Amber Heard testified for the third day on Wednesday amid Johnny Depp’s defamation suit against the United Kingdom. Sun. Heard answered questions about what she claims was a “three-day hostage situation” in Australia, and told the court that Depp threw bottles of alcohol “like grenades.” The actor alleged that it was Heard who threw bottles in anger, and finally cut his fingertip. Both Heard, 34, and Depp, 57, deny that they were abusive.
In witness statements obtained by Yahoo Entertainment, Heard detailed 14 alleged cases of abuse at the hands of Depp. One of the incidents allegedly occurred in March 2015 when Depp was filming the fifth pirates of the Caribbean movie in Australia.
“The best way I can describe what happened in Australia is that it was like a three-day hostage situation,” Heard said, claiming that the actor “had already been using and had a bag of drugs.”
“I was in a remote house, at least twenty minutes from help; where I couldn’t go; He was trapped and isolated with a violent person suffering from manic depression, bipolar disorder, and a pattern of repeated drug-induced psychosis and violence, who was on a multi-day drug and alcohol binge. During those three days, there were extreme acts of psychological, physical, emotional, and other violence. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever been through. They left me with an injured lip and nose and cuts on my arms, “Heard said in the document. (Depp doesn’t have a known mental illness and Yahoo Entertainment can’t verify the actress’ claims.)
I heard about it in London High Court on Wednesday, explaining that a fight over the actor’s drink broke out. (Depp previously claimed that the two argued when asked to sign a post-nuptial agreement, which she denied.)
“I had stopped drinking for a while. I was on a list of: If this happens, I’m leaving. He was making fun of me for taking [the bottle] and I would revoke it when it comes, “Heard said, according to the guardian. He explained that when Depp was sober, he would generally be grateful that he had saved his life “by confronting him about alcohol,” so he assumed it would happen again.
“I got the bottle a second time and smashed it onto the floor between Johnny and me. I think it broke something in him. He started picking up bottles and was using them as grenades or bombs, throwing them one after another in my direction, ”Heard told the court.
“I felt the glass breaking behind me. I retired to the bar and he didn’t stop. I was too scared to look behind me. I felt the glass hit my arms. He threw out all the bottles within his reach, except one, which was a large celebratory wine bottle. There were more than 30 bottles at the bar, “he continued.
Depp’s lawyer Eleanor Laws asked the actress if she was the one who threw bottles of alcohol, as the actor alleged. Heard denied throwing bottles and also denied the actor’s claim that he burned a cigarette on his cheek.
“No. Johnny [burned his cheek] Right in front of me. I often did things like that, ”said Heard.
“You would be furious sometimes,” Laws asked.
“Sometimes I would get mad but not to the point of launching something offensive,” Heard replied. “Sometimes I get mad and lose my cool, yes.”
Heard claimed that the only times he threw things at Depp was to “escape Johnny when he was hitting me.”
the Aquaman Star was not the only key witness called on Wednesday.
Heard’s makeup artist and friend, Mélanie Inglessis, testified that she had to hide Heard’s bruises, ripped out her hair, and cut her lip before the actress appeared in the Late Late Show with James Corden in 2015 after an alleged discussion with Depp. Inglessis declined to testify for fear her Hollywood career would be jeopardized, but was forced to testify because her motion was denied in June.
In Heard’s witness statement, the actress described the December 2015 incident as “one of the worst and most violent nights in our relationship.” The couple had an argument in their Los Angeles attic, where Heard alleged that Depp “grabbed me by the neck, shoved me to the ground, and hit me on the neck.” She grabbed my hair, slapped me, yelled at me and cursed me, saying she was going to kill me. I was crawling all over the carpet. She claimed that he pushed his face against the mattress “suffocating me and pulling out more hair. He was suffocating me.”
Inglessis testified that Heard told her about the alleged fight when the actress called her to go to the attic, according to the guardian. When he arrived, Inglessis said there were broken picture frames, glass on the floor, and words written in gold paint on a table. Inglessis said Heard was “upset, furious with a lot of emotion and was quite distressed.”
Inglessis returned the following day to prepare Heard for an appearance on the Cordon show. “There was a cut or crust on [Heard’s] lip, ”she said. “She had minimal discoloration at the corners of the eyes next to the nose.”
She added: “I used the concealer to try to hide some of the bruises … Amber’s characteristic lip color was red, I said we had no choice [than to use it] to cover the wound on his lip. “
When asked about the bruises, Inglessis replied: “As I recall, they were not yet so dark or swollen. I don’t recall having trouble covering them. “
The court was shown a video of Heard’s television appearance in which no injuries were seen. Depp’s attorney also pointed to one of her witnesses, stylist Samantha McMillen, who saw Heard that day without makeup and testified that she saw “non-visible” injuries. McMillen said last week that he could “clearly see” that Heard had no marks, cuts or bruises a day after the alleged violent fight.
Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, owner of the Sun, and the sensationalist newspaper’s executive editor, Dan Wooten, in a 2018 article that called the actor a “handcuff puncher.” Depp has repeatedly denied Heard’s claims that she was physically and verbally abused during their five-year relationship, insisting that he was abused. Although the UK proceedings are not against Heard personally, she believes this is another way that Depp continues to harass her despite the couple no longer being together.
“I did not present this case. Ever since I filed for divorce, all I’ve wanted to do is move on. I obtained a restraining order from a judge in 2016 to protect myself and then settled our divorce in terms that meant that the details of our relationship, including the abuse I suffered, would not be discussed in public, or so I thought, “Heard said.
“Since then, I have continued to desire nothing more than to be alone. Today I find myself saying the same thing I said in 2016 when I received that restraining order: I just want you to leave me alone. It was Johnny who started giving public interviews alleging that I lied and it is Johnny who started these procedures, “the actress continued. “Four years later, I still have to participate in costly litigation and give public testimony about some of the most annoying and painful events in my life.”
Heard accused Depp and his attorneys of trying to smear her in the press before the trial “and embarrass and harass myself and the people around me, including potential witnesses.”
“This campaign has affected my professional life, my personal life and my well-being,” said Heard. She noted the “online petitions asking me to be removed from any future sequel to Aquaman and my association with L’Oreal. “The actress said she has been” abused online on social media. “
“It has been extremely annoying. Johnny is much more powerful than me, in every way: physically, financially, and professionally. By leaving him I escaped physical abuse, but for the past four years he has used his power and resources to continue the harassment and abuse through the various legal procedures he has dragged me into and the advertising campaign his team has carried out along with those procedures. “
Depp’s defamation trial in the UK is expected to conclude this week. However, she and Heard are involved in another lawsuit in the United States when she sued the actress for $ 50 million for defamation stemming from her abuse claims.
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