On Friday, actor Johnny Depp underwent a fourth day on the witness stand as part of his defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom.

Depp, 58, filed his lawsuit against Heard, 35, in 2019, seeking $50 million in damages and $350,000 in compensatory damages plus court costs. The suit is focused on Heard’s opinion piece published in the Washington Post in December 2018 (“I spoke up against sexual violence—and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change”), which became a centerpiece of the #MeToo campaign, and its consequences for Depp’s career.

In the self-aggrandizing column, Heard, while not mentioning Depp by name, asserted that “two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out.”

Heard wrote: “Imagine a powerful man as a ship, like the Titanic. That ship is a huge enterprise. When it strikes an iceberg, there are a lot of people on board desperate to patch up holes—not because they believe in or even care about the ship, but because their own fates depend on the enterprise.”

She went on, “In recent years, the #MeToo movement has taught us about how power like this works, not just in Hollywood but in all kinds of institutions—workplaces, places of worship or simply in particular communities. In every walk of life, women are confronting these men who are buoyed by social, economic and cultural power. And these institutions are beginning to change.”

Depp, however, insists that Heard’s claim she was a victim of domestic abuse at his hands was a pack of lies. If proven, that would represent a significant blow to the #MeToo sexual witch-hunt.

When he was asked by his own lawyer on Wednesday what he lost after Heard’s accusations, Depp replied, “Nothing less than everything. When the allegations were made, when the allegations were rapidly circling the globe, telling people that I was a drunken, cocaine-fueled menace who beat woman suddenly in my 50s, it’s over.” He added, “You’re done.”

On Thursday, Heard’s lawyer Ben Rottenborn continued the cross-examination that began the previous afternoon following completion of Depp’s opening testimony where he denied ever physically abusing his wife. On Monday and Tuesday, Depp repeatedly stated he never struck Heard and added, “nor have I ever struck any woman in my life.”

Throughout the cross-examination, Rottenborn has challenged the actor’s account of events involving Heard. The lawyer focused on Depp’s history of drug and alcohol use, which the actor did not deny. In his earlier testimony, Depp freely described his battles with substance abuse and recounted his experiences as a child with an abusive mother.