Heard lawyers zero in on Depp’s drug and alcohol use

(AP) - Attorneys for Amber Heard are zeroing in on Johnny Depp's drug and alcohol use as they defend her against Depp's libel allegations.

A lawyer for Heard resumed his cross-examination of Depp’s sister, Christi Dembrowski, on Wednesday.

He brought up a 2014 text exchange between Heard and Dembrowski in which Heard remarked, “JD is on a bender.”

Dembrowski, however, said she did not believe that Depp had a problem with drugs or alcohol.

Depp is suing Heard for libel in Virginia after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post that referred to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”

Depp says the article indirectly defames him.

He denies abusing her.