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How did TMZ get stories on Amber Heard?
Morgan Tremaine, a former TMZ employee, says he was assigned to a story on Amber Heard in May 2016. He said he dispatched photographers to the location when the actress was filing for a restraining order.
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We were trying to capture Amber leaving the courthouse and an alleged bruise on the right side of her face," Mr Tremaine says.
The paparazzi photographers' objective was to capture Heard leaving the court and "then she was going to stop and turn towards the camera to display the alleged bruise", he says, and tells the court they got the shot.
Mr Tremaine says the tip about Heard had been verified by a news producer, which means they believed it was credible.
The next assignment on Heard was in August 2016 when she was giving a deposition about the restraining order she had filed for against Depp.
He says TMZ got the required shot this time, too.
On 12 August 2016, he says TMZ received the video of Depp slamming cabinets, which has been shown in court. He says the video was sent via their email tip line.
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It included a link from some unknown Dropbox-type website..." Mr Tremaine says. The link contained the video of Depp.
This was then posted to TMZ's website and marked with TMZ copyright.
Mr Tremaine says he also received a tip saying Heard would be arriving at Los Angeles Airport.
Asked about copyright, he tells the court that the only way for TMZ to have copyright over footage is when they have filmed it themselves, or if it was sent to the tip-line by the original copyright owner and purchased from them or given by them.
He says there was about 15 minutes between TMZ receiving the video and it being published.
The "
kitchen cabinet" video received by TMZ was much shorter than the version shown in court, he says, adding that footage of Heard at the start and end - with her "
seemingly sniggering" at the end - was not included in the video sent to TMZ.
Mr Tremaine tells the court he never received any communications from Depp or his team.
