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Amber Heard testifies: ‘Nothing I did made him stop hitting me’
In her second day on the stand, Heard testified about alleged bodily abuse by Depp that she mentioned escalated into the couple mistreating one another.
“Nothing I did made him cease hitting me. Nothing. I attempted for over a yr, perhaps two, of simply not responding bodily, not responding verbally, simply gazing him, I attempted to freeze, I attempted to go to a special place. I’d strive then lashing out verbally. I’d attempt to threaten that if he hit me once more that I’d name the police.
Depp is suing Heard over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Publish during which she described herself as a “public determine representing home abuse.” Although Depp was not named within the article, he claims it price him profitable performing roles.
Heard and Depp, who met in 2009, have been married from 2015-2016.
Depp testified over the course of a number of days that he has by no means struck a girl and accused Heard of verbal of bodily abuse, together with describing intimately one incident that left his finger partially severed.
Each have denied one another’s claims of abuse.
A battle over scenes with James Franco
Heard testified Thursday that in 2014, whereas she was filming a film with James Franco, Depp grew offended over romantic scenes between them within the movie. He threw objects at her after which kicked her within the again throughout a battle, Heard mentioned.
“I really feel this boot in my again. He simply kicked me within the again. I fell to the ground and caught myself. Nobody mentioned something nobody did something,” Heard testified. “I felt so embarrassed that he may kick her to the bottom in entrance of individuals.”
Heard testified that shortly after the incident, Depp apologized for his habits and later introduced on a medical group to assist him detox from medication.
“That is typical of the apologies that I’d get when he took it too far bodily,” Heard testified about one apology textual content message from Depp. “I used to be inspired as a result of I assumed it meant he understood that he may actually damage me. Typically I did not assume he understood how a lot he may damage me bodily.”
Heard testified that Depp requested her to come back with him to his personal island whereas he detoxed, a interval that she described as “hell.”
“I simply was in over my head. I do not know tips on how to detox somebody,” Heard testified.
Depp beforehand testified in regards to the detox interval when he took the stand earlier within the trial.
“There was an awesome a part of me that was very uncomfortable with Ms. Heard coming together with me for that detox,” Depp testified.
Earlier than the courtroom took a break for lunch, Heard testified that the couple’s relationship started to devolve.
“By this level in our relationship, we’re each saying terrible issues to one another. Screaming at one another. Sadly, when Johnny would begin hitting me, he’d simply win.”