Johnny Depp’s libel trial is shown a picture of his pillbox and mountain of drugs and alcohol

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A pint of whisky and four lines of cocaine for lunch: Johnny Depp’s libel trial is shown a picture taken by Amber Heard of his skull and crossbones ‘pill box’ and mountain of drugs and alcohol

  • High Court was shown new images offering peak into Hollywood legend Johnny Depp’s ‘Peruvian’ lifestyle
  • One picture shows glass table littered with mountains of alcohol and drugs in Amber Heard’s LA home
  • Another image taken by Heard shows 57-year-old Depp passed out on the floor beside his bed
  • Photographs were presented to High Court in London on second day of Depp’s blockbuster libel trial 

By Jack Wright For Mailonline

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The High Court was shown photographs of Johnny Depp‘s ‘Peruvian’ lifestyle including an image taken by Amber Heard that shows a pint of whisky, four lines of cocaine and his skull and crossbones ‘pill box’ ready for consumption at 1.37pm.

Heard took the photo at her LA home before the couple had another blazing row about his drug and alcohol use – on the afternoon when he was supposed to be filming a documentary on Rolling Stone Keith Richards. 

The court was also shown a picture of Depp passed out beside his bed as the 57-year-old Hollywood legend was peppered with questions about his extensive drinking and drug use by lawyers acting for The Sun. 

Depp is suing The Sun for libel after it labelled him a ‘wife beater’ in a trial that is set to take three weeks and feature celebrity witnesses including Vanessa Paradis and Paul Bettany. 

The High Court was shown photographs of Johnny Depp ‘s ‘Peruvian’ lifestyle including an image taken by Amber Heard that shows a pint of whisky, four lines of cocaine and his skull and crossbones ‘pill box’ ready for consumption at 1.37pm 

Heard took the photo at her LA home before the couple had another blazing row about his drug and alcohol use - on the afternoon when he was supposed to be filming a documentary on Rolling Stone Keith Richards

Heard took the photo at her LA home before the couple had another blazing row about his drug and alcohol use – on the afternoon when he was supposed to be filming a documentary on Rolling Stone Keith Richards 

One photograph shows a glass table littered with mountains of alcohol and drugs, with four lines of cocaine cut for use next to a credit card and tube. 

A skull and crossbones ‘pill box’ with ‘Property of JD’ written across the top, which Depp said ‘probably’ contained drugs at the time the photograph was taken, is to one side.

There are also two glasses of whisky – one half drunk, the other pint-sized – and a Keith Richards CD to hand.

Another picture shows Depp passed out on the floor beside his bed. 

The pictures were taken in 2013, on the day Depp was due to be filming a documentary about Keith Richards – shortly before he and Heard rowed about his drug and alcohol use.

The court was also shown a picture of Depp passed out beside his bed as the 57-year-old Hollywood legend was peppered with questions about his extensive drinking and drug use by lawyers acting for The Sun

The court was also shown a picture of Depp passed out beside his bed as the 57-year-old Hollywood legend was peppered with questions about his extensive drinking and drug use by lawyers acting for The Sun 

Depp was cross examined by The Sun’s lawyer today, who asked the Hollywood legend if he was carrying cocaine in the pillbox.

The actor replied: ‘I would say I probably was.’

Barrister Sasha Wass QC said the photo showed ‘four lines of cocaine next to a credit card with a straw on top of the credit card’.

Ms Wass said when Heard’s sister Whitney Henriquez arrived at the house ‘she was confronted by the sight of Heard, who had obviously been crying’.

She then suggested that Heard and Ms Henriquez ‘remained with you for about four hours trying to persuade you to go to the film set’ for the Keith Richards documentary.

Depp said: ‘It was a day where Keith Richards and Tom Waits were performing together in the studio.’

New pictures offer a peak into Hollywood legend Johnny Depp's 'Peruvian' lifestyle on the second day of the 57-year-old actor's libel trial in London

New pictures offer a peak into Hollywood legend Johnny Depp’s ‘Peruvian’ lifestyle on the second day of the 57-year-old actor’s libel trial in London 

Depp, 57, and Heard, 34, both arrived this morning at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where scores of photographers were waiting outside the entrance, wearing face coverings

Depp, 57, and Heard, 34, both arrived this morning at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where scores of photographers were waiting outside the entrance, wearing face coverings

Depp, 57, and Heard, 34, both arrived this morning at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where scores of photographers were waiting outside the entrance, wearing face coverings 

But he added that ‘to me, it was more important to try to fix things, patch things up with Ms Heard’.

The court also heard how Depp had told screenwriter Stephen Deuters he thought his ‘Peruvian period’ had upset his former spouse.

He allegedly messaged Mr Deuters: ‘Amber is extremely upset and we’re dying… Do you want to speak with her while we’re there and give her some perspective on me and what I am and what I’m not? She thinks my Peruvian period has made me a monster and that I am ruining the relationship.’

‘So the Peruvian period is a reference to cocaine?’ Ms Wass asked, to which Depp replied: ‘Yes.’

Ms Wass also suggested that, when Depp’s assistant Nathan Holmes arrived, he ‘refused to leave’ and ‘you were snorting more and more lines of cocaine’.