Ellen Barkin Claims Johnny Depp Gave Her a Quaalude Before Asking to Have Sex in Unsealed Deposition

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Johnny Depp's former girlfriend, actress Ellen Barkin, claimed the actor gave her drugs the first time they slept together in deposition testimony that was revealed as part of the 6,000 pages of pre-trial documents recently unsealed in Depp's lawsuit against Amber Heard.Barkin, 68, sat down for the deposition in 2019 and answered questions about her past relationship with Depp, which she said lasted several months and ended after the pair finished filming in 1997.Barkin said that she and Depp were friends before their relationship became sexual, and she testified about the first time the actor expressed his interest in taking their platonic relationship in a physical direction.«He came on to me in the living room of my house, pulled me onto his lap and said something like, 'Oh, come on Ellen,' or whatever.

I protested a little and then — not too much,» she stated. «And that was that.»When asked to clarify her remarks about how she «protested,» Barkin said that Depp did not assault her, but claimed, «He gave me a Quaalude and asked me if I wanted to f**k.»Much of Barkin's deposition was played in court during the defamation trial, however, her claim that Depp gave her a Quaalude was not included evidence presented to the jury.In her deposition, Barkin stated that, at the beginning of their relationship, Depp, «was loving… He seemed like someone who took care of the people around him.» Additionally, she said that Depp was «truly lovely with my children.»However, she testified that the actor «was drunk all of the time… [or] most of the time,» and claimed that he was a «red wine drinker.» She also claimed that Depp used drugs frequently while she knew him, including hallucinogens, and claimed that Depp once «called me and.