'Opportunist' Amber Heard Used Johnny Depp to Become Hollywood Star, Ex PI Says
Amber Heard's former private investigator broke his silence about the immoral acts the actress did to bring Johnny Depp down.
More stories about Heard's true colors continue to emerge after Depp won the defamation trial. After days of deliberations, the jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages although judge Penney Azcarate reduced the latter to $350,000, as it is the state's statutory cap or legal limit.
After the verdict, the actress's former private investigator Paul Barresi dropped shocking claims about Heard, pulling her down even more.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Barresi called the "Aquaman" actress an opportunist who used Depp to gain fame.
Heard previously hired him in pursuit of finding dirt on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star - but failed as Barresi heard nothing but how generous Depp is as a person.
"When Amber hired me she wanted proof that Johnny was a serial abuser of women and I couldn't find that. I couldn't find another women who said Johnny abused them," the private investigator said.
Barresi, who is known as celebrity Sherlock Holmes, interviewed over 100 former associates of Depp. Despite his skills and meticulous private investigation, he failed to find something that could potentially ruin the actor.
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Aside from using Depp, Heard and her "friends" also brought Depp wherever they went to make him shoulder their personal bills.
"Johnny was besieged by people who ingratiated themselves into his domain. Once they were there, they'd scratch his back with one hand while the other took in the feed. All of the people around him have been on the take for so many years," he continued.
But out of all those people, Heard was reportedly the most hideous "leech" Depp ever had. According to Barresi, the actress knew Depp's power in Hollywood, and she seized upon that in order to further her own career.
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He added that Depp's childhood friend, Isaac Baruch - who testified during the defamation trial - was the worst of all, as well, as he has been living off the actor his entire adult life.
The private investigator's statement came after he did the job for Heard and traveled to every country where Depp roamed before, including France, Italy, and the U.S. to search for damaging information about the actor.
Barresi also used to work for A-list artists like Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Eddie Murphy.
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