Aquaman actor Amber Heard advised jurors on Monday that Johnny Depp slammed her towards a wall and wrapped a shirt round her neck throughout their 2015 honeymoon on the Orient Express. Heard returned to the witness stand in Virginia the place jurors are contemplating dueling defamation claims by the previous spouses.
The pair married in February 2015 and took their honeymoon on the Orient Express practice in July of that yr after Depp completed filming the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film. Under questioning from her attorneys, Heard stated the couple argued about whether or not Depp ought to drink in the course of the journey. She stated that they had a loving relationship when Depp was sober however that he usually turned violent when ingesting or utilizing medication.
In a sleeping automobile on the practice, Amber Heard stated, Johnny Depp slapped her throughout the face and repeatedly slammed her physique towards a wall. He then took his shirt off and wrapped it round her neck, she advised the jury.
“That’s how I woke up the next morning,” Heard stated. “I woke up with it still around my neck and a giant knot on the back of my head.”
The Pirates of the Caribbean star testified earlier that he by no means hit Heard and argued that she was the abuser of their relationship.
Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 36, for $50 million, saying she defamed him when she claimed she was a sufferer of home abuse. Heard has counter-sued for $100 million, arguing that Depp smeared her by calling her a liar.
In his testimony, Depp stated Heard at one level threw a vodka bottle that lower off the highest of Depp’s proper center finger. Heard has denied severing Depp’s finger and stated she solely hit him to defend herself or her sister. In tearful testimony about that night time, she stated Depp assaulted her by inserting a liquor bottle in her v****some time he threatened to kill her.
Depp’s attorneys are anticipated to start out their cross-examination of Heard in a while Monday. The authorized case hinges on a December 2018 opinion piece Heard authored that appeared within the Washington Post. The article by no means talked about Depp by title, however his lawyer advised jurors it was clear Heard was referencing him. The couple’s divorce was finalized in 2017.
Johnny Depp, as soon as amongst Hollywood’s largest stars, stated Amber Heard’s allegations value him “everything”. A brand new Pirates film was placed on maintain, and Depp was changed within the Fantastic Beasts movie franchise, a Harry Potter spinoff.
Heard’s attorneys have argued that she advised the reality and that her opinion was protected free speech below the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. Closing arguments are scheduled for May 27.
Less than two years in the past, Depp misplaced a libel case towards the Sun, a British tabloid that labelled him a “wife beater.” A London High Court choose dominated he had repeatedly assaulted Heard. Depp’s attorneys filed the case in Fairfax County, Virginia, as a result of the Washington Post is printed there. The newspaper is just not a defendant.
