Johnny Depp Dont Ever Do That Again
Amber Heard was grilled by Johnny Depp'southward legal team during her fourth and final 24-hour interval on the witness stand Tuesday, fielding questions about alleged infidelity, sexual attack, her hymeneals twenty-four hours, and, yet again, the fecal matter found in the bed she one time shared with Depp.
The Pirates of the Caribbean area star is suing Heard for $50 million over her 2018 Washington Post op-ed detailing her experiences as a domestic violence survivor. Though Heard never mentioned Depp by proper name in the piece, his lawyers argue that references to him (and Heard's previous abuse allegations) are articulate, and damaged Depp's career and reputation. Heard has filed a $100 million countersuit, challenge Depp and his legal team defamed her by calling her allegations false.
In court Tuesday, Depp's legal team challenged Heard'southward abuse allegations and attempted to paint her equally the assaulter, presenting images of Heard without visible injuries and repeatedly pointing out that she didn't seek medical treatment after the alleged assaults. Heard pushed back: "It's always been my ain testimony that I hit [Depp]," she testified at one point. "I had to defend myself the best I could, merely it was later years of not defending myself."
Following redirect, Heard's friends, writer and photographer iO Tillett Wright and former neighbor Raquel Pennington, testified in pre-recorded depositions. Below are key moments from Heard and company'due south fourth dimension on the stand.
Amber Heard takes the stand on solar day 4 of defamation trial
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Depp's attorney questions Heard over alleged sexual assault in Australia
Depp's defense force returned to Heard and Depp's altercation in Australia in 2015 and questioned Heard almost the alleged sexual assault in their shared residence. Heard previously testified that Depp penetrated her with a liquor bottle and "said he would kill me." She said of the aftermath, "I remember being in the bathroom. I call back retching. I call up I couldn't control my float. I remember at that place was some blood on the floor."
When pressed on why she didn't seek medical handling, Heard testified that she did not need it and did not want anyone to know about the alleged assault. She also denied Depp's previous testimony that she severed the tip of his finger after groovy a liquor bottle on it. "Mr. Depp lost the tip of his finger afterward you threw a canteen at him, is that right?" Depp'due south attorney asked in redirect. "That is wrong," Heard said. "You're the one who assaulted someone with a bottle in Australia, isn't that right, Ms. Heard?" Depp'due south attorney pressed. "I didn't assail Johnny in Commonwealth of australia," Heard testified. "I didn't assault Johnny ever."
Heard fields questions about her own drug use
Much has been made about Depp's alleged substance abuse during the trial and then far, and on Tuesday his attorneys tried to testify that Heard as well used drugs and alcohol to backlog, repeatedly grilling her nearly her own habits. The actress denied doing cocaine (i of Depp's alleged drugs of option) but admitted to taking MDMA with Depp, and mushrooms. Depp'south attorney questioned Heard's label of Depp equally a drug-fueled "monster" with an email itinerary from their wedding ceremony, which included a blurb that read "Dance political party and drugs and music." Depp's attorney asked, "You planned to have drugs at your wedding to someone who you characterized as a drug aficionado?" Heard testified that she and Depp planned to attend "separate parties."
"I was not with Johnny," Heard said. "We but weren't effectually each other that evening when we had kind of split up parties."
Depp's team presents more audio clips, photos, and videos, including surveillance footage with James Franco
During a tense cross-examination, Depp's squad again presented audio of Heard admitting to striking Depp. "You f---ing hit me terminal night," Depp can exist heard maxim to Heard, who replies, "I pushed you… Don't act similar you don't participate." In another, Heard says to Depp, "I didn't punch you. I was hitting y'all… y'all're a f---ing babe. Yous are such a baby." Heard said it's "always been my own testimony" that she hit Depp, adding, "I had to defend myself the best I could, only it was later years of not defending myself."
In another audio recording, Heard laughs excessively and calls Depp a "washed-up slice of southward---," while Depp responds with insults of his own. Heard testified that she was "trying my all-time not to bear witness my pain" in the audio.
Later, photos were shown of Heard at public events, including a 2015 appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden, after Depp'southward declared attacks without visible injuries. Heard maintained that she had bruised optics and a split lip during her Late Late Testify appearance, testifying that she covered them with makeup.
Depp'southward team too pulled surveillance footage of Heard'south quondam costar James Franco arriving at her penthouse afterwards she filed a restraining order against Depp in 2016. Depp'due south team alluded to a possible romantic human relationship betwixt the ii, but Heard maintained that they were but friends and neighbors. (Franco and Heard'due south ex-boyfriend Elon Musk are included on Heard'south witness list, merely neither is expected to testify.)
Heard doubles down on claims the op-ed isn't about Depp
Depp'south team revisited the op-ed at the center of the trial, directing questions toward Heard centered on their belief that she wrote the piece about her ex-husband. To prevail in courtroom, Depp must prove Heard made imitation and defamatory statements with malice. Nonetheless, the omission of his name in the piece presents challenges for Depp. "The testimony that she [initially] wanted his name included [in the op-ed] may suggest malice," Jill Huntley Taylor, a legal analyst and CEO of a trial strategy and jury consulting firm for civil and criminal cases, previously told EW. "Just the timing prior to her picture release may suggest her existent motive was to do good herself."
Heard doubled down on claims that the op-ed is not about Depp. Instead she said the article reflects her personal experiences subsequently she became associated with domestic violence. In one passage of the op-ed, Heard writes: "Imagine a powerful man every bit a send, like the Titanic. That ship is a huge enterprise. When it strikes an iceberg, there are a lot of people on board drastic to patch upward holes — non considering they believe in or even care nigh the transport, but because their own fates depend on the enterprise."
When Depp's team asserted that Heard was referring to Depp as the "powerful man," the extra denied the characterization. "I'grand making an analogy to a powerful homo every bit a send. I was talking virtually a bigger issue than Johnny," Heard said, calculation that she wanted to show that "when powerful men, in general, do something horrible… there is a system in place to make clean up after them." Heard testified that she wrote the op-ed in the context of a "larger phenomenon" amid the #MeToo movement.
Heard's friend testifies Depp said he 'can punch her in the confront' subsequently their wedding ceremony
In pre-recorded deposition from March, Heard's friend iO Tillett Wright testified about Depp'south drug employ and discussions he had with Depp about the actor's fights with Heard. During one instance with Depp, "He told me that he had struggled with never not drinking and non doing drugs," Wright said. "He told me he didn't bask being sober but people around him were concerned."
Wright said Depp confided about his "great bouts of jealousy" that "led to drinking," which impacted his relationships with former partners, including Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. "He could exist hateful and vicious when drunk or high," Wright said. Subsequently Wright recalled an declared chat with Depp later his wedding to Heard. Depp allegedly told Wright, "We're married. Now I can punch her in the confront and nobody tin can exercise anything about information technology."
Wright also addressed Depp'due south previous testimony accusing Heard of leaving human feces on his side of the bed after an argument in 2016. (Heard denied the allegations in her own testimony earlier this calendar week.) Through emotional testimony, Wright said Depp accused him and Heard of leaving the carrion on the bed, allegations he called "ridiculous." Later the incident, Wright said he received a call from Heard and overheard Depp screaming at her: "What if I pare your f---ing pilus dorsum?" Wright testified that he called the police, maxim, "I heard the phone drop and heard her screaming. I remember her screaming."
While Heard's time on the stand is now over, the trial volition go along on with additional witnesses on Wed.
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