Ellen Barkin

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Johnny Depp's Ex-UTA Agent Reveals Actor's Cash-Strapped Woes ... (Deadline)

The jury in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial on Thursday saw the actor's former agent and former business manager describe the collapse of his ...

Asked about one of Depp’s reasons for dropping her as his agent — that her interests “were different than when we started” — Jacobs denied that she had conflicts and said that she was never represented by Mandel. Jacobs said that Depp was paid $25 million plus backend for Pirates 5, but that she could not recall whether there was any kind of negotiation for him to appear in the next in the film franchise. They included phone calls with a person who posts on social media by the name of “That Umbrella Guy,” as well as others. She said that the “other things” included questions about his drug and alcohol use. In pre-recorded video testimony that was played for the jury, Heard’s attorney asked Jacobs, “So Mr. Depp came in and said, ‘I want you to get $20 million for me?'” “He is just a jealous man, controlling,” Barkin also said of Depp in language and details that are very similar to how Heard and other witnesses for the defense have characterized the actor. By the time that Depp dropped UTA in 2016, Jacobs said that his reputation for being tardy to sets had made it more difficult to get him work. Newman also said she was “not aware” that Heard’s op-ed played any role in Depp not being asked back for a yet unmade Pirates 6. “Very mean,” the lawyer said to the court of Depp’s behavior to her. “He switched the buttons,” Barkin said of the change in her relationship in 1994 with Depp, who she had known for several years beforehand. Barkin said the bottle was thrown toward her and others in Mr. Depp’s Sin City suite during “a fight.” The former Pirates of the Caribbean actor has also insisted that besides a bout with opioid Oxycodone in and around 2014, he has never had a drug or alcohol problem, no matter how much he ingests.

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Johnny Depp's ex Ellen Barkin says 'jealous' actor threw wine bottle ... (The Independent)

Ellen Barkin briefly dated Mr Depp in 1994 when they starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas together.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “I was always aware” about him drinking to excess, she said, adding that he was a “red wine drinker” and “called me and told me he was tripping”. She said that Mr Depp was “drunk a lot of the time” and was also using hallucinogenics, cocaine and marijuana. “Where are you going? Who are you going with? She said that there was “a fight going on” and the actor picked up a wine bottle and threw it across the room.

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Johnny Depp's former flame, actress Ellen Barkin, testifies (Daily Mail)

Actress Ellen Barkin testified that Johnny Depp once threw a bottle of wine at her.

Depp dismisses Heard's abuse allegations as a 'hoax' and claims he was actually the victim of her violence. Depp and Heard reach a $7 million divorce settlement which the actress promises to give to charity. 'Two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture's wrath for women who speak out,' reads the headline. Waldman said one example could be the incident on May 21, 2016 at Heard's Los Angeles penthouse where she claims Depp hit her with a phone We had a gig, I saw him but he was really distance and f**ked up. 'If she was on a film or doing something he couldn't be around to see what was going on, he'd work himself up. Jacobs said, 'Initially crews loved him because he was always so great with the crew but crews don't love sitting around for hours and hours waiting for the star of the movie to show up. 'If she was on a film or doing something he couldn't be around to see what was going on, he'd work himself up' He was a sober doctor. She said: 'His star had dimmed, given the reputation he'd acquired due to his lateness and other things. I had a scratch on my back once that got him very, very angry because he he insisted it came from having sex with a person who wasn't him.' I had a scratch on my back once that got him very, very angry because he he insisted it came from having sex with a person who wasn't him'

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Ellen Barkin calls ex-flame Johnny Depp 'a jealous man' (Los Angeles Times)

Ellen Barkin alleged in a video deposition that ex-friend and brief lover Johnny Depp threw a wine bottle across a hotel room toward her and others.

In the video, she described Depp as a man who was frequently drunk or high or both, who was also jealous and controlling in general. “I just know he was always drinking or smoking a joint,” said Barkin, who was unable to specify how often she saw him altered. Before they divorced in 2016, Heard had obtained a temporary restraining order against Depp after alleging he had committed domestic violence. The bottle didn’t hit her, and she couldn’t remember if it was full or empty. The two actors’ relationship turned sexual in the last three to six months of their long friendship, Barkin said. Who are you going with?

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Ellen Barkin says 'jealous' Johnny Depp threw wine bottle at her (New York Post)

Actress Ellen Barkin testified that a "jealous" and constantly high Johnny Depp once threw a wine bottle in Las Vegas while they were in a relationship.

He also recounted seeing Depp do cocaine with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. “[Their relationship was] a lot of love, a lot of disappointment, a lot of fear,” he said. In his notes from one of their sessions, Blaustein said Depp referred to Heard as, “Such a pain in the ass.” He said the actor felt “frustration, impatience and anger” with Heard, 36, during their marriage. She also said Depp was “drunk all the time” in an “out of control” way and she witnessed him doing cocaine and hallucinogens, as well as smoking weed. The Bronx-born actress said she had a “romantic” relationship with Depp in the 1990s — before changing her mind and asking the lawyer deposing her, “Can you change that to sexual?” “He was drunk a lot of the time,” Barkin said about Depp in a recorded deposition played for the Fairfax, Va., jury, noting, “He was a red wine drinker.”

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Ellen Barkin Calls Ex Johnny Depp a 'Jealous Man' (Vulture)

Actress Ellen Barkin described her experience having a 'sexual' relationship with Johnny Depp in the '90s, which was reportedly marked by heavy alcohol and ...

“I don’t know why he threw the bottle,” she said. “He called me and told me he was tripping.” Barkin said that Depp once spiraled out of control in front of her. “I don’t really know,” she said. When asked whether she was aware of Depp drinking to excess, Barkin responded, “I was always aware.” She said shortly thereafter that Depp “was drunk all the, most of the, a lot of the time.” Depp, a heavy “red wine” drinker, did hallucinogens, pot, and cocaine, she said. “He’s just a jealous man, controlling,” Barkin said when asked to describe his possessiveness. “I had a scratch on my back once,” Barkin said.

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Ellen Barkin Testifies 'Controlling' Ex Johnny Depp Was 'Always ... (PEOPLE.com)

Barkin, who costarred opposite Depp in 1998's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and later dated the actor, revealed details about their relationship in a ...

He added that he blocked a purse thrown by Heard too, and that the Aquaman actress "tried to spit on" Depp amid the "verbal vitriol from both of them." "Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a fist and an arm come across my right shoulder and I heard and saw a closed fist contact Mr. Depp in the left side of his face. Adding of the actor's reaction, he said: "The initial look on his face kind of mirrored mine, kind of a look of shock. Heard is countersuing for defamation, claiming Depp launched a smear campaign to discredit her allegations as a "hoax." In March 2021, his attempt to overturn the decision was overruled. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Then, "I'm at the top of the stairs with my back to the stairs, and that's when Johnny runs up the stairs. McGivern, one of Depp's witnesses, previously testified in the trial, offering a differing account of the staircase incident. Following the staircase incident, Henriquez said she was given a non-disclosure agreement form to sign. Henriquez was also questioned about the March 2015 incident when Depp allegedly hit her and Heard on a staircase at their penthouse. Travis then pulls them apart." Henriquez, 34, testified about witnessing Heard, now 36, becoming controlled and abused by her ex-husband during their relationship.

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Ellen Barkin testifies about Johnny Depp's 'controlling' and 'jealous ... (EW.com)

In pre-recorded deposition, the actress testified about Depp's 'angry' and 'controlling' behavior on week 5 of the defamation lawsuit.

Barkin testified that she once had a scratch on her back, prompting Depp to get "very angry" and insistent that she was sleeping with someone else. Barkin said it "was very common" for Depp to be "controlling" and "jealous," allegations also put forth by Heard on the stand. Barkin said she was "always aware" that Depp drank excessively during their friendship and sexual relationship, adding, "He was drunk a lot of the time."

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Ellen Barkin testifies in Depp-Heard case (RTE.ie)

Johnny Depp was jealous, controlling and frequently drunk, and once threw a wine bottle in his hotel room in Las Vegas, his former girlfriend, ...

"He was drunk a lot of the time," she said. They settled the case in 2018. Depp lost a separate libel case in London in November 2020 that he brought against The Sun for calling him a "wife-beater". Jacobs said Depp was in such "financial desperation" in January 2016 that he came to the agency and asked for $20 million. Who are you going with? Barkin, 68, testifying as a witness in the defamation suit filed by Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard in the US, said she had a brief "sexual relationship" with Depp in the 1990s.

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'Can I change that?': Johnny Depp's ex Ellen Barkin emphasises ... (The Independent)

Actor Ellen Barkin has said that her relationship with Johnny Depp was “sexual” and not “romantic”, during testimony for his defamation trial against Amber ...

“She wanted a proper relationship with me and I did not want that. Barkin, who is testifying against Depp, said she first became friends with him in 1994 when they worked on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas together. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

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Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard: Actor's ex says he was 'controlling ... (Globalnews.ca)

Actor Ellen Barkin recalled her former relationship with Johnny Depp on the stand during the defamation trial, claiming he was "always drinking."

“And when it dropped off, the disconnect became untenable.” Things began to change around 2010, and it “became clear over time that there were issues with alcohol and drugs,” Mandel said. “And it also got around town,” Jacobs said. “I think he would work himself up.” “And it did.” At one point, Depp was spending around $100,000 a month for a doctor and staff to help him get sober, Mandel said. “Well, you’re not all right.” And I pretty much haven’t seen him since 2018.” And it made people reluctant to use him.” It meant a bigger life and a more expensive one.” During Barkin’s deposition, she testified that Depp was “always drinking or smoking a joint” or doing other illegal drugs. But Heard’s attorneys say those denials lack credibility because he frequently drank and used drugs to the point of blacking out.

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