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Johnny Depp claims ex-wife severed his finger with bottle
Johnny Depp has claimed that Amber Heard, his ex-wife, was the aggressor in their spousal assault case.
The US actor had sued for defamation, accusing Heard of “name-calling” that often escalated into physical violence.
Depp’s defamation suit went to a trial, starting in Virginia on April 11 with jury selection.
The actor said a 2018 domestic violence piece written by Heard in The Washington Post implied he was abusive.
Heard didn’t name the actor but Depp’s lawyers said her allegations made it difficult for him to land acting roles.
Depp was in court for the second day on Wednesday to describe his “turbulent” marriage to Heard.
According to Rolling Stone, the actor said his relationship with Heard was “toxic”. He added that his ex-wife always exhibited “a need for conflict” and “a need for violence.”
“It could begin with a slap. It could begin with a shove. It could begin with, you know, throwing a TV remote at my head. It could be throwing a glass of wine in my face. But all in all, it was just constant,” the actor told a jury at Fairfax county circuit court in Virginia.
“I was sort of not allowed to be right, not allowed to have a voice. So at a certain point, when that enters your mind is [when] you start to slowly realize that you are in a relationship with your mother in a sense, and I know that that sounds perverse and obtuse.
“But the fact is some people search for weaknesses and sensitivities. And when you’ve told that person your life and what you’ve lived through, what you’ve been through, as happens in relationships, the more that became ammunition from [Heard] … to either verbally decimate me or to send me into a kind of tailspin of confusion and depression.”
Heard had accused Depp in court papers of repeatedly assaulting her throughout their marriage.
She claimed he often slapped, kicked, and dragged her across the floor by her hair.
She alleged he would hold her by the throat, making her fear that he would kill her.
Depp maintained that Heard was the one who was violent toward him.
In testimony on Tuesday, Depp had denied ever striking Heard or any woman.
“She has a need for conflict, she has a need for violence. It erupts out of nowhere,” he said of Heard.
Heard denied in court papers that she had ever struck Depp except in self-defense or in defense of her sister.
During hours of testimony on Wednesday, the jury heard snippets of recorded arguments between the couple.
It also included audio of Depp confronting Heard about kicking a door into his head the previous night and the actress wondering, “Why are you obsessing over the fact that I can’t remember it the way you remember it?”
During his testimony, Depp presented his side of several incidents that have surfaced since their cracked relationship became public, including the time his middle finger was severed.
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Seaking, TikToker charged with treason for insulting Tinubu, gets bail
A magistrate’s court in Ogba, Lagos has granted N500,000 bail to the TikToker Seaking with two sureties in like amount.
The bail comes after Seaking, born Olumide Ogunsanwo, was arrested on Saturday.
Seaking recently shared a video on social media wherein he appeared to have insulted President Bola Tinubu, Babajide-Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor; and Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector general of police.
During sitting on Monday, the court ruled that one of the sureties must be a family member, and both must reside in Lagos and be gainfully employed.
Inibehe Effiong, SeaKing’s lawyer, had revealed that the police initially denied him access to the detainee at the state police command in Ikeja.
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The lawyer said he, a colleague, and Seaking’s wife — who brought their six-month-old baby — were barred from seeing SeaKing.
He said while waiting to meet with the police commissioner, Seaking was “discreetly transferred to the Ogba magistrate’s court for remand proceedings”.
Effiong said his legal team intercepted the move and opposed the police’s application to remand the TikToker for 30 days, citing insufficient grounds for such detention.
He said the TikToker was charged with treason, cyberstalking, and conduct likely to provoke a breach of peace.
“Thankfully, we intercepted the information and proceeded immediately to the court premises where we met Seaking with the police officers,” he wrote on X.
“To our consternation, the Nigeria Police filed a remand application and annexed a charge to it wherein they’re accusing him of treason, cyberstalking, conduct likely to cause breach of peace and provoking breach of peace.
“They are claiming that he called on Nigerian Youths to “wage war” against the police. We opposed the application for remand on multiple grounds, while urging the court to refuse the application to remand him for 30 days pending DPP advice.
“We applied that he should be admitted to bail in line with the provisions of Section 264 (5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State. The court considered arguments from both sides and upheld our position, and held that the police failed to show probable cause why he should be remanded for 30 days.
“The Learned Magistrate accordingly admitted Seaking to bail on liberal terms; specifically in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum, one of the sureties should be his family member and the sureties should be resident in Lagos State and be gainfully employed.”
The case has been adjourned to January 16, 2025, for advice from the directorate of public prosecutions (DPP).
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Court orders IGP to arraign or release Speed Darlington within 48 hours
A federal high court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police, to release the detained singer Speed Darlington within 48 hours.
According to NAN, Musa Liman, the judge, gave the order in a ruling on an ex-parte motion moved by David Ihuoma, the singer’s counsel.
Liman ordered the police chief to charge Darlington to court or release him on bail unconditionally within 48 hours.
The judge adjourned the matter until January 6 for the hearing of the substantive case.
The 39-year-old rapper was arrested on November 27 while performing at a show in Owerri, Imo state.
Deji Adeyanju, a human rights lawyer, had alleged that Burna Boy, the Afrofusion star, was responsible for the rapper’s arrest.
Darlington had taunted Burna Boy over his affiliation with the embattled US rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ who is facing multiple charges for sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
He asked Burna Boy to explain how he won the Grammy award for his album ‘Twice As Tall’ — a project executive produced by Diddy. He claimed there was a sexual relationship between the duo.
In the ex-parte motion dated and filed on December 13 by his lawyers led by Adeyanju, Egbetokun was the sole respondent.
The lawyers sought “an order directing the applicant’s release from the detention facility of the Force Intelligence Bureau at the Force Headquarters or any other facility where he is being kept by the respondent, pending the determination of the substantive originating motion on notice”.
Stan Alieke, another legal representative of Darlington, on Monday, also revealed that the rapper had been granted bail.
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I had health scare during pregnancy, says Wizkid’s partner Jada P
Jada Pollock, manager and baby mama to Wizkid, says she suffered a health scare during the first three months of her ongoing pregnancy.
In a post via X on Monday, Jada, who is pregnant with her third child with the singer, shared a photo showing her baby bump.
She disclosed that she had to undergo an appendectomy just three months into her pregnancy.
The talent manager described the situation as the most terrifying experience of her life.
Jada also expressed gratitude for the safety of both herself and her unborn child after the surgery.
“At the beginning of the year, I faced the biggest fright of my life,” she wrote.
“Three months into my pregnancy, I was rushed to the hospital to have my appendix removed. Against all odds, both my baby and I made it through safely.
“Life is too short to be anything but grateful.”
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