Johnny Depp's ex-girlfriend Ellen Barkin testifies about his 'controlling' behaviour

A deposition by Johnny Depp's ex-girlfriend, Ellen Barkin, was played in court on Thursday as part of Amber Heard's defence in their defamation trial.

Ellen Barkin testified against her ex-partner Johnny Depp during his defamation trial against Amber Heard on Thursday, BBC reported.

In the video, actress Ellen Barkin said Depp was "drunk a lot of the time" during their relationship in the 1990s.

The trial's jury watched the recorded testimony, filmed in 2019, from Barkin who said her relationship with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor lasted between three and six months.

She said: "He's just a jealous man, controlling - 'Where are you going? Who are you going with? What did you do last night?'

"I had a scratch on my back once that got him very, very angry because he insisted it came from me having sex with a person who wasn't him."

She added that the actor "was always drinking and or smoking a joint".

Barkin said the incident with the bottle happened while she and Depp were filming the 1998 film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, adapted from the book by Hunter S Thompson.

"Depp threw a wine bottle across the room, the hotel room in Las Vegas," she said. "I don't know why he threw the bottle."

However, she recalled that he may have had an argument with friends or an assistant.

Also on Thursday, Depp's former agent Tracey Jacobs told the trial that his career suffered after 2010 because of "unprofessional behaviour" including drug and alcohol use and consistently showing up late on set.

And the star's former business manager Josh Mandel said he became "extremely concerned" about Depp's financial situation in 2015, with the actor spending $300,000 (£193,000) a month on full-time staff at one point.

The trial is due to resume next week.