Day 5 · Keenan Wyatt & Others

Rottenborn cross-examines Bett, first establishing his limited knowledge — absent for Australia, Bahamas, Tokyo, and all travel outside LA. A 2017 text (Exhibit 892) showed Depp describing "pounded an entire bottle of tequila" and "savagery," contradicting Bett's prior testimony about minimal drinking. A deposition statement impeached Bett on whether he'd ever seen Heard act violently. Surveillance footage placed Bett and Depp at the Eastern Columbia Building from 7:02 to 8:29 p.m. on May 21 — roughly 90 minutes, against Bett's estimate of 30–40.

Vasquez opens by resolving penthouse numbering confusion and confirming Pennington was with Heard in penthouse 3 when Bett and Depp entered penthouse 5. She then elicits that Depp did not appear intoxicated on April 21 or May 21, 2016, despite having wine. Bett states he never observed anything concerning for Heard's safety, but was concerned for Depp's based on facial injuries he photographed. Witness released without recall.

Keenan Wyatt, a sound technician who worked with Depp on dozens of films over 25 years, testified about Depp's use of an earpiece for music and line prompts — countering the narrative that substance abuse impaired his memory. He described the Pirates 5 production suspension due to Depp's Australia finger injury and a subsequent friendly exchange between Depp and Disney exec Sean Bailey. On a May 2014 Boston-to-LA flight, Heard snapped at Wyatt when he tried to console her about Depp. He testified he never witnessed Depp be violent toward anyone.

Bredehoft established that Wyatt was named in Depp's film contracts, a fact Wyatt denied knowing. She challenged his account of the 2014 Boston flight, where he denied seeing Depp drink, take drugs, or kick Heard. She impeached his direct claim of never hearing violence accusations against Depp by raising the Greg Brooks City of Lies lawsuit, which Wyatt admitted knowing. A Depp–Paul Bettany text (Exhibit 245) was excluded as hearsay, and questions about Wyatt's alleged relationship with Christi Dembrowski were blocked as irrelevant.

On redirect, Chew established that Wyatt's travel and production expenses were covered on non-Depp productions as well, countering any cross-examination implication of financial dependency on Depp. Wyatt testified his understanding was that Depp's occasional tardiness on Pirates 5 set was due to arguments with Heard. Follow-up questions about the wedding's timing and prior violence accusations were blocked by sustained objections. Wyatt was released subject to recall.