Morgan Tremaine said Heard was likely the one to send the video since the quickest way for TMZ to receive a copyright of a video is to get it directly from the person who shot and owns it
Tremaine worked as a field assignment manager for TMZ. He dispatched a camera crew to a courthouse in Los Angeles to capture photos of Heard leaving the courthouse after she filed the temporary restraining order in May 2016.
Tremaine said other news producers at TMZ were tipped off about Heard’s appearances in court.
“Their objective was to capture her leaving the courthouse, and then she was going to sort of stop and turn towards the camera to display the bruise on the right side of her face, the alleged bruise,” he said.
However Heard previously testified she was caught off guard by the presence of the photographers.
He also received a video clip showing Depp slamming cabinets and pouring a large glass of wine, which TMZ published and which the defence has entered into evidence in this trial. Tremaine testified that the video in evidence has been edited from the original to remove a part in which Heard is seen snickering at Depp.
This is the part of the video TMZ intentionally hid.
Johnny Depp : Bye
Amber Heard : heheIt was the moment that AH thought she had succeeded in showing JD as "a wife beater".
But she failed.
That kitchen video just shows AH smirking and egging JD on.#JusticeForJohnnyDepp pic.twitter.com/gyxCC5uD8c— Pomta✊ (@0517pomta) March 10, 2022
“When I had clicked the direct link that we received and watched the video in its entirety. It was much shorter than the video we had received — the video that’s been played in this trial,” Tremaine testified. “There was some a bit at the beginning that was played here in which Ms. Heard is seemingly sort of setting up the camera and getting into position. And then, there’s a bit at the end, where she seemingly snickering and looks at the camera. That part was not present in what we received.”
While Tremaine said he doesn’t know who sent TMZ the clip, he strongly suggested it was Heard, explaining that the quickest way for the website to receive a copyright of a video is to get it directly from the person who shot and owns it — and that TMZ published the video about 15 minutes after receiving it.
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