Johnny Depp Testifies Ex- Amber Heard Attacked Him, He By no means Hit Again

Actor Johnny Depp scoffed on the notion throughout courtroom testimony Wednesday that his fixed quarrels with ex-wife Amber Heard would ever immediate him to hit her, and insisted on cross-examination that her allegations devastated his profession.

“Violence isn’t obligatory,” Depp mentioned from the stand throughout his libel lawsuit in opposition to Heard, his second day of testimony. “Why would you hit somebody to make them agree with you?”

Heard has accused Depp of bodily and sexually assaulting her on a number of events earlier than and through their transient marriage. The previous “Pirates of the Caribbean” star sued after Heard, who can also be an actor, made an oblique reference to these accusations in an op-ed piece she wrote for The Washington Publish.

Depp addressed Heard’s accusations intimately Wednesday. Heard has mentioned the primary time she was assaulted was when Depp slapped her in 2013 after she made enjoyable of a tattoo he had — one which used to say “Winona Perpetually” when he was courting the actress Winona Ryder that he altered to “Wino Perpetually” after they broke up.

“It didn’t occur,” he mentioned of the alleged assault. “Why would I take such nice offense to somebody making enjoyable of a tattoo on my physique? That allegation by no means made any sense to me.”

Later, he addressed an alleged assault on a non-public airplane flight in 2014 from Boston to Los Angeles. Heard has mentioned Depp turned blackout intoxicated and assaulted her on the airplane trip.

Depp testified he took two oxycodone drugs — an opiate to which he admits he was addicted on the time — and locked himself within the airplane toilet and fell asleep to keep away from her badgering.

Depp testified he drank solely a glass of Champagne as he boarded the airplane. However in line with proof launched at an identical trial in England the place Depp sued a British tabloid — a lawsuit he misplaced — Depp texted his good friend, actor Paul Bettany, and referenced ingesting half a bottle of whiskey, “a thousand Purple Bull vodkas” and two bottles of Champagne earlier than the flight.

Depp additionally mentioned a violent argument in 2015 — shortly after they had been married — in Australia that resulted within the tip of his center finger being minimize off. He mentioned Heard was irate that Depp’s legal professionals had requested her to signal a post-nuptial settlement.

He mentioned she threw two vodka bottles at him, the second of which exploded the place he had positioned his hand on a basement bar, severing the finger to the purpose the place bone was uncovered.

“I don’t know what a nervous breakdown seems like, however that’s most likely the closest I’ve ever been,” he mentioned.

Depp mentioned he started to jot down on the partitions in his personal blood to recount lies during which he had caught Heard.

Depp instructed hospital docs he had injured himself, and contemporaneous textual content messages launched as proof seek advice from Depp injuring himself. Depp testified he lied about the reason for the damage to guard her. Heard’s legal professionals have mentioned the legal guidelines of physics don’t help Depp’s story and they’re going to introduce proof to show that.

Depp additionally gave a graphic description of a remaining combat because the couple drifted towards divorce, accusing Heard and her mates of pretending that he was assaulting her. Quickly after, Heard sought a restraining order and was photographed with marks on her face.

He testified that Heard was on the cellphone with a good friend shouting, “Cease hitting me Johnny!” though he was standing nowhere close to her.

The combat had began as Depp mentioned he’d realized it was time for the couple to separate. The argument intensified, he mentioned, as Depp accused her of leaving human fecal matter on his facet of the mattress within the penthouse they’d shared. He mentioned Heard stored denying it, blaming it on their small canines, however he was satisfied she was mendacity.

Depp met Heard on the 2011 movie “The Rum Diary.” The 2 married in 2015 and he or she filed for divorce a yr later.

Depp mentioned issues started to alter in his marriage when he felt that he “was all of the sudden simply mistaken about every thing” in Heard’s eyes.

Violence would typically ensue, generally with a slap or a shove from Heard or his spouse throwing a tv distant management or a glass of wine in his face, Depp mentioned.

“There have been instances after I would simply go and lock myself within the toilet or a spot the place she couldn’t get to,” Depp mentioned.

Depp mentioned he used medicine and drank alcohol as a manner to deal with Heard’s abuse and mentioned she was additionally a heavy drinker. Depp mentioned he at one level stopped ingesting to attempt to save the connection, however Heard refused to abstain.

Depp sued Heard after she wrote a 2018 op-ed piece in The Washington Publish during which she referred to herself as a “public determine representing home abuse.”

She by no means talked about Depp by title, however Depp’s legal professionals mentioned it was a transparent reference to accusations Heard made in 2016 when she sought a restraining order in opposition to him.

Depp mentioned the accusations and the article contributed to an unfairly ruined fame that made him a Hollywood pariah and price him his function within the profitable “Pirates of the Caribbean” film franchise.

He mentioned he was pulled from the franchise simply days after the Publish piece ran. On cross-examination, Heard’s lawyer pointed to proof that Disney made that call months earlier than the article’s publication.

Heard’s legal professionals say the article is correct and doesn’t defame him. They are saying Depp’s ruined fame is because of his personal dangerous habits.

Depp was cross-examined solely briefly on the finish of the day Wednesday. Cross-examination will proceed Thursday.