Depp will be backed by former partners

Johnny Depp’s former partners can give evidence at his libel trial against The Sun newspaper over over allegations he was violent to ex-wife Amber Heard, a High Court judge ruled. Mr Justice Nicol gave permission for Depp, 56, to call his former wife 47-year-old Vanessa Paradis, 47, and ex-girlfriend Winona Ryder to defend his reputation. Ms Heard, 34, claims the Pirates Of The Caribbean star beat her in drug fuelled rampages as their marriage failed. But Mr Depp can now…