Depp by name, but his lawyers say the article contains ”defamation by implication" because it clearly refers to allegations of domestic abuse made by heard when she filed for divorce in 2016. Read more here:
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Moldova
Two explosions in a radio facility close to the Ukrainian border knocked a pair of powerful broadcast antennas out of service in Moldova's separatist region of Trans-Dniester, local police said Tuesday.
Trans-Dniester, a strip of land with about 470,000 people, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a 1992 war with Moldova. Russia bases about 1,500 troops in the breakaway region, nominally as peacekeepers. Get more info here:
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House complex in Washington, , April 13, 2022. Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced.
Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID
Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday after returning from a weeklong trip to California.
"Today I tested positive for COVID-19. I have no symptoms, and I will continue to isolate and follow CDC guidelines. I'm grateful to be both vaccinated and boosted," Harris tweeted Tuesday afternoon.
Kirsten Allen, the vice president's press secretary, said in an earlier statement that Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on rapid and PCR tests. Read more information here:
Trump
A New York judge found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court and set in motion $10,000 daily fines Monday for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state's attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings.
Judge Arthur Engoron said a contempt finding was appropriate because Trump and his lawyers hadn’t shown they had conducted a proper search for records sought by the subpoena. Read more about the legal fight here:
