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Amber Heard returned to the stand Thursday, attesting within the ongoing defamation trial introduced via her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
Heard testified for the primary time Wednesday, telling the court docket of a couple of occasions she — and other folks — allegedly suffered bodily abuse by the hands of Depp.
She instructed the court docket of a time when Depp allegedly become satisfied she was once hiding his cocaine, and he violently groped at her and ripped off her undies, earlier than acting a “hollow space seek.”
Actor Amber Heard testifies in regards to the first time her ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp hit her, at Fairfax County Circuit Court docket all over a defamation case in opposition to her via Depp in Fairfax, Va., on Would possibly 4, 2022.
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She additionally recounted two separate occasions when she stated Depp threatened to damage the wrists of ladies he idea had been hitting on her.
Many of the occasions shared with the court docket came about in 2012 and 2013, all over the primary yr of the couple’s courting and earlier than they had been married.
Heard additionally shared accounts of a number of other events when she claimed Depp both slapped or backhanded her, inflicting her to bleed from the mouth and nostril, and the court docket was once proven footage of a giant bruise on her arm, which she stated she sustained when he grabbed her all over a battle.
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Amber Heard tells court docket of violence by the hands of Johnny Depp
Within the prison fight between the 2 stars, each Heard, 36, and Depp, 58, declare to be sufferers of violence. The preliminary court docket case started when Depp filed a US$50-million defamation lawsuit over a Washington Publish op-ed penned via Heard in overdue 2018 about home abuse.
Heard didn’t point out Depp via identify within the article, however the actor alleges his popularity and occupation had been nonetheless “devastated” consequently.
As she took the stand Wednesday, Heard instructed the jury this trial procedure has been “extremely painful” and “the toughest factor I’ve ever needed to do.”
On Tuesday, after Depp’s prison crew completed wondering their witnesses, Heard’s attorneys requested the pass judgement on to disregard the lawsuit, arguing that Depp had did not make his case as an issue of legislation and that no affordable jury may in finding in his favour.
Actor Amber Heard testifies at Fairfax County Circuit Court docket all over a defamation case in opposition to her via ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp, in Fairfax, Virginia, on Would possibly 4, 2022.
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Pass judgement on Penney Azcarate stated the usual for pushing aside a case at this level within the trial is exceedingly top, and that the case must be allowed to transport ahead if Depp has supplied even a “scintilla” of proof backing up his claims; she then disregarded the movement.
Heard is countersuing Depp for $100 million.
— with recordsdata from The Related Press
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