Hollywood actor Johnny Depp on Wednesday accused Amber Heard of violence she allegedly inflicted on him during their marriage which he portrayed as toxic, during his second day of testimony in a US court where he blames his ex- wife for defaming him.
“Mrs. Heard, in her frustration and in her rage, she was hitting,” the movie star said.
“It could start with a slap, a push. She threw a TV remote at my head, a glass of wine in my face,” said Johnny Depp, 58, saying the actress had “a need for conflict, a need for violence.”
Mutual defamation charges
The two former spouses accuse each other of defamation during this trial, very followed and partly broadcast on the news channels, which is held near Washington, following a column she wrote in 2018.
In this text published by the washington postAmber Heard, now 35, did not name Johnny Depp, whom she married in 2015. But she did mention the domestic violence charges she brought against her husband in 2016.
Gray suit on black shirt, serious face, the star of the films “Pirates of the Caribbean” on Wednesday widely described, in a slow tone, the verbal abuse and alleged toxic attitudes of his ex-wife, during their two years of union .
The actor claims to have “never gone to violence”
“I could almost never go see my children, spend time with them, because she had to have me with her all the time for her own needs,” lamented Johnny Depp who added that Amber Heard regularly called him ” bad father.
Faced with these alleged attacks, the actor claims to have “never gone to violence”. Wednesday morning’s hearing focused on the injury the actor suffered in March 2015 during a domestic dispute. Accompanied by Amber Heard, Johnny Depp was then in Australia for the filming of the fifth film in the series “Pirates of the Caribbean”.
“She walked over to me and grabbed the bottle of vodka. She backed up and threw it at me, ”said the actor, mimicking the scene at the bar. His right middle finger would then have been deeply cut.
“I didn’t want to cause him any trouble”
“I was looking at my bone. The blood was just flowing, ”he testified while pointing his finger. Photos of the injury and of the actor lying on a stretcher in the hospital were displayed in the courtroom and aired on numerous media broadcasts of the trial.
Asked by doctors at the Australian hospital about the circumstances of the incident, Johnny Depp allegedly lied and claimed to have injured himself while closing a door. “I didn’t want to reveal it was Miss Heard. I didn’t want to cause him any trouble, ”he explained then.
Questioned by one of his lawyers, he justified having continued this relationship in the image of his father who was abused by his wife.
suicide threat
During his first day of testimony on Tuesday, Johnny Depp had testified at length to the physical and psychological violence that his mother allegedly inflicted on him during his childhood.
During his testimony on Wednesday, the actor also indicated that Amber Heard would have threatened to commit suicide if he left her.
Present in the courtroom, the actress, who starred in the big Hollywood productions “Justice League” and “Aquaman”, listened carefully to this story, regularly taking notes.