Amber Heard ditches PR team amid ongoing Johnny Depp defamation trial

Countdown star Rachel Riley has blasted Johnny Depp this week with a bunch of explosive comments online.

Part of the team. Amber Heard has several lawyers working for her in the Johnny Depp defamation trial, including Virginia-based attorney Elaine Charlson Bredehoft.

Amber Heard's sister took the witness stand for the first time and offered details about an alleged argument that turned violent, claiming Johnny Depp struck her and repeatedly pummeled the actress following cheating accusations.Whitney Henriquez testified on Wednesday at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, where she was asked about an alleged incident that went down at one of Depp's penthouses in March 2015. Henriquez, who was living in one of the many connecting penthouses owned by Depp, said she was woken up in the middle of the night after Heard stormed into her room fuming after learning Depp had allegedly cheated on her.«Can you believe he's cheating on me?» Henriquez claimed Heard told her that night. «Your f**king brother is cheating on me.» Henriquez has previously said she referred to Depp as her brother.Henriquez claimed she then went to the kitchen to talk to Depp, whom she accused of being drunk.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continues to evolve, things no one ever saw coming have been brought to light.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe case has been nothing short of revelatory, with private conversations, intimate texts, and shocking moments from the exes' marriage being used as evidence as Johnny attempts to prove that his ex-wife defamed her with a 2018 Washington Post op-ed.Every shocking  – and confusing – moment has been documented and televised, and as a result, one of the most indicative photos of none other than Amber herself has been officially released.WATCH: The latest updates from the Johnny and Amber trialMORE: Amber Heard's subtle response to viral 'my dog stepped on a bee' momentThe photo is one of the closest the public has gotten that attests to the inner workings of her mind.It sees the actress in an embrace, holding a personal legal pad, featuring her own private notes she has jotted down during the trial.The notes reveal how the star has been both processing and questioning certain aspects of the trial, writing down and adding question marks next to what is said by lawyers and witnesses such as: "Why redacted?" and: "Annoying," as well as: "Claiming stress… or whatever." Amber embraces her lawyer Elaine BredehoftIt also features a slew of cryptic numbers tallied one under the under as if set up to be added or subtracted, but with no results.MORE: Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial: When is it set to end?MORE: The surprising meaning behind Amber Heard's baby name revealedThe highly publicized trial began on 11 April in Fairfax County, Virginia, and after a ten day recess, which Johnny spent partly in Europe, it resumed on 16 May.

Amber Heard has claimed that she still "loved" her husband Johnny Depp "very much", despite alleging that the Hollywood superstar "tried to kill her". The hugely-popular actor is in the middle of a court battle against his ex-wife, 36, following claims she made against him that he was abusive during their marriage, which lasted less than two years. In 2017, Heard, who recently made a claim about why her ex-husband won't look at her in the courtroom, filed for divorce and also obtained a temporary restraining order after accusing Depp of hitting her.The actress later withdrew her claim, and the former couple agreed to a $7million divorce settlement in January 2017.

Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey has shared her verdict on the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trialThe defamation lawsuit comes after Depp sued Heard for $50m for implying he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed. Although she didn’t name him, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor claims Heard’s allegations impacted his ability to work. Grey, who was briefly engaged to Depp in the late 1980s, reflected on their time together in her new memoir Out of the Corner.

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FAIRFAX, Va. -- Actor Amber Heard is expected to take the stand in her own defense Wednesday in a civil suit filed by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.Heard's anticipated testimony comes after a psychologist hired by her lawyers testified that Heard suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from multiple acts of abuse, including sexual violence, inflicted on her by Depp.Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote a December 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” The article never mentions Depp by name, but Depp’s lawyers say he was defamed nevertheless because it clearly referred to accusations she made in 2016 during their divorce proceedings.Depp spent four days on the stand earlier in the trial, testifying he never struck Heard and that he was the abuse victim.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge refused to dismiss Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, as the high-profile trial reached its midpoint on Tuesday.Depp is arguing that Heard cost him tens of millions of dollars — and his role in the sixth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film — when she published an op-ed reviving her domestic violence allegations against him. The trial has been underway since April 11 in Fairfax, Va.

Instant regret? Amber Heard feels remorse for allegedly leaving poop on Johnny Depp’s side of the bed after an argument in 2016, an employee testified in court.

EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will take the stand in the Fairfax County Courthouse next week as the first witness for her defense in the $50 million defamation trial instigated by Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp included in an op-ed piece that she wrote about domestic violence, even though her lawyers wanted those passages removed from the article, which is now the subject of a libel lawsuit, according to evidence introduced Thursday at the trial.Jurors in the libel lawsuit Depp filed against Heard heard testimony Thursday from Terence Dougherty, general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union.

After being in several long-term romances in the public eye, Amber Heard has often been candid about her love life.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019. Mr Depp said that over time his marriage to Ms Heard had begun to feel like he was ‘in a relationship’ with his mother (Evelyn Hockstein/AP)Mr Depp is arguing that she defamed him in a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post titled “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change”.

Amber Heard's defense team presented shocking evidence against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, in a Virginia courtroom on Thursday during Depp's defamation trial against Heard. Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 35, for $50 million over an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post alleging she was the victim of domestic abuse.