Amber Heard has continued to testify in the trial of actor Johnny Depp. She said again that Depp had developed into a true “monster”. Then he became violent. That’s why she had to leave him.
The US actress Amber Heard feared for her life during her marriage to Hollywood star Johnny Depp due to violent attacks. “I had to leave him,” the 36-year-old said on Monday at Depp’s US defamation lawsuit, justifying why she filed for divorce in May 2016. “I knew that if I didn’t, I wouldn’t survive.”
“I was so scared it was going to end up really bad for me,” Heard said in court in Fairfax, Virginia. She reiterated her allegation that Depp was becoming a “monster” under the influence of drugs and alcohol “The monster was this thing that was the new normal and no longer the exception,” Heard said. “The violence was normal now.”
The process, which was accompanied by a great deal of media interest, was resumed on Monday after a week-long interruption. Heard, known from films like “Aquaman”, continued her testimony before Depp’s lawyers will cross-examine her. Closing arguments were scheduled for May 27 by Judge Penney Azcarate. Then the jury decides.
Depp has sued Heard, to whom he was married between 2015 and 2017, for $50 million in damages. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star accuses the 36-year-old of having seriously damaged his career with false allegations of domestic violence. The background is an article for the Washington Post from 2018 in which Heard described himself as a victim of domestic violence without naming Depp.
Heard responded with a counterclaim against the 58-year-old, demanding $100 million in damages. She accuses the actor of violently attacking her. Depp denies the allegations.
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