As the court adjourned after its fourth week of proceedings, Amber Heard begins her testimony in the ongoing defamation trial.While the Depp v Heard trial is grounded in defamation, subsequent allegations of abuse have been made on both sides in a case that is fast becoming one of the most high profile legal battles in modern history.
When cross-examined, Spindler confirmed that he was only considering Heard’s 2018 op-ed as the cause of damages. He was not taking into account the previous article published in the UK branding Depp a “wife-beater”, subsequent evidence resulting from the UK lawsuit, worsening box office performance, or consequences of drug and alcohol use.
“I struggle to find the words to describe how painful this is,” Heard begins. “This is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything … This is the most painful and difficult thing I’ve ever gone through.” Throughout the course of her testimony, Heard details a number of occasions that Depp would behave violently, often resulting from substance abuse and binge drinking. She describes an incident in 2014 as a culmination of Depp’s hatred and jealousy of James Franco, a fellow actor who Heard states Depp hated. “He just kicked me in the back. I fell to the floor,” she said. “No-one said anything. No-one did anything.
Heard also goes on to give a graphic account of a trip to Australia which had previously been described as a ‘hostage situation’, during which Depp’s finger was severed. She testified that Depp shoved her onto a countertop, ripped her nightgown and penetrated her with a liquor bottle.
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