Welcome back to Opening Argument, a reported column where I dig into interesting issues in high-profile cases, and unpack disputes that are dividing appeals courts. Today: a look at why Johnny Depp and his ex-wife are duking it out in a Virginia court.
He slapped her, sexually assaulted her, and kicked her during drunken and drugged fits of jealous rage. She punched him, threw a vodka bottle at him that severed his finger, and pooped on his side of their bed.
Those are just a few of the allegations leveled by both sides in Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation ...