Amber Heard tells jury she has been humiliated, asks Johnny Depp to ‘leave me alone’

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Amber Heard advised jurors Thursday {that a} harassment marketing campaign waged towards her by ex-husband Johnny Depp has left her humiliated and scared for her life from a number of demise threats, and mentioned she simply desires “Johnny to go away me alone.”

Heard was the ultimate witness within the six-week libel trial Depp introduced towards his ex-wife. With cameras within the courtroom, hundreds of thousands of individuals have adopted the trial, and curiosity appeared to achieve momentum because the weeks went on and each Depp and Heard testified in regards to the ugly particulars of their relationship.

On-line and on the courthouse, Depp’s followers have overwhelmingly dominated the narrative, with groupies lining up in a single day to get one of many few spots within the courtroom and wave at Depp as he walks out and in. Heard has been booed by spectators on the road as she enters and leaves the courthouse.

“The harassment and the humiliation, the marketing campaign towards me that is echoed each single day on social media, and now in entrance of cameras within the showroom – each single day I’ve to relive the trauma,” Heard mentioned as she fought again tears. “Maybe it is simple to neglect I am a human being.”

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On cross-examination, Depp lawyer Camille Vasquez advised Heard that “your lies have been uncovered to the world” and questioned her about individuals who contradicted parts of her accounts.

“I understand how many individuals will come out of the woodwork to be in help of Johnny,” Heard responded.

Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court docket over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Put up describing herself as “a public determine representing home abuse.” His legal professionals say he was defamed by the article regardless that it by no means talked about his identify.

Heard mentioned she hopes the lawsuit will enable her to regain her voice, and mentioned she had the “proper as an American” to publish an article that described her experiences and the way they relate to the nationwide debate over home violence.

“Johnny has taken sufficient of my voice,” she mentioned. “I’ve the correct to inform my story.”

She mentioned Depp has been fixated on revenge ever since she filed for divorce and obtained the restraining order towards him. She referenced earlier testimony wherein Depp texted Heard’s disgruntled former private assistant and urged her to “come over for a spot of purple and we’ll repair her flabby a- good and good!!!”

“Johnny promised me – promised me – that he’d break my life, that he’d break my profession. He’d take my life from me,” Heard mentioned.

Depp has denied he ever struck Heard, and says she was the abuser within the relationship. Heard has testified about greater than a dozen separate cases of bodily abuse she says she suffered at Depp’s palms.

The ultimate witness Thursday morning for Depp’s aspect was a hand surgeon, Richard Gilbert, who mentioned he thinks the damage that occurred to Depp’s center finger may have occurred as Depp describes it.

The tip of the finger was severed throughout a struggle the couple had in Australia. Depp says it occurred when Heard threw a big vodka bottle at him. Heard says Depp did it to himself in a drug-fueled rage on an evening when he additionally sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle.

Jurors will hear closing arguments on Friday.