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Amber Heard Questioned About Drug Use in Recent Court Proceedings
Entertainment

Amber Heard Questioned About Drug Use in Recent Court Proceedings

Amber Heard returned to the witness stand on Tuesday to continue testifying under cross-examination in the $50 million defamation case with ex-husband Johnny Depp. After testifying over several days that Depp's drug and alcohol use would turn him into a "monster" who would be violent with her, an attorney for Depp pointedly questioned Heard about her own drug use, including scheduling time for "drugs" at the couple's 2015 wedding. "Who was the real monster in this relationship, Ms. Heard?" asked Depp's attorney Camille Vasquez on Tuesday. "It's half of Johnny. It's not all of Johnny. The other half of him is wonderful and beautiful and the man I loved," Heard testified. Depp has accused Heard of defaming him in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post. In the piece, which publ...
Biden calls for Putin to face war crimes trial
International news

Biden calls for Putin to face war crimes trial

US President Joe Biden has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes as evidence emerges of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. There is mounting international anger over the alleged killing of civilians in Bucha, a town near the capital Kyiv. "This guy is brutal," Mr Biden said of the Russian leader, adding that he believes Mr Putin "is a war criminal The Ukrainian government has started a war crimes investigation after it said the bodies of 410 civilians had been found in areas around Kyiv. Officials in Kyiv also accused Russian forces of killing a village head, her husband and her son in the village of Motoyzhyn for aiding Ukrainian troops in the area. "You may remember I got criticised for calling Putin...