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Tara Roberts

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Longtime manager of Johnny Depp’s Bahamian island and witness to an encounter there with Amber Heard.

2022 Defamation Trial Apr 11 – Jun 1, 2022
Called by plaintiff
177 lines 3 proceedings 10 highlights

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Roberts managed Johnny Depp’s private Bahamian island for about 15 years. She testified that during a December 2015 visit, she saw Amber Heard block Depp’s vehicle and grab at him while he kept his arms at his sides. Roberts said she heard Heard insult Depp and heard Depp say, “You hit me with a can.” She and a staff member separated them. Roberts later saw a mark across Depp’s nose and said she saw no visible injuries on Heard the next morning.

Roberts said Depp paid her $120,000 a year to manage the island. She acknowledged that she was not present around the clock and could not know what happened inside the house when she was elsewhere. Asked about an earlier visit, she acknowledged that Depp was passed out face-first on a beach. On redirect, she said he had fallen from an overturned hammock, that she helped him up, and that she left him with Jack.

Trial Record (3)

2022 Defamation Trial Apr 11, 2022 – Jun 1, 2022 3 proceedings

Day 9

Direct Direct Examination of Tara Roberts Tara Roberts Stephanie Calnan 4 75
Summary

Depp's island manager of 15 years describes a December 2015 altercation in which Heard berated Depp, blocked his vehicle, and grabbed at him; Roberts saw a mark on Depp's nose, no injuries on Heard.

Highlights (4)
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“there was a liquid on the deck with a can, I believe, of mineral spirits or something there next to it which had leaked out onto the deck, and over the railing were paintbrushes and art supplies, paintbrushes, paint tubes, jars that the paints are in, and those were all scattered in the bush.”

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Cross Cross Examination of Tara Roberts Tara Roberts Elaine Bredehoft 4 98
Summary

Bredehoft establishes Roberts' $120K annual salary from Depp as a bias foundation, elicits admissions she could not observe the house interior, and draws out that Depp was passed out face-first on the beach in summer 2013.

Highlights (4)
Redirect Redirect Examination of Tara Roberts Tara Roberts Stephanie Calnan 2 2
Summary

A brief redirect in which one drug-consumption question is sustained as leading, then Roberts reframes the beach incident from cross as a hammock fall rather than incapacitation.

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