Since the trial began on 11 April in Fairfax County Courtroom, the jury has heard from a number of key witnesses and has seen both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard take to the stand.
Dr Laurel Anderson — the couple’s counsellor — stated that the pair engaged in “mutual abuse” throughout their relationship. Revealing that Heard would initiate incidents to prevent Depp from leaving, Dr Anderson pointed to her fear of abandonment originating at childhood as the root of these actions. “If he was going to leave her to de-escalate a fight,” she said, “she would strike him to keep him there. She would rather be in a fight to keep him there.
Speaking on their Australia trip in 2015, Depp claims that following a discussion about prenuptial agreements, Heard “hurled” a liquor bottle at him, and that it smashed behind his head. She then grabbed the second bottle and threw it at him, and while he “felt no pain whatsoever”, he says he then realised the tip of his finger had been severed. “I was looking directly at my bone… sticking out… blood was pouring out.
Having pledged to split her $7m divorce settlement between the ACLU and an LA children’s hospital, the court heard that ACLU has so far only received $1.3 million, the last contribution of which had been made in 2018. It was also said that $500,000 of the $1.3 million was paid by Elon Musk.Up until this point, the jury has been told of instances wherein Heard would exhibit controlling, mocking, and violent behaviours toward her then-husband.
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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Closing arguments due in Johnny Depp defamation caseAfter six weeks of evidence and details of violent altercations between the pair, closing arguments are due in the US defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Both are victims to domestic abuse, both are abusive. There are no winners here. I truly hope they get help to be better versions of themselves so that they can find happiness and loving relationships.
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