Brandon Patterson

Brandon Patterson, the Eastern Columbia Building’s general manager, testified by video deposition about its surveillance recordings. He authenticated clips from May 2016 and said attorneys for both sides selected footage to preserve before the recording system overwrote the rest. Shown elevator footage of Johnny Depp, Patterson initially described him as “animated.” After the audio was restored, he said Depp appeared “upset about something.”

Patterson acknowledged that Adam Waldman drafted a declaration for him but denied that this affected the truthfulness of his account. In a handwritten comment on the draft, Patterson recalled footage he described as showing someone “fake punching” Amber Heard. He said no attorney had requested that footage and it no longer existed. He did not recall whether Heard showed signs of injury at the time, and said he could not testify about domestic violence.