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Morgan Night

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Former Hicksville Trailer Palace owner and rebuttal witness on Depp and Heard’s 2013 visit.

2022 Defamation Trial Apr 11 – Jun 1, 2022
Called by plaintiff
147 lines 5 proceedings 15 highlights

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Morgan Night formerly owned Hicksville Trailer Palace in Joshua Tree. Testifying about Depp and Heard’s stay there, he said he saw Heard approach Depp and yell at him while Depp appeared to cower. Night stepped away from the argument and said Depp seemed quieter afterward. He testified that a broken light sconce was found in their trailer the next morning and that Depp’s assistant was charged for its replacement. Night said he did not see Depp become physical with anyone while he was present.

On cross-examination, Night acknowledged that his observations covered roughly 45 minutes, that he was not at the campfire and that he left before the evening ended. Counsel questioned him about a pretrial Twitter reply disputing an account of the visit and a prior professional connection to Depp’s first wife. Night said he posted the reply before Depp’s attorneys contacted him, that they contacted him rather than the reverse, and that his testimony concerned what he personally observed.

Trial Record (5)

2022 Defamation Trial Apr 11, 2022 – Jun 1, 2022 5 proceedings

Day 21

Voir Dire Voir Dire of Morgan Night Morgan Night Penney Azcarate 3 7
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Judge Azcarate vets Morgan Night's trial exposure before testimony; Night watched one clip about Hicksville and was contacted by Depp's attorneys on May 3rd.

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“I believe it was somebody testifying about — I think it was the security guard testifying, maybe, about Hicksville, or I forget exactly who was testifying. But it was something where Hicksville was mentioned, and it was about — something about a wrist or something about that.”

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“The innkeepers that worked at Hicksville before, reached out to them and said we saw some stuff that wasn't true and then they asked, is it okay if I give the attorneys your phone number, so the attorneys reached out to me.”

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“She instructed me not to watch anything about it, regardless of if it was about Hicksville or not, so I've been keeping off the Internet and turning off anything that seems to be like it's on social media.”

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Voir Dire Voir Dire Examination of Morgan Night Morgan Night Elaine Bredehoft 3 30
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Bredehoft probes Night's Twitter posts about a Hicksville fire pit incident and his contacts with Depp's attorneys, testing for pretrial contamination before his rebuttal testimony.

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“The one that I replied to said that there was some incident by the fire pit and Johnny was yelling at Amber. And I replied that my - that I didn't see that. I was there all night and I was, you know, I was working that night, so I didn't see anything like that.”

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“I just said that didn't happen. I didn't say what. I believe I said maybe something along the lines of from what I saw, Amber was the one acting jealous, not Johnny.”

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“No. She didn't talk about anything except for asking me my experience and just getting a clear understanding of what my experience was. She didn't mention anything outside of the scope of what I saw and just asked me for the facts and told me, just tell the truth and let me know, you know.”

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Direct Direct Examination of Morgan Night Morgan Night Camille Vasquez 4 50
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Night, former Hicksville Trailer Palace owner, describes Heard yelling at Depp during their 2013 stay and a broken light fixture found the next morning.

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Cross Cross Examination of Morgan Night Morgan Night Elaine Bredehoft 2 47
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Bredehoft impeaches Night via his pro-Depp tweet and connection to Depp's first wife, then constrains his testimony to a brief, partial view of the Hicksville visit.

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Redirect Redirect Examination of Morgan Night Morgan Night Camille Vasquez 3 13
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Vasquez redirects to establish Night was contacted by Depp's team, not the reverse, and testified only to share what he personally observed.

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