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14.04.2022 - 22:39 / thewrap.com
The dueling testimony in the defamation case between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard took another turn Thursday, with the couple’s therapist, Dr. Laurel Anderson, saying there was “mutual abuse” in the relationship.The court played Anderson’s videotaped deposition from February where she detailed the couple’s therapy sessions between 2015 and 2016.
She said the two sought her out for personal and couples’ sessions that sometimes led to either Depp or Heard walking out.During a December 2015 phone call with Anderson, Heard told the therapist she slapped Depp while he was sitting incoherent, Anderson recalled. “She initiated that one because I think she felt demeaned and threatened,” Anderson said.
On another occasion, Anderson stated Heard threw a can at Depp. Heard told the therapist Depp had been violent with her and that she’d hit him in order to start a fight and make him stay.Anderson described Depp as a good communicator and said he’s forthcoming when given space to speak without interruption.
Depp spoke to Anderson about a fight the couple had on Heard’s 30th birthday. Anderson said, “[Depp] talked about how chaotic it was, how violent it was, and she gave as good as she got.”Anderson wrote in her notes that Heard, 35, would hit Depp, 58, back as a point of pride but eventually initiated physical abuse.Asked to give her assessment of the relationship, Anderson said Heard “triggered” Depp.
“I thought he’d been well controlled for decades and with Miss Heard, he was triggered and they engaged in what I saw as mutual abuse,” she said.The court played testimony earlier in the day from Heard’s former personal assistant Kate James, who worked for the actress between 2012 and 2015. James said in a videotaped
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