“All I felt was this pain.” On the 15th day of Johnny Depp’s libel suit, theAmerican actress Amber Heard described the abuse of which she accuses her ex-husband, Thursday, May 5. His testimony notably extended to a stay in Australia during which his companion, with rage increased tenfold by alcohol and drugs, subjected him to violence going as far as rape.
At the helm, the 36-year-old actress explained that she joined Johnny Depp in March 2015 in Australia, a month after their marriage. But shortly after his arrival, an argument suddenly breaks out. “He started screaming”, she said. She claimed the actor then threw bottles and cans at her, grabbed her by the neck, threatened to disfigure her with a broken bottle, banged her against a wall and then ripped her shirt off by night.
“I’m against the wall and he’s screaming at me that he hates me, that I ruined his life”she told the hearing, unable to hold back her tears. “He told me ‘Fuck, I’m going to kill you’“, before pushing a bottle of alcohol into her vagina. She said she stood still because she didn’t know “if the bottle with which he [l]‘had penetrated was broken’.
The comedian also claimed that Johnny Depp, under the influence of cannabis and alcohol, kicked her on a private plane between Boston and Los Angeles in 2014.“I loved this man so much but he was so toxic, I couldn’t stop him from hitting me”she explained to justify staying with her spouse despite the violence.
The couple had started couples therapy, without success, before Amber Heard filed a complaint for domestic violence in May 2016. These charges had been dropped during the divorce proceedings concluded in early 2017. “a million promises to heal and get sober”, Johnny Depp regularly relapsed into drugs and alcohol, she claimed. The 58-year-old actor denies hitting his ex-wife, saying it was her who was violent. During the hearing, he listened carefully to the testimony of his ex-wife, while avoiding her gaze as much as possible.
Johnny Depp is seeking $50 million in damages from Amber Heard. He accuses her of having ruined her reputation and her career after she revealed in 2018 that she had been the victim of domestic violence, in a forum at the washington post, without mentioning her former husband. The actress has counter-attacked and claims 100 million dollars. She is due to continue her testimony when the trial resumes on May 16.