Johnny Depp has been in the middle of a rather nasty and revealing legal battle with his former business managers, Joel and Rob Mandel of The Management Group, with recent court documents filed by the company backing up Amber Heard’s allegations of physical abuse by ex-husband Depp. “[Joel Mandel, one of the managers,] was informed well after the fact through communications with various house staff and security that Depp had been extremely volatile and had sometimes ‘gotten physical’ with Heard,” the Mandels claim, according to the documents obtained by People. When text messages between Heard and Depp’s assistant were leaked at the time, in which the assistant apologizes for Depp’s “disgusting” behaviour and allegedly kicking her, Depp claimed they were doctored. “However, Depp and his longtime assistant publicly denied the messages and outrageously accused Heard of manufacturing them,” TMG now claims. “TMG is informed and believes that Depp knew full well that the text messages were genuine, but pressured and berated his assistant to falsely challenge the texts publicly.”Depp and Heard’s divorce was finalized earlier this year.

Source: National Post June 26, 2017 15:00 UTC