Amber Heard was back on the stand yesterday, continuing her testimony in the high-profile defamation trial between her and her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. What you missed:
on the stand that Depp physically abused her on multiple occasions and that she was sexually assaulted when, she says, he penetrated her with a bottle. She also claimed she was subject to repeated verbal abuse throughout their relationship and tried to leave him several times. Both deny each other's claims of abuse.
The courtroom drama continued Monday after a weeklong break. Under testimony from her own attorney, Heard characterized her role in the marriage as trying to temper Depp, whose alleged abuse she claims created unpredictable and dangerous behavior that affected them both. When asked why she didn't"just remember" the instances, she claimed that their relationship was"violent" and"chaotic," while also"loving" and"emotional," so she said the"violence was almost normal." She claimed throughout their relationship she dealt with different versions of Depp and the two had a safe word,"couch," to use during fights. She claimed divorce was discussed in their relationship many times.
Heard claimed Depp ripped part of her shirt off, exposing her breast, and, when she grabbed at his shirt, he took it off and wrapped it around her neck. Heard claimed she woke up the next morning with Depp's shirt still around her neck and a"giant knot" on the back of her head. However, she said he was"irate" while they watched together, and she claimed that Depp believed she lied to him about the scene. She said a"week of hell" ensued from the screening and described multiple acts of physical violence from Depp.Actor Amber Heard testifies and displays a makeup kit in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Monday, May 16, 2022.
In one example, she described trying to wedge open a door to a bathroom after she said she thought she heard signs -- glass breaking, a thud on the floor -- that Depp had passed out. Depp, in retaliation, she said,"angrily came up the side of the door swinging" at her, forcing the door to crush her toes.
Depp previously addressed the incident in his testimony, claiming his security guard, Sean Bett, showed him a photo of"human fecal matter" on his side of the bed he shared with Heard. Depp called the image"so bizarre and so grotesque" that he laughed in response to seeing it. Regarding Heard's claim it was the dogs, Depp testified,"They're teacup Yorkies. They weigh about 4 pounds each. It was not the dogs." He claimed Heard called the incident a"prank.
"I didn't want him to be arrested. I didn't want him to be in trouble. I didn't want the world to know. I didn't want this to come out," she said.Heard testifies about filing for divorce from Depp "The promise and the hope that I had had become less and less regular and more and more rare," she added."The monster had been this thing that was now the normal and not the exception. The violence was now normal and not the exception."Heard claimed she would cover up bruises on her face with makeup, after icing them to reduce swelling, because she didn't want paparazzi to photograph her with them.The court then took a break for lunch.
Heard claimed that"every word" in the op-ed is true and she never intended to mention Depp in it at all."It's not about Johnny. The only one who thought it was about Johnny is Johnny," she said."It's about me, what happened to me after Johnny."
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