Amber Heard Says She Feared She Would Not Survive Johnny Depp Marriage
17.05.2022 - 00:23
/ etcanada.com
“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard told jurors in a defamation case on Monday that she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in 2016 because she worried she would not survive physical abuse by him.
Under questioning by her attorneys, Heard said she took the step after the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star threw a cellphone that hit her in the face. The incident made her realize the marriage was “falling apart” despite her attempts to repair it, she said.
“I knew I had to leave him,” she said. “I knew I wouldn’t survive it if I didn’t.
“I made the decision to file for divorce,” she added. “It was hard because I loved Johnny so much.”
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Jurors were shown photos of Heard with redness and swelling on her face that she said was caused by being struck by the phone.
At this point in their marriage, “the violence was now normal and not the exception,” Heard said.
In earlier testimony, Depp said he never hit Heard or any woman and argued that she was the abuser in their relationship.
Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 36, for $50 million, saying she defamed him when she claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse. Heard has countersued for $100 million, arguing that Depp smeared her by calling her a liar.
The pair wed in February 2015 and their divorce was finalized about two years later.
Heard said Depp hurled the phone at her during an argument in May 2016 at a Los Angeles penthouse that he owned. The episode is one of several that Heard has described in which she said Depp assaulted her.
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In his testimony, Depp said Heard was the