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Amber Heard accuses Johnny Depp in court of beating her and sexually abusing her

2022-05-05T04:08:19.561Z


The actress says that reliving him in court is the most painful thing she has ever experienced Actress Amber Heard during her statement at the Fairfax courthouse. ELIZABETH FRANTZ (REUTERS) In a relationship, there are almost always two versions. In the case of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp they are absolutely opposite. The actress declared this Wednesday in court that her husband not only beat her and psychologically abused her, but also sexually abused her, according to her account, contra


Actress Amber Heard during her statement at the Fairfax courthouse. ELIZABETH FRANTZ (REUTERS)

In a relationship, there are almost always two versions.

In the case of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp they are absolutely opposite.

The actress declared this Wednesday in court that her husband not only beat her and psychologically abused her, but also sexually abused her, according to her account, contrary to what Depp exposed to the jury in recent weeks.

The actress began by exposing the pain that has caused her to see their relationship exposed and aired for weeks in court the way it has happened: “I find it hard to find the words to describe how painful this is.

It's horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive it all.

Hearing people I've met, my ex-husband, with whom I've shared a life, talk about our lives as they have... This is the most painful and difficult thing I've ever been through.

Sure".

Heard, 36, just turned, has been sued by Depp, 58, who alleges that an article she published in

The Washington Post

in 2018 caused irreparable damage to his acting career.

In it, Ella Heard defined herself as "a public figure who represents domestic abuse" and said that she had verified in her flesh that "institutions protect men accused of abuse", although she did not reach mention Depp.

Her demand makes her responsible for the million-dollar cancellation of the

Pirates of the Caribbean saga,

Depp's greatest success.

Heard declared this Wednesday afternoon before the court in Fairfax (Virginia) that he is handling the case.

She was dressed in a suit with a dark jacket and trousers with an inner vest and a blue shirt with white stripes buttoned up.

She had her hair parted to the right, with part of her hair tied up with a hairpin and a long blonde mane covering part of her face.

In front of her, Johnny Depp, with dark glasses, his pirate ponytail and a striped tie, kept his head slightly lowered, avoiding meeting his gaze with that of his ex-wife throughout his statement.

She occasionally winced, like when Heard talked about sharing life.

She sometimes made comments to her lawyer.

From love to nightmare

The actress began by telling how they had met, how there was chemistry between them, how they fell in love despite their age difference and ended up together.

He was “kind”, “generous”, he treated his parents well.

She remembered a knife they bought together that was engraved in Spanish: "Hasta la muerte."

But what seemed like a fairy tale turned into a nightmare.

Heard believes that the drugs changed the way Depp was.

“Johnny on

speed

is very different from Johnny on opiates;

Johnny on opiates is very different from Johnny on cocaine.

He had to learn to pay attention to the different versions of him."

Amber Heard, standing in a break from her statement.

From behind, in the foreground, her ex-husband, Jhonny Depp. ELIZABETH FRANTZ (AP)

First she felt intimidated.

She spoke of a trip to the Bahamas where they had an argument over her problems with drugs and alcohol.

She "she grabbed me by the neck, held me for a second and told me that she could kill me and that it was a shame," she said.

Heard also spoke of the first time Depp hit her, after she asked him about a tattoo, for something "stupid and insignificant", in her opinion.

That she at first thought it was a joke and laughed.

He slapped her again and then again, harder and he insulted her too.

Through tears, she said that it changed her life.

“I knew I couldn't just forgive him, because it would happen again.

I wish I would have gotten up and walked out of that house,” she said.

Depp has repeatedly denied hitting his ex-wife or any other woman.


The actress, on the other hand, also accuses him of sexually abusing her.

She described a scene on a desert party trip in RVs.

Depp first had an argument with another woman who was with them.

Then they went to the caravan and argued.

He got violent, hit and threw things, yelled at Heard, according to his version.

He was looking for some drugs that didn't appear, he blamed her and then he touched her, always according to her account: “He took off my underwear and told me: 'Let's do a search in the cavity'.

He said that he was looking for her cocaine.

(...) he put his fingers inside her, ”said the actress between sobs.

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