DEPP, THE SEQUEL

Amber will recall Johnny to the stand

In what legal experts call a risky move, Amber Heard’s legal team will call Johnny Depp back to the stand Monday.

Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to The Post that the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, who has already testified over four days, will be back on the stand.

He is likely to face questioning on the slew of allegations Heard, 36, made during her testimony — including that Depp, 58, sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle in March 2015 while in Australia.

Depp had already been expected to be questioned by his own attorneys as a rebuttal witness either Wednesday or Thursday, the sources said. Calling Depp back could backfire on Heard’s team, given how “likeable” the jury appeared to find him during his first round of testimony, legal experts previously told The Post.

“There is a risk that he is going to have more time being likable on the stand,” said attorney Katherine Lizardo, “when it’s actually Amber Heard’s time to present her case.”

Depp was often smiling on the stand, and showed the jury his “very unique personality,” potentially making him appealing to the jury of seven who will ultimately decide if Depp was defamed and even seal the fate of his reputation, Lizardo said.

The actor is suing Heard for $50 million for claiming in a Washington Post op-ed article that she was a victim of domestic violence. Heard, meanwhile, countersued for $100 million and said Depp defamed her when his lawyer, Adam Waldman, told the press in 2020 that she had manufactured her allegations of domestic violence.

End of trial in sight

Closing arguments in the explosive trial — which has included photos of Depp passed out from apparent drug binges, a dramatic hunt in an Australia mansion for

actor’s missing fingertip and a number of celebrity namedrops — are scheduled for Friday.

Judge Penney Azcarate, who is presiding over the Fairfax, Va., case, gave each side 61 hours and 15 minutes to present their cases, and has stated she wants the trial to conclude by the Memorial Day weekend. By the end of last week, Heard’s team had 8 hours and 14 minutes left, and Depp’s lawyers had 18 hours and 30 minutes left.

The actor’s return to the stand would follow testimony Thursday from actress Ellen Barkin, who had a fling with Depp in 1994, and said he was an often-drunk, “jealous man” who once threw a wine bottle in her direction.

The courtroom saga has already been chock-full of stunning moments, with Heard accusing Depp of verbally and physically abusing her.

She told the jury that Depp once broke her nose in a jealous rage. She also testified that she was traumatized when he “shoved his fingers inside” her while tripping on magic mushrooms.