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Elon Musk has shut down speculation about his sex life amid Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
The Tesla boss has been drawn into the case's deposition hearings and he's gone on the front foot to keep his name as distant from the drama as possible.
According to Page Six, it's been alleged in the defamation case that Musk, Heard and model Cara Delevingne had a threesome or three-way relationship in 2016.
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Musk has also been accused of dating Heard before she had officially filed for divorce from Johnny Depp.
The salacious allegations have prompted Musk to issue a statement rejecting the claims.
Speaking to Page Six, the tech billionaire said he's never been intimate with Cara and she would confirm this.
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He also said the he only started going out with the Aquaman star 'about a month after her divorce filing'.
"I don’t think I was ever even in the vicinity of Amber during their marriage!” he said to the news outlet.
In addition to shutting down rumours about his love life, he also tried to counsel the two warring actors.
“Regarding this lawsuit, I would recommend that everyone involved bury the hatchet and move on," he added.
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“Life is too short for such extended negativity. Nobody is going to say, after it’s all over, that they wished the court battle had lasted longer!”
Depp is suing Heard for US $50 million after she wrote an article for The Washington Post in which she said she had become 'a public figure representing domestic abuse'. The article did not mention Depp's name.
Depp claims the op-ed has tarnished his reputation and inevitably damaged his career.
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Days after Heard’s article went live, Depp was subsequently dropped from future Pirates of the Caribbean films, a franchise which has raked in US $4.5 billion at the box office.
After losing his case against British newspaper, The Sun, Depp was also asked to step down from his role as Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
According to Deadline, James Franco, Paul Bettany, and Elon Musk will provide virtual testimonies, while Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas actress Ellen Barkin is on Heard’s list of potential witnesses, as well as representatives from Disney and Warner Bros.
The trial, expected to run till May, will also be presented to 11 jurors, who will assess each side’s credibility.
Stewart Perrie