According to a new report, Johnny Depp’s home in Hollywood Hills was destroyed and a burglary suspect was arrested over the weekend.
TMZ claims a possibly homeless woman broke into the Oscar-nominated actor’s mansion over the weekend, with the home security system activated and police alerted.
The woman is said to have been frightened by the alarm system and fled the property before police arrived. It is unclear if anything was taken from the 57-year-old actor’s house.
However, she was later found nearby by police connecting her to another recent robbery, and was allegedly arrested on suspicion of having been robbed.
Turbulent times: Johnny Depp’s home in Hollywood Hills was broken into and a burglary suspect was arrested later the weekend, according to a new report (pictured in July)
It is understood that Depp was not at home at the time of the alleged break-in.
Depp bought the eight-bedroom house from the 1980s in West Hollywood on a four-acre eucalyptus tree in 1995.
Mailonline has contacted representatives of Johnny Depp and the Los Angeles police department to comment.
The police incident comes amid a turbulent time for the actor, after the High Court upheld claims by ex-wife Amber Heard that Depp abused her during their marriage.
Crime: TMZ claims a possibly homeless woman burst into the Oscar-nominated actor’s mansion over the weekend (pictured), with the home security system activated and police alerted
In November, Judge Nicol ruled that The Sun’s report that Depp, 57, had been violent toward her was “substantially true” and that the Pirates of the Caribbean star had frightened her by his life while engaged in drinking and drugs. .
Depp has appealed against the high court verdict and is also suing Heard in the United States for a separate Washington Post article written two years ago, meaning the actress cannot speak freely about her legal battle with Depp.
Speaking to Sky News about his new role in a series based on a Stephen King novel, Heard said he had been forced to ask questions about facing “incredible circumstances and incredible adversity and that everything was in line ”.
Heard’s new show, The Stand, sees her play Nadine Cross, one of the survivors of a flu outbreak that kills 99% of the population, causing a “struggle for the power of good and evil.”
Start The woman is said to have been frightened by the alarm system and fled the property before police arrived. It is unclear if anything was taken from the 57-year-old actor’s house
Filming ended in March just before the Covid pandemic spread around the world.
The star said: “Nothing could have prepared me for 2020, let’s be honest. I don’t think he’s alone to say that. I don’t think anything could have prepared me. ”
At the last legal hearing in Virginia between Heard and Depp this week, Fairfax County Judge Bruce D. White blocked Depp’s attempt to take Heard’s case against him out of court amid a new lawsuit. law.
Heard was allowed to advance his $ 100 million counterclaim against the plaintiff after his lawyer Adam Waldman last year called his allegations of domestic violence “false” and “false sexual violence.” “, according to legal documents published in The Hollywood Reporter.
Exes: The police incident comes amid a turbulent time for the actor, after the High Court backed claims by ex-wife Amber Heard that Depp abused her during their marriage (pictured) of 2015)
The Kentucky-born actor had tried to use a new anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) law passed in the state last year to cast Heard’s suit.
Depp fell short in his anti-SLAPP immunity claims, the judge said, noting the lack of public concern and that Edward Scissorhands’ actor “may have made these statements with real or constructive knowledge or with a reckless disregard of whether they are false. “
The judge added that Depp’s comments and Waldman’s “farce” imply that Ms. Heard lied and perjured herself when she appeared in court in 2016 to obtain a temporary restraining order against Mr. Depp and “implies that has lied about being a victim of domestic violence.
The legal battle continues: at the last legal hearing in Virginia between Heard and Depp, Fairfax County Judge Bruce D. White blocked Depp’s attempt to take Heard’s case out of court. ‘a new law, earlier this week; illustrated in 2020
“In light of the #MeToo movement and the current social climate, falsely claiming abuse is sure to hurt” [Heard’s] reputation according to the common esteem of mankind, “the judge wrote in his ruling.” Therefore, this court finds that the statements contain the “sting” necessary for a defamation lawsuit that can be acted upon. ”
The judge concluded that Waldman’s statements do not fall under a protected opinion, as “whether Mr. Depp abused Mrs. Heard is a fact that can be proven true or false.”
In November, Warner Bros. made a Depp cut of Fantastic Beasts 3, as it played Gellert Grindelwald in the JK Rowling series.
Depp’s case is expected to go to trial on May 3, while Heard’s lawsuit is expected to go to court later in the year.
Convicted: Heard and Depp were captured in January 2016 in Los Angeles, months before their separation