By IANS
LOS ANGELES: Actress Amber Heard says a perceived affair with fellow actor James Franco led to ex-husband Johnny Depp assaulting her on a cross-country flight in 2014.
Taking the stand for a second day as a part of a multi-million greenback defamation trial, Heard solid Depp as deeply troubled by jealousy and medicines, studies bbc.com.
Depp is suing Heard for $50 million over an article by which she mentioned she was a sufferer of abuse, studies bbc.com.
She is countersuing for $100 million.
On Thursday, Heard reportedly mentioned that a lot of her ex-husband’s anger was brought on by his perception that she was seeing James Franco, whom she mentioned Depp “hated”. Franco starred alongside Heard in ‘Pineapple Express’ and ‘The Adderall Diaries’.
That jealousy, she claimed, led an offended Depp to repeatedly query her on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles, by which he allegedly kicked her.
“He just kicked me in the back. I fell on the floor,” she mentioned.
“No one said anything. No one did anything. It’s like you could hear a pin drop on that plane.”
The courtroom additionally heard a recording allegedly of Depp on the flight, which Heard mentioned confirmed him “howling” whereas affected by the consequences of drug use.
Following the incident, Heard mentioned he met her in New York to apologise and to show he was sober and dedicated to alter.
Jurors have repeatedly heard concerning the incident on the flight. In his personal testimony, Depp mentioned that he took Oxycodone drugs and fell asleep to keep away from her.
During her testimony, Depp may typically be seen closing his eyes or donning his sun shades. At one level, he shook his head quietly.
Heard alleged she had the combat with Depp after an argument about his daughter Lily-Rose, who was about 14 on the time.
“She was so young,” Heard mentioned. “I felt protective.”
