(Press Association) A Hollywood stylist told the Superior Court that Amber Heard had no “visible” injuries the day after the actress alleged that Johnny Depp was violent towards her during a heated argument.
Samantha McMillen said she spent “much of the afternoon and early evening” with Heard, 34, on December 16, 2015 as the star prepared to appear on James Corden’s The Late Late Show and she could “clearly see” that Heard had no marks, cuts, or bruises.
Depp, 57, is said to have been violent with Heard in an argument at his Los Angeles penthouse on December 15, which he denies. The Hollywood star is suing The Sun editor News Group Newspapers and executive editor Dan Wootton over an April 2018 article that called him a “handcuff puncher.”
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In a witness statement, McMillen said he saw Heard “in good light, at close range, without makeup” the next day, adding: “I was able to clearly see that Mrs. Heard had no visible marks, bruises, cuts or injuries. on your face or any other part of your body. “
McMillen claimed that after his appearance on the show, Heard said to him, “Can you believe I just did that show with two black eyes?” The stylist said, “Ms. Heard had no black eyes, and had been visibly injured all day and at that time.”
In his written statement, McMillen also claimed that he “interacted closely” with Heard five months later, on May 24, 2016, at Depp’s home in West Hollywood.
This was shortly after another episode in which Heard alleges that Pirates of the Caribbean Star threw a cell phone at her, hitting her in the eye, and smashed items with a bottle of wine. Depp denies the allegations.
McMillen’s statement says: “I went to the house in the afternoon and met Mrs. Heard. Mrs. Heard was not wearing makeup. There were no visible marks, bruises, cuts, or injuries to her face or any other part of her body. I saw her by the kitchen door during the day at Mr. Depp’s house.
“She gave me a hug, crying. After hugging me, she began to have an intense conversation in Spanish with Mr. Depp’s housekeeper, Hilda Vargas. ”
McMillen also said that three days after her encounter with Heard on May 27, she saw in the media that “Ms. Heard had gone to court with prominent visible injuries to her face.” She stated that “I knew that she (Ms. Heard) did not have those marks on her face on May 24, 2016 when I was with her.”