Elon Musk Offered Full Time Security to Amber Heard

Elon Musk Offered Full Time Security to Amber Heard
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Elon Musk offered Amber Heard "24/7 security" after she told him she wanted a restraining order against Johnny Depp, the High Court has heard.

She denied Mr Musk visited her while her then-husband Mr Depp was away.

Mr Depp, 57, is suing the publisher of the Sun over an article that labelled him a "wife beater" - but the newspaper insists it was accurate.

The US actress, 34, was giving evidence in London for a second day on the 11th day of her ex-husband's libel action.

She dismissed suggestions Mr Musk visited her in 2015 while Mr Depp was away, saying she was not in touch with the Tesla founder until the following year.

Mr Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws QC, questioned Ms Heard on her statement, in which the lawyer said the actress had indicated that Mr Depp was "illogically jealous" and that she wasn't having any "illicit relationships".

The trial judge, Mr Justice Nicol, intervened to say the word "illicit... carries a connotation".

The lawyer read out text messages between Ms Heard and Mr Musk from 22 May 2016, in which Ms Heard told him that she was going to get a restraining order against Mr Depp.

The messages came a day after an alleged incident at the Eastern Columbia Building in Los Angeles, where Mr Depp and Ms Heard lived, in which the actress claims Mr Depp threw her mobile phone at her, hitting her in the face - which the actor denies.

Questioning Ms Heard, Ms Laws said Mr Musk offered to "arrange 24/7 security for you", adding that he said: "The offer would stand, even if you never wanted to see me again... anyway, sorry for being an idiot. The radio silence hurts a lot. It only matters because I really like you."

The barrister cited evidence from Alejandro Romero, a concierge at the Eastern Columbia Building, who said he saw Mr Musk visiting Ms Heard "when Mr Depp was in Australia".

Ms Heard said Mr Romero was "wrong", insisting that she wasn't in communication with Mr Musk until 2016.

In his written witness statement, Mr Romero said: "From March 2015 onwards, Ms Heard was visited regularly late at night, at around 11pm to midnight, by Mr Elon Musk."

The concierge claimed Ms Heard gave Mr Musk his own fob to access the building.

Ms Laws later put it to the actress that in March 2015, she was in a "relationship or seeing" Mr Musk, which Ms Heard denied.