Johnny Depp Trial: Heard describes disturbing allegations; trial expected to resume May 16
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Amber Heard went into graphic detail Thursday as she described disturbing sexual assault allegations against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, during her testimony in the former couple's defamation trial.Amber Heard was asked to recount an alleged 2015 altercation where she says Johnny Depp hit her in the face several times, pulled her out, and headbutted her.
Heard's lawyers also showed the jury several photos that Heard claimed she took after the altercation to document her alleged injuries.From the witness stand in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom, Heard described an alleged sexual assault she said took place over several days while the then-couple was in Australia in 2015.Heard alleged Depp accused her of cheating on him with movie co-stars including Billy Bob Thornton and Eddie Redmayne, with whom she'd just shot the film "The Danish Girl".
Heard has denied those accusations.Heard said Depp tore off her clothes and repeatedly punched her before he sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle in an alcohol-fueled rage.US actress Amber Heard testifies at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 5, 2022. - Actor Johnny Depp is suing ex-wife Amber Heard for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to hers Heard also described bizarre details she alleges followed the attack, including Depp using her torn nightgown to wrap a raw steak that had been left out.She accused Depp of writing on the walls with blood from his finger that she says he severed during the incident.
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