Charging…
In tears, Amber Heard took the stand as the main witness this Wednesday against her ex-husband Johny Depp, whom she accused of violence and even sexual abuse.
“I struggle to find the words to describe how painful this is, it’s horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything,” Heard commented.
a new stage in the trial between Depp and Heard It started this Wednesday. The actress sat before the jury to offer her testimony in the third week of the legal process that has revealed the lurid details of her past marriage.
Heard began his speech by expressing how difficult it has been for her to relive the time that he shared with the interpreter of Pirates of the Caribbean.
He also described the beginning of the relationship, after both shared a tour for promote the film The Rum Diaries in 2011and talked about how the problems between the two escalated until Depp allegedly hit her on more than one occasion.
The 36-year-old artist, during the lawsuit that takes place in Virginia, United States, even described a scene of alleged sexual abuse.
Depp, 58, has repeatedly denied having beaten or abused his ex-wife.
A change in relationship
The relationship took a turn throughout 2012. Heard described that during this period there was a cycle of abuse in which Depp he allegedly used drugs and abused her verbally and physically.
“Johnny on speed is very different from Johnny on opiates; Johnny on opiates is very different from Adderall and Johnny on cocaine. I had to learn to pay attention to the different versions of him,” he described. the protagonist of Aquaman
The actor, according to his ex-wife, disappeared for days. When he returned, he made derogatory comments about her.
“He was making comments about prostitution, but he was doing it in the context of my performance.”
Depp also accused Heard of having extramarital affairs.
After these moments of alleged abuse, Depp became “nice, sensitive, and generous”. The alleged use of substances by the actor has been a frequent theme in the trial.
On the contrary, he claims that he was sober much of the time they went through together, after coming off opioid use in 2014.
“He slapped me”
At Wednesday’s hearing, Heard made a story about the first time in which Depp allegedly hit her. It all happened in the middle of what she thought was a joke about a tattoo he has on her arm.
“He was sitting on the couch, we were having a normal conversion, there were no fights, there was nothing. He was drinking and I didn’t realize it at the time, but I think he was using cocaine, he had a vial of cocaine.”
“I asked him about the tattoo on his arm, they looked like black marks and I asked him what it said.”
Depp allegedly answered “Wino”, possibly alluding to actress Winona Ryder, her ex-partner. Heard laughed and then he slapped her.
“He slapped me across the face,” Heard said. “I didn’t know what was going on. I just looked at it.”
Depp, she claimed, gave him a second blow and she lost her balance and fell to the ground.
After the incident, he received calls and text messages from him apologizing and promising that he would never mistreat her again.
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