Johnny Depp’s former talent agent testified that the actor’s star power dimmed due to bad behavior on set and his anger issues.
Tracey Jacobs represented Depp for 30 years until 2016 when he fired her and said while representing Depp he became the ‘biggest star in the world’ and that he was ‘extraordinarily talented’.
Asked why Depp fired her, Jacobs said: ‘I really don’t know. He terminated essentially everyone in his life so I was along for the ride, I guess.’
The court was read part of a deposition by Depp in which he suggested she was a ‘co-conspirator’ with somebody he sued and that she was just after the money. Jacobs said that was ‘all untrue’
Asked if Depp was a ‘difficult’ client, she said: ‘He wasn’t initially and it became far more complicated in the last 10 years of my representing him’.
Jacobs said the reason was Depp’s ‘unprofessional behavior,’ a phrase she said ‘covers a multitude of things.’
She said: ‘Showing up late to set, consistently, on virtually every movie. I would get yelled at. I never said to him you’re a difficult client, but I was very honest with him and said you’ve got to stop doing this, this is hurting you. And it did’.
Even after speaking with Depp, he did not correct course.
According to Jacobs Depp’s change in behavior was due to his increased use of alcohol and drugs.
Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft asked if Depp ‘romanticized drug culture’. Jacobs said yes.
Bredehoft asked: ‘Mr. Depp had fundamental issues with anger?’ Jacobs said yes
Bredehoft asked: ‘Did that worsen over the time of your representation or relatively the same?’
‘Yes, it worsened over time.’
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