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Following celebrity Amber Heard’s testimony and cross-examination, the court heard from witnesses in her defense in her ex-husband Johnny Depp’s defamation trial. Depp is suing Heard for $50 million despite the fact that she did not name him in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed.
Heard’s friend iO Tillett Wright claimed Depp told him about “bouts of jealousy” that fueled his alcoholism and led to “rage behaviors” in a pre-recorded deposition.
Raquel Pennington, Heard’s former friend, began the second half of her testimony via video deposition on day 18 of the suit. She claimed she was summoned by Heard on December 15, 2015, to witness her purported injuries that included a laceration on her forehead, a red face, and bleeding where the Pirates of the Caribbean star allegedly pulled her hair.
Depp had allegedly shattered portraits, bottles, and other items in two of Pennington’s five Los Angeles penthouses, she said. She denied that Heard lied about her injuries, which she said were caused by Depp. Johnny Depp allegedly told Raquel Pennington that he cut his own finger off in the infamous March 2015 incident in Australia.
Pennington’s ex, Josh Drew, was present that night and described the damage to the penthouses as well as Depp shouting in his face. He claimed Amber Heard was ‘catatonic’ after the alleged beating she received from Johnny Depp. Drew also stated that Johnny Depp’s dogs peed and pooped all over the place.
Heard’s sister, Whitney Henriquez, testified that Depp was dominating and got into confrontations when he was drunk or intoxicated. He would frequently criticize the sisters, and accuse Heard of cheating on him. Henriquez said she acted as a “marriage counselor” for Heard and Johnny Depp. Despite knowing that Johnny Depp was assaulting her sister, Henriquez admitted to pressuring her sister and Johnny Depp to be together.
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Another member of Heard and Depp’s close circle Elizabeth Marz, characterized Depp as “combative” on the day he reportedly struck his ex-wife in 2016. On the night he allegedly hit Heard, Marz said Depp lunged at her with a ‘magnum-sized’ wine bottle.
Heard’s former make-up artist, Melanie Inglessis, testified that Depp physically beat Heard the night before her appearance on James Corden’s The Late Late Show in December 2015, resulting in a bruised face and bleeding lip. She detailed concealing Heard’s discoloration and bruising before her public appearance.
Kristy Sexton, the celebrity’s acting coach, was the day’s final witness. She claimed Depp was “extremely anxious” about her working with James Franco and didn’t want her to do sex-related jobs. She also testified that Depp did not want his wife to model and Heard had confided in her that her husband would never let her go.
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