SUPERSHOCK: KATE MOSS’S 3-MINUTE TESTIMONY DETONATES AMBER HEARD’S KEY ‘STAIRCASE’ ALLEGATION IN DEPP TRIAL

FAIRFAX, VA – In a moment of high drama that captivated the global audience watching the defamation trial between actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard, supermodel Kate Moss delivered a crucial and concise testimony that directly contradicted one of Heard’s most explosive allegations of prior abuse by Depp.

On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, Moss appeared via live video link from her home in Gloucestershire, England, offering a few minutes of tightly focused evidence that left a palpable silence in the Fairfax County, Virginia, courtroom.

Moss, who maintained a high-profile romantic relationship with Depp from 1994 to 1998, was called by Depp’s legal team as a rebuttal witness.

Her appearance was triggered by Heard’s own testimony, delivered earlier in the trial, during which the Aquaman actress referenced a long-circulating rumor regarding an alleged incident involving Depp and a flight of stairs.

During her time on the stand, Heard had recounted an alleged altercation with Depp in March 2015, saying she intervened when she saw Depp move towards her younger sister, Whitney Henriquez, near a set of stairs.

Heard testified that this moment was a pivotal emotional trigger, stating, “I just instantly think of Kate Moss and the stairs, and I swung at him.

And in all my relationships to date, I hadn’t [delivered] a blow.

For the first time, I hit him square in the face.

” Heard was using the reference to suggest a pattern of violent behavior by Depp.

Depp’s lead attorney, Benjamin Chew, swiftly seized on the opening provided by Heard’s mention of Moss, an incident not directly related to the current case but now rendered admissible due to Heard’s testimony.

Moss, notoriously private, was sworn in and questioned directly about the alleged staircase incident.

Mr.Chew first established the timeline of her four-year relationship with the Pirates of the Caribbean star, confirming it ran from 1994 to 1998.

He then directed her attention to a specific holiday the couple took during that period.

“Ms.Moss, I’d like to direct your attention to a holiday you took with Mr.

Depp at the GoldenEye resort in Jamaica,” Mr.Chew asked.

“Do you recall an incident that happened there at that resort in Jamaica?”

Moss replied clearly, detailing the real circumstances behind the persistent rumor.

“We were leaving the room, and Johnny left the room before I did.

And there had been a rainstorm,” she recalled.

“As I left the room, I slid down the stairs and I hurt my back.”

She continued, describing Depp’s immediate response: “I screamed because I didn’t know what had happened to me, and I was in pain.

And he came running back to help me and carried me to my room, and got me medical attention.”

The heart of the testimony, which directly targeted Heard’s implication, came with Mr.Chew’s final, pointed questions.

“Did Mr.Depp push you in any way down the stairs?”

“No,” Moss flatly replied.

“During the course of your relationship, did he ever push you down any stairs?”

The supermodel’s denial was absolute: “No.

He never pushed me, kicked me, or threw me down any stairs, no.”

The entire testimony lasted approximately three minutes and was a devastating blow to Heard’s defense strategy, which had sought to establish a history of violence by Depp through the hearsay surrounding the Moss incident.

Notably, Heard’s legal team declined to cross-examine Moss, allowing the testimony—a clean denial of physical abuse—to stand unchallenged.

The relationship between Depp and Moss in the 1990s was one of Hollywood’s most iconic and volatile pairings, defining the era’s grunge-glam aesthetic.

Their bond was characterized by public displays of affection and equally public turbulence, including an infamous incident in 1994 when Depp was arrested for trashing a hotel room at New York’s Mark Hotel after a fight with Moss.

Despite the well-documented chaos of their time together, Moss’s insistence that Depp never physically harmed her directly undermined Heard’s use of the rumor as justification for her own alleged strike against Depp.

Later in the day, Depp himself returned to the stand to provide further context to the incident, confirming Moss’s account and stating he had, in fact, told Heard the true story years ago.

“Miss Heard took the story and turned it into a very ugly incident, all in her mind,” Depp testified, adding, “There was never a moment where I pushed Kate down any set of stairs, yet she’s spewed this three times before.”

Moss’s decision to speak publicly for the first time about the incident—a marked departure from her famously guarded privacy—was later explained by her, emphasizing her belief in justice for her former partner.

In an interview after the trial, Moss stated: “I had to say that truth.

I know he never kicked me down the stairs.”

The short, yet seismic, testimony by Kate Moss is now considered one of the defining moments of the trial, effectively neutralizing a key piece of evidence relied upon by Amber Heard to support her claims of self-defense against a man she portrayed as a serial domestic abuser.

It became a powerful moment of refutation for the Depp team in the final days of the high-stakes, multi-million dollar defamation case.