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Agence France-Presse

Actress Amber Heard on Tuesday denied having an affair with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, as she gave evidence in ex-husband Johnny Depp’s high-profile London libel action.
Depp, 57, had accused the 34-year-old actress of having liaisons with the Tesla and SpaceX founder and the Hollywood actor James Franco during their stormy two-year marriage.
But giving evidence she rejected the claims, in particular dismissing suggestions Musk visited her regularly at night from March 2015, not long after the couple wed.
“I wasn’t even in communication with Elon until 2016,” she told London’s High Court on her second day on the witness box.

Depp, star of The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, is suing British tabloid The Sun and the author of a 2018 article that claimed he was a “wife-beater”.
He maintains it severely damaged his reputation.
Depp’s lawyer, Eleanor Laws, read out a 2016 text message sent by Musk offering protection against Depp after an alleged fight between the couple.
“The offer would stand, even if you never wanted to see me again … anyway, sorry for being an idiot,” he wrote.
“The radio silence hurts a lot. It only matters because I really like you.”
The text was sent the day after Heard claims the actor hit her in the face with a mobile phone during an argument, and while she was considering obtaining a restraining order.

The court was shown security camera footage of Heard and Franco after a row with Depp in May 2016, but Heard said the claim she was having an affair was “quite wrong”.
“We were talking. He was saying to me ‘Oh my god, what happened to you?’” she told the court.
Heard denied she had fabricated injuries to show that Depp had been violent toward her. Laws wondered why others in the building did not notice injuries in the days after.
The actress has alleged that Depp, 57, threw a phone at her “like he was a baseball pitcher” that evening, hitting her on the right cheek and eye.
Heard, 34, denied the allegation she was making things up and said she wears make-up when leaving home that could have camouflaged any injury. “Of course I had an injury,” she said.

Heard on Monday claimed that Depp threatened to kill her on a number of occasions, and subjected her to verbal and physical violence while under the influence of drink and drugs.
The couple met on the set of the 2011 film The Rum Diary and their relationship veered from “intensely affectionate, warm and charming” to “very intense and dark”.
She said the actor blamed his actions on a “self-created third party” he sometimes named “the monster”, and that she stayed in the relationship because she thought she could “fix” his well-documented problems.
Amber Heard testifies she was afraid Johnny Depp was going to kill her
The Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), argues it told the truth in its report, and that it has evidence to prove 14 alleged incidents of domestic violence.
The case is now in its third week and has lifted the lid on Depp’s drunk-and-drug-fuelled lifestyle.
But he denies ever being violent to any woman, and has sought to portray his ex-wife as a calculating, dishonest and sociopathic narcissist intent on destroying his life.



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Amber Heard denies affairs with Elon Musk, James Franco while married to Johnny Depp

US actress Amber Heard arrives to give evidence at the libel trial by her former husband US actor Johnny Depp. She denied having affairs during their marriage. Photo: AFP

In this court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook, actress Amber Heard being being cross-examined by Eleanor Laws QC as she gives evidence at the High Court in London, Tuesday July 21, 2020. Amber Heard took to the witness box for her second day giving evidence in Depp’s libel case against a British tabloid over allegations of domestic violence. The Hollywood star strongly denies abusing Heard. (Elizabeth Cook via PA via AP)

(FILES) In this file photo Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center March 9, 2020, in Washington, DC. - US electric car maker Tesla on July 1, 2020 became the world's most valuable auto company by market value, surpassing Japan's Toyota after earlier overtaking conventional Detroit giants. Tesla's value reached $207.2 billion, according to Bloomberg, compared with Toyota's value of $201.9 billion. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

21 July 2020, England, London: US actor Johnny Depp arrives at the High Court for a hearing in his libel case against the publishers of The Sun and its executive editor Dan Wootton, because of an article which claimed that he physically abused his ex-wife US actress Amber Heard. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA Wire/dpa

Amber Heard testifies she was afraid ex-husband Johnny Depp was going to kill her

Actress Amber Heard arrives at the High Court in London on Monday to start giving evidence as part of her ex-husband Johnny Depp’s libel case against The Sun newspaper over allegations of domestic violence during the couple's relationship. Photo: AP

epa08556041 US actor Johnny Depp arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Britain, 20 July 2020. Depp is suing The Sun's newspaper publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) over claims he abused his ex-wife, US actress Amber Heard. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

In this court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook, actress Amber Heard being questioned by Sasha Wass QC as she gives evidence at the High Court in London, Monday July 20, 2020. Amber Heard has begun giving testimony at Britain’s High Court against ex-husband Johnny Depp, who she has accused of abusing her both physically and verbally during their tempestuous relationship. Depp, 57, is suing News Group Newspapers, publisher of the Sun, and the paper’s executive editor, Dan Wootton, at the court in London over an April 2018 article that called him a “wife-beater.” The Hollywood star strongly denies abusing Heard. (Elizabeth Cook via PA via AP)

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US actress Amber Heard. Photo: AFP

Actor Johnny Depp, centre, is surrounded by fans as he arrives at the High Court in London, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and the paper’s executive editor, Dan Wootton, over an April 2018 article that called him a “wife-beater.” The Sun’s defense relies on a total of 14 allegations by his ex-wife Amber Heard of Depp’s violence. He strongly denies all of them. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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epa08543074 US actress Amber Heard arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Britain, 13 July 2020. Heard and her ex-husband US actor Johnny Depp are in court over information that was published in The Sun by newspaper publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN). EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

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Actor Johnny Depp waves as he arrives at the High Court in London, Britain July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

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The actress was testifying in Depp’s libel trial against The Sun newspaper, which labelled him a ‘wife beater’
Depp accused his ex-wife of having affairs during their stormy two-year marriage, and a text message between Heard and Musk was read out in court



Depp accused his ex-wife of having affairs during their stormy two-year marriage, and a text message between Heard and Musk was read out in court.
