Amber Heardclaimed in court this week that ex-husbandJohnny Deppcheated on her shortly after their February 2015 wedding.
During her testimony Thursday, theAquamanactress, 36, alleged that Depp, 58, was having an affair with a former partner early on in their brief marriage. Heard said not long after the May 2015 Australia trip — where thetwo had an intense fight, though theirversions of events differ— she discovered Depp’s iPad unlocked while he was “passed out” and found messages with a woman, whom she didn’t name.
“He was texting this woman that he had had a relationship with on and off kind of at the beginning of our relationship, so I recognized the name. But the date was right after the wedding,” said Heard. “I saw that he had gone to her house after we had gotten married. Upon touching down in Los Angeles, I think it was the next day he went to this woman’s house that he has this sexual relationship with.”
Heard said she “freaked out” and “immediately confronted” Depp about it, knowing that the confrontation could spark another violent outburst, like the variousalleged situations she testified about. She said it triggered an argument of shouting at and “pushing each other.”
“I didn’t care in that moment if he did kill me, which was likely, confronting him at that stage of our lives. I didn’t even care anymore; he had already ripped my heart out,” she said, adding that it “was unbelievably painful.”
“I remember being so mad at him for cheating on me. … It just felt like everything came crashing down. I was so hurt,” said Heard, who elsewhere in her testimony said that Depp oftenaccused her of having affairs with her costars, including James Franco andEddie Redmayne.
Heard and Depp met while making the movieThe Rum Diary, and they later became romantic during the film’s promotional tour in 2011. She said their bond was “intense” from the start, and that they had to keep their relationship secret at first. They later broke up in May 2016, when Heard sought a domestic violence restraining order against him, accusing him of abusing her. Depp denied the claims, and the former couple settled theirdivorceout of court in August 2016.
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Depp, who has said multiple times under oath that he has never struck Heard or any woman, has testified that his “goal is the truth” as he seeks to clear his name in the trial, which is being televised live via various outlets. WhenHeard took the stand, she told the jury, “I struggle to find the words to describe how painful this is. This is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything.”
Back in November 2020, Depplost his highly publicized U.K. libel lawsuit caseagainst British tabloidThe Sunfor calling him a “wife-beater.” The court upheld the outlet’s claims as being “substantially true” and Heard testified to back up the claims. In March 2021, thePirates of the Caribbeanstar’s attempt tooverturn the decision was overruled.
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Aspokesperson for Depp said in a statementThursday after Heard’s testimony, “As Mr. Depp’s counsel correctly predicted in their opening statements last month, Ms. Heard did indeed deliver ‘the performance of her life’ in her direct examination. While Ms. Heard’s stories have continued to grow new and convenient details, Mr. Depp’s recollections have remained exactly the same throughout the six painful years since her first allegations were made. His truth — the truth — is the same no matter the environment in which it is has been presented.”
“The upcoming cross examination from Mr. Depp’s team will be most telling, and will certainly highlight the many fallacies Ms. Heard has now attempted to pass off as fact throughout her convoluted testimony,” the statement added.
source: people.com
