Johnny Depp has accused Amber Heard of starting a relationship with Elon Musk just a month after they married in 2015.
Depp's claims stem from a $50million defamation lawsuit that he filed against his ex-wife after she accused him of domestic violence, a claim that Depp says is 'an elaborate hoax'.
In the lawsuit obtained by People, the actor alleged that Heard, 32, would receive 'late night' visits from Musk while Depp was out of the country filming.
Depp also claims that the Tesla founder was allowed into the couple's Los Angeles home on the same night Heard 'presented her battered face to the public'.
Johnny Depp has accused Amber Heard of beginning a relationship with Tesla founder Elon Musk (bottom right) just a month after they married in 2015 in a $50million defamation lawsuit
The actor alleged that Heard, 32, would receive 'late night' visits from Musk (pictured) while Depp was out of the country filming
Heard and Depp separated in May 2016.
According to People, a representative for Musk claims that 'Elon and Amber didn’t start seeing each other until May 2016'.
'Their relationship didn’t become romantic until some time later,' the representative said.
Heard’s attorney, Eric M. George said in a statement to the magazine: 'This frivolous action is just the latest of Johnny Depp’s repeated efforts to silence Amber Heard.
'She will not be silenced. Mr. Depp’s actions prove he is unable to accept the truth of his ongoing abusive behavior.'
Last December, Heard wrote an article for the Washington Post in which she said she had received death threats and lost out on work after accusing Depp of domestic abuse.
'The op-ed's clear implication that Mr Depp is a domestic abuser is categorically and demonstrably false,' Depp's lawsuit states.
'Mr Depp never abused Ms Heard. Her allegations against him were false when they were made in 2016.
The Aquaman actress filed for divorce from the Pirates of the Caribbean star in May 2016 stating that he had been
