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Amber Heard in Fairfax County Court
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On her last day on the witness stand, actress Amber Heard denied violent behavior towards her former husband Johnny Depp.
"I've never attacked anyone I was in a relationship with," the 36-year-old said in a courthouse for Fairfax County, Virginia, according to the US industry magazine Deadline.
After the actress reported in the previous days of the trial that Depp had violently attacked her, his lawyers cross-examined her on Tuesday, primarily about her own violent abilities.
In the courtroom, among other things, an audio recording of a dispute between the couple was played.
According to Deadline, Heard calls Depp a "joke" and a "traitor".
Heard said she expressed frustration at his criticism of her career.
“I said horrible, ugly things to him.
As you can hear, we spoke to each other in a really horrible way,” she said.
Depp lost a fingertip in an argument
The lawyers for her 58-year-old ex-husband had previously accused her of discrepancies in her statements about alleged violence in the relationship.
For example, Heard had stated that Depp sexually abused her with a bottle in Australia in 2015.
Depp's lawyers accused Heard of throwing the bottle at her husband.
'I didn't attack Johnny in Australia.
I never attacked Johnny," Heard said.
The actor had lost a fingertip in the argument.
Depp, who became famous for his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, listened almost motionless to what his ex-wife said from a few meters away, just like on previous days of the trial.
In his own four-day testimony on the witness stand, Depp denied under oath that he ever hit Heard.
There was a dispute in their relationship, the actor admitted during the process.
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