Amber Heard’s legal team wanted to bring upJohnny Depp’s alleged erectile dysfunction to add context to the actress' allegation of sexual violence.

“Though Mr. Depp would rather not disclose his erectile dysfunction condition, such condition is absolutely relevant to sexual violence, including Mr. Depp’s anger and use of a bottle to rape Amber Heard. Mr. Depp’s erectile dysfunction makes it more probable that Mr. Depp would be angry or agitated in encounters with Amber Heard, and that he would resort to a bottle,” her legal team wrote, perNewsweek.

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The outlet reported that Depp’s lawyers responded in a filing, taking issue with it and claiming his ex-wife “wants a circus, and clearly intends to take this trial down a number of unnecessarily salacious rabbit holes, including and especially with respect to Mr. Depp’s medical history.”

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Actor Johnny Depp testifies during his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, April 21, 2022. - Depp is suing ex-wife Heard for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse. US actress Amber Heard speaks to her attorney at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 19, 2022. - US actor Johnny Depp is suing ex-wife Heard for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse.

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During the contentious trial, which was live-streamed and televised in front of millions, Heard testified under oath about a 2015 incident in Australia when she said Depp repeatedly penetrated her with a bottle.

Speaking during his last time on the stand, Deppcalled Heard’s testimony “heinous,““ridiculous” and “humiliating.” He told the courtroom, “No human being is perfect, certainly not. None of us. But I have never in my life committed sexual battery, physical abuse, all these outlandish, outrageous stories of me committing these things and living with it for six years and waiting to be able to bring the truth out.”

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US actor Johnny Depp looks on at the end of the second day of his testimony during the defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, April 20, 2022. - Depp is suing ex-wife Heard for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The seven-person jury, made up of five men and two women, sided mostly with Depp in the Virginia case, awarding him more than $10 million in damages after finding Heard defamed him in her 2018 op-ed. She won one of her three countersuit claims and was awarded $2 million. They are now both appealing the verdicts.

One of themale jurors spoke anonymouslytoGood Morning Americain June, saying that “some of us used the expression ‘crocodile tears’ " in reference to Heard getting emotional while speaking about abuse and assault in front of the courtroom and millions watching from home. The juror added that they felt Depp was “more believable” and “seemed a little more real.”

Also revealed in the pre-trial documents, Heard’s team pushed back on Depp’s side trying tobring up her “brief stint as an exotic dancer” plus nude photos of her in court. They claimed that Depp’s team was trying to “frivolously and maliciously suggest or imply that Ms. Heard was at one time an escort” prior to meeting the actor.

source: people.com