Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s ‘troubled’ marriage, trials focus of ‘Unreal’ book

The acrimonious relationship between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will be revisited in a new book by journalist Nick Wallis.

“Depp v Heard: The Unreal Story,” due out May 17, covers the two jaw-dropping trials that unfolded in the wake of the couple’s stunning 2016 split.

“I thought they were two troubled, but fascinating human beings, trying to find their way in the world,” Wallis told the Daily Mail.

“They went through an extraordinary process, played out on a global stage. I never thought it was sordid or grim.”

The Post reached out to Wallis for comment.

Johnny Depp waves as he leaves the courtroom in his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 18, 2022.

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A freelance journalist and broadcaster who has worked for the BBC, Private Eye, and ITN, Wallis says he is the only journalist to cover both trials extensively.

Wallis claims to have attended London court nearly every day in 2020 to watch Depp lose his libel case against The Sun, which had called him a “wife-beater.”

He reported attending every day of last year’s Virginia trial, where the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star won his defamation case against the “Aquaman” actress over a 2018 op-ed Heard wrote for the Washington Post, claiming to be “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”

“The Unreal Story” is said to provide insight into the sexual politics, culture wars, and intense social media attention surrounding the trials.

Chapter titles are a nod to some of the Virginia trial’s biggest headlines, including “The Tattoo Incident,” “The Disco Bloodbath,” “The Plane Kick,” “The Bottle Rape,” and “The Closed Fist Punch.”