Amber Heard, in tears, recounted at the bar Thursday, May 5, 2022 the abuse of rare violence and the rape allegedly suffered by Johnny Depp, with rage increased tenfold by alcohol and drugs, during a stay in Australia just a month after their wedding in 2015.
The 36-year-old actress, sued for defamation by her ex-husband in an American court, explained that at the beginning of March 2015 she joined the actor who was filming the fifth opus of the saga. Pirates of the Caribbean.
But shortly after her arrival, she said an argument suddenly broke out. “As we turn on the light, he started screaming”, did she say. He allegedly threw bottles and cans at her, grabbed her by the neck and threatened to disfigure her with a broken bottle. He then allegedly knocked her against a wall and then tore off her nightgown. « I’m against the wall and he’s screaming at me that he hates me, that I ruined his life », she told the hearing, unable to hold back her tears. Amber Heard claimed in court that Johnny Depp allegedly raped her after threatening her with death.
It was during this scene, she said, that the 58-year-old actor cut his finger. He assures that it was his ex-wife who cut him off by throwing a bottle at him, which Amber Heard denies.
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A relationship described as “toxic”
« I loved this man so much but he was so toxic, I couldn’t stop him from hitting me, » she explained, questioned by her lawyer on the reason why she had not left her husband after these three days of hell.
The couple then decided to start couples therapy, but the arguments enamelled with brutality continued until she filed a complaint for domestic violence in May 2016. She had dropped these charges during the divorce proceedings, concluded early 2017.
The actress also claimed that Johnny Depp, under the influence of cannabis and alcohol, kicked her on a private plane between Boston and Los Angeles, accusing her of having an affair with the actor James Franco, with whom she was shooting a film in May 2014.
“He hated, hated James Franco and already accused me of having experienced something with him” on a previous film, she said.
“He hit me in the back, nobody said anything, nobody did anything”she launched in reference to the bodyguards and the companions of the star on board the device.
« A Million Promises »
On the second day of her hearing in court in Fairfax, near Washington, she continued to tell how her relationship had become “toxic” with her ex-husband, despite multiple objections and interruptions from Johnny Depp’s lawyers who mostly annoyed Judge Penney Azcarate.
The idyll born in 2009 had, according to her, quickly given way to fits of jealousy of the actor, culminating in beatings and fueled by the consumption of various drugs and alcohol.
Despite “a million promises to heal and get sober”Johnny Depp regularly fell back into his addictions, she explained.
The 58-year-old actor listened carefully to his estranged wife, sometimes reacting with slight nods of denial or whispering with his lawyer.
As since the start of the trial, he avoided as much as possible the gaze of Amber Heard, who must continue her testimony when the trial resumes on May 16.
Johnny Depp is seeking $50 million in damages from his ex-wife. He accuses him of having ruined his reputation and his career after having affirmed in December 2018 a platform in the washington post that she had suffered domestic violence in 2016, without however citing her former husband.
The actor, who testified for four days at the end of April, denies having ever raised his hand on Amber Heard and assures that it was she who was violent. He admitted to heavy drug and alcohol use, which he claims to have been under control most of the time.
The actress, notably in the poster of Justice League and D’Aquamancounter-attacked and claims 100 million dollars.