Morgan Night

“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.”

Establishes the specific clip Night viewed and its subject matter — security guard testimony about Hicksville and a wrist injury — giving the defense a basis to probe any bias formed before his testimony.

“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.”

Explains the contact chain that brought Night to testify: former innkeepers flagged disputed facts to Depp's team and facilitated the introduction, shaping the context of his expected testimony.

“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.”

Demonstrates Night's compliance with attorney guidance to avoid further exposure, relevant to the court's assessment of whether his testimony remains uncontaminated.

“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.”

Establishes the specific allegation Night disputed on Twitter and confirms he publicly contradicted it before any attorney contact.

“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.”

Night's prior statement on Twitter characterizing Heard as jealous rather than Depp is the substantive observation Bredehoft sought to surface through this examination.

“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.”

Night's denial that Vasquez shared other witness testimony is the dispositive answer on the central voir dire question of pretrial contamination.

“he was super excited about the place. Really complimentary. Just had a lot of questions and just seemed like he was in a really great mood.”

Establishes Depp's calm, positive demeanor on arrival — baseline for contrast with his subdued post-argument state later that evening.

“she started yelling at him, and I didn't want to hear if.”

Night's direct eyewitness account of Heard yelling at Depp during the argument; the apparent OCR residue ('hear if' for 'hear it') is noted as lower-quality but the core observation is intact.

“He honestly, throughout the rest of the night, became a lot more quiet and was just very -- more petulant.”

Describes Depp's visible behavioral shift after the argument — from extroverted to withdrawn — corroborating Night's account of its impact on Depp.

“I never saw Mr. Depp get physical with anyone when I saw him.”

The direct, closing statement of the examination: an eyewitness at the Joshua Tree property affirmatively denies observing any physical conduct by Depp.

“Honestly, this sounds like schizophrenia?”

Night's dismissive reaction when told Waldman communicated with That Umbrella Guy — captured verbatim, it underscores his apparent unfamiliarity with the social media ecosystem Bredehoft is tracing.

“She pulled him for a chat, and it was off, towards their trailer, like, a little bit off toward the dirt.”

Night's own description of the argument's location, used by Bredehoft to establish how little he actually observed before leaving the scene.

“I did not.”

Direct denial that Night sought out Depp's legal team, rebutting any implication of bias raised on cross.

“They got in touch with me.”

Establishes the direction of contact — Depp's attorneys solicited the witness, not the reverse.

“I'm happy to tell what I saw and that's the extent of it, really don't care outside of that.”

Night frames himself as a disinterested observer with no partisan motivation beyond reporting his direct observation.