Amber Heard continued to tell her side as Johnny Depp‘s libel trial against The Sun continued.
In dispute is the UK tabloid’s use of the term “wife-beater” to describe the Pirates of the Caribbean star in a 2018 op-ed. He has attested that is a false and defamatory description — leading to a trial to essentially prove in court whether he really victimized his ex-wife.
This week has been Amber’s turn, and on Wednesday she continued to open up about her treatment by Johnny — as witnesses on her side described the behaviors and results they saw.
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Here are the big points…
Naked Aggression
Joshua Drew lived rent-free in Johnny’s building with his then-wife — and Amber’s close friend — Racquel “Rocky” Pennington.
Mr. Drew testified on Wednesday, corroborating Amber’s earlier claims that Johnny was often overcome with jealous rage. He said:
“I understood from our interactions that Johnny was jealous.”
Some of his knowledge came secondhand, from conversations between Amber and Rocky, including Johnny’s fixation on James Franco:
“Rocky told me, based on her conversations with Amber, that Johnny had a particular issue with James Franco because he and Amber had some intimate scenes in a project they were filming, which Johnny did not want her doing.”
That project was The Adderall Diaries, and it was reportedly a huge point of contention between the couple.
Drew continued:
“His name came up often and it would cause fights between them. They were arguing about it very regularly.”
As a former neighbor Drew did witness things himself also. He recalled:
“For example, during a trip to France I heard Johnny shouting at Amber about a role she had done. Johnny was shouting about a nudity rider in the film that she claimed was fraudulent and he accused her of knowing about and going against his wishes to include it. I knew from what had been discussed with Rocky and Amber that Johnny had demanded that Amber stop doing nudity in her films and that she cut down on intimate scenes with co-stars.”
He didn’t want her to do nude scenes? That’s some pretty red flaggy controlling BF behavior if true — not to mention pretty hypocritical coming from an actor who’s done plenty of films with nudity.
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But according to the testimony, Johnny was overcome with jealousy, even in films:
“Rocky told me about various fights they had had over the years and said that Johnny was jealous of Amber’s co-stars.”
This certainly matches Amber’s testimony from earlier in the week when she told the court on Monday that Johnny was jealous of all her co-stars:
“He would insist every male actor was trying to sleep with me and/or that I had had an affair with them, that he’d spoken to people and knew all about it. He would try and catch me out by taking my phone or telling me someone had told him I was having an affair and act as if he had information proving it — when I really hadn’t. He accused me of having affairs with each of my co-stars, movie after movie: Eddie Redmayne, James Franco, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Costner, Liam Hemsworth, Billy-Bob Thornton, Channing Tatum; even women co-stars like Kelly Garner.”
Amber claimed Johnny even gave the men he was jealous of petty nicknames:
“He also accused me of having affairs with stars I auditioned with, like Leonardo DiCaprio. He would taunt me about it — especially when he was drunk or high — and had derogatory nicknames for every one of my male co-stars he considered a sexual threat… For example, Leonardo DiCaprio was ‘pumpkin-head,’ Channing Tatum was ‘potato-head’ and ‘Jim Turd Sturgess.'”
This is all very specific. And while Johnny’s jealousy isn’t proof of violence, it’s also a really bad look.
Mysterious Bruises
There was more serious talk of the domestic abuse on Wednesday though, as Amber responded to being grilled about her injuries — after witnesses called by Johnny’s team swore they saw her after the alleged incidents and saw nothing. The Justice League actress asserted when asked about one incident, in which a nurse claimed not to have seen the severe injuries she claimed:
“I had two black eyes, a broken nose, a broken rib… I had bruises all over my body… I had bruised ribs, bruises all over my body, bruises on my forearms from trying to defend the blows. I had two black eyes, I had a broken nose, I had a broken lip… the really bad ones were in my hairline, on my scalp. There was chunks of hair missing, there was pus in those wounds in my hair line, dark red bruises… purple-red on my temples and on my chin. The inside of my upper lip was cut.”
Nurse Erin Boerum‘s medical notes, submitted into evidence said the medical professional was “unable to visualise haematomas the client described” but did note that Heard was “actively bleeding on her lip.”
Depp’s attorney Eleanor Laws suggested to Amber she was “actively” bleeding because she had bitten her own lip right before the examination just “for her benefit.” Amber responded:
“Of course not.”
Later Amber’s friend and makeup artist, Mélanie Inglessis, took the stand to discuss another incident in which Amber’s alleged injuries could not be seen — only this time it wasn’t by a nurse but by an audience of hundreds of thousands.
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Amber’s appearance on The Late, Late Show with James Corden from December 16, 2015 was shown to the court, displaying how her injuries — from an incident she described in which Johnny allegedly beat her, dragged her around the apartment, and choked her less than 24 hours earlier — could not be seen at all.
Watch for yourself (below):
Inglessies testified Amber called her to the apartment, which she saw was indeed wrecked. The makeup artist said she did see minor injuries on Amber, which she was able to cover:
“There was a cut or scab on [Heard’s] lip. She had minimal discoloration on the corners of her eyes by her nose… I used concealer to try and conceal some of the bruises… Amber’s signature lip color was red, I said we had no other choice [than to use it] to cover up the injury on her lip.”
When asked how she covered the bruises so easily, she replied:
“To my recollection they were not that dark or inflamed yet. I don’t remember having trouble covering them.”
Johnny’s lawyers pointed to the testimony last week from stylist Samantha McMillen, who said she could “see clearly” Amber had “no visible” injuries AND no makeup on that same day.
What do you think, Perezcious jury members? Is any of this testimony affecting YOUR take on the case??
[Image via Brian To/WENN/Senator Entertainment/YouTube.]
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