'Strange question!' Johnny Depp surprised by Paul Bettany cross examination

Johnny Depp was back on the stand Thursday in his $100million defamation trial against Amber Heard. Under cross examination from Heard's lawyer Benjamin Rottenborn, he brought up Depp's friendship with the British actor Paul Bettany. Rottenborn said: 'Paul Bettany is a good friend you've done drugs with?' Depp replied: 'That's a strange question.' Depp then admitted he had drank alcohol and done cocaine with him and taken pills together. Depp and Bettany have been friends for years and starred together in 2014 sci-fi movie Transcendence and again in the action-comedy Mortdecai in 2015.

WARNING: May contain swearing, description of drug taking and domestic violence.

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[dailymail]

Are you watching the Depp Heard trial live?

[cookie_dough_hangover]

He has nothing else to lose, so he's telling the truth. They didn't expect that.

[regret.]

The fact that he tried to cross examine Johnny on drugs (which have no relevance to case) and then got the truth from his mouth without hesitation is hella embarrassing. I bursted out laughing when Johnny said: "Where's he going?"

[amazingmao]

Lawyer: "You actually were telling the truth!"
Captain Jack Sparrow: "I do that quite a lot. Yet people are always surprised."
Lawyer: *Leaves

[techmania]

What do they want to prove?He has done drugs, half of America has

[ataelbizanti]

I cannot believe they are attempting to defame him in a defamation trial...

[melissahalim]

I wasn't particularly a Johnny Depp fan before, but now I am ! He can find humor in a situation as serious as this, even as his flaws are laid out in public. Also his screen presence is staggering. I can't stop watching

[richarddavis]

Guessing he was expecting Johnny to lie. He didn't have a rebuttal to the truth... 😂

[MarigoldSundays]

If the lawyer can only argue that taking drugs and alcohol COULD lead to violence but has no proof it DID lead to violence, then there’s no case there

[koryglover]

Sooner or later, this lawyer's going to have to come to terms that Johnny Depp is *NOT* on trial for substance abuse

[prachetamitra]

At least he is telling the truth. And what does that even prove tho.... doing drugs doesn't imply he is violent and abusive. This lawyer is so weird.

[DirtyPlumbus]

This line of questioning would imply Heard was sober when she did all the things she did. This just makes her that much worse.
Drug addled Depp is still better than basic Heard.

[thestarkknightreturns]

At 00:52, the way he uttered that "where's he going?" always makes me burst out laughing!!

[DEUTSCHLAND.]

I don't think itemizing each drug or with whom is really relevant, he already admitted his battle with drug addiction. His lawyers could've objected. Sounded like a smear campaign.

[kawasakiwhiptwo]

"where's he going?'
He's going to stand in the corner Johnny, where else would you expect him to go after an exchange like that? Johnny is showing us the value of owning your past and being truthful about it. He answered those questions about his past drug use without hesitation and made that lawyer (who apparently thought Johnny would be deceptive about his past) look like a fool.

[TheGuitarsquatch]

It's clear from the cross examination that they banked on him lying about everything, but so far he's lived up to his claim as being "obsessed with the truth." It's entertaining watch her team flounder. Even if he loses the trial itself based on whether or not they can prove the op-ed was about him, he's thoroughly won the public's opinion

[Michele_R]

What do we care about drugs, or alcohol, or pills..?? The fact that Heard's lawyer has only been asking such questions is the CLEAREST PROOF that they do NOT have a single evidence of possible "violent acts" perpetrated by Johnny against that woman.

[bysh]

This lawyer is so pathetic, like can he bring up anything other than the drugs and alcohol? 💀 So infuriating

[kevinflemming]

Drugs have nothing to do with this case. They are clutching at straws here, to try and paint him in a bad light, yet he just answers openly and honestly, which they clearly aren't expecting. Shows more character and dignity than she ever will.

[Absilon]

“This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught captain jack sparrow”, got to see the meaning now.