Johnny Depp was rockin’, but not partying, in hours ahead of verdict: Sources
Johnny Depp wasn’t throwing a lavish London bash hours before a Virginia jury handed him a victory in his defamation case against ex-Amber Heard, sources told The Post, slamming a report which claimed the actor was partying ahead of the verdict.
“The venue was booked in case anyone wanted to do something but was canceled,” one source said, contradicting a report claiming the actor shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars at Notting Hill hotspot Laylow.
But The Post has seen emails showing the event was cancelled before it ever took place.
Depp wasn’t in the United States to hear the Wednesday verdict because he’d flown to England days earlier for work commitments, sources said.
The actor had spent his Memorial Day weekend onstage at Jeff Beck concerts: two in Sheffield and one in London, appearing on stage with Beck.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star was playing a gig in Gateshead, in Northern England, the day after a jury awarded him $10.4 million in damages.
“Depp went straight from concert to Gateshead on his bus,” the source said.
The 58-year-old Depp was said to have spent more than $300,000 on the event, which allegedly went on until 5 a.m. and saw revelers, including ex-girlfriend Kate Moss, dancing to techno music.
“We have emails to prove that the venue was canceled,” another Johnny Depp source said. “He went straight from concert to Gateshead on a six-hour drive.”
