Johnny Depp’s Hollywood Hills home ‘broken into while actor was away with burglary suspect arrested’

Johnny Depp’s house in Hollywood Hills was broken into and a burglary suspect was arrested later this weekend, according to a new report.

TMZ alleges that a woman who may have been homeless broke into the Oscar-nominated actor’s home last weekend, with the home’s security system activated and the police alerted.

The woman is said to have been shocked by the alarm system and fled the property before the police arrived. It is unclear whether anything was taken from the 57-year-old actor’s house.

However, she was reportedly later found in the area while police linked her to another recent burglary – and she was allegedly arrested on suspicion of burglary.

Clearly, Depp was not at home at the time of the alleged break-in.

Depp purchased the 1920s castle-like eight-bedroom West Hollywood home on a four-acre eucalyptus grove in 1995.

Mailonline has contacted representatives for Johnny Depp and the Los Angeles Police Department for comment.

The police incident comes amid turbulent times for the actor, after the Supreme Court backed ex-wife Amber Heard’s claims that Depp assaulted her during their marriage.

In November, Judge Nicholas ruled that The Sun’s report claiming that Depp, aged 57, had committed violent acts against her was “ essentially true, ” and that the Pirates of the Caribbean star had scared her for her life. while on alcohol and drugs.

Depp has appealed the Supreme Court verdict and is also suing Heard in the US over a separate Washington Post article written two years ago, meaning the actress cannot speak up about her legal battle with Depp.

Speaking to Sky News about her new role in a series based on a Stephen King novel, Heard said that it had made her question her being faced with “ incredible circumstances and unbelievable setbacks, and all on it. game ‘.

In Heard’s new show, The Stand, she plays Nadine Cross, one of the survivors of a flu outbreak that kills 99% of the population and sparks a “power struggle between good and evil.”

Filming ended in March, just before the Covid pandemic spread around the world.

The star said: ‘Nothing could have prepared me for 2020, let’s be honest. I don’t think I’m the only one to say that. I don’t think anything could have prepared me. ‘

At the latest Virginia legal hearing between Heard and Depp this week, Fairfax County Judge Bruce D. White blocked Depp’s attempt to get Heard’s case against him out of court amid a new law.

Heard was allowed to proceed in her $ 100 million counterclaims against the actor after his attorney Adam Waldman last year called her domestic violence allegations “ fake ” and a “ sexual assault hoax, ” according to legal documents published on The Hollywood. Reporter.

The Kentucky-born actor had tried to use a new anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuits against public participation) law in the state last year to get Heard’s lawsuit thrown.

Depp fell short of his claims of immunity to SLAPP, the judge said, noting that there was no public concern and that the Edward Scissorhands actor “ may have made these statements with factual or constructive knowledge or with reckless disregard for whether they are false ‘.

The judge added that Depp’s comments and Waldman’s’ hoax ‘remark’ imply that Ms. Heard lied and perjured when she appeared in court in 2016 to obtain a temporary restraining order against Mr Depp ‘and’ imply that she lied about her victim of domestic violence.

In light of the #MeToo movement and the current social climate, falsely claiming abuse would certainly ‘hurt’ [Heard’s] reputation in humanity’s general assessment, ”the judge wrote in his ruling. “That is why this Court holds that the statements contain the required ‘sting’ for a defamation claim.”

The judge concluded that Waldman’s comments do not fall under protected opinion because “whether Mr. Depp abused Ms. Heard is a fact that can be proven true or false.”

In November, Depp was removed from Fantastic Beasts 3 by Warner Bros. when he played Gellert Grindelwald in the JK Rowling series.

Depp’s case will be tried on May 3, while Heard’s lawsuit is expected to appear in court later this year.