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Johnny Depp fires back at Amber Heard's latest claims of abuse
Amber Heard alleges she was the victim of domestic abuse at the hands of Johnny Depp for years.
In a new court filing obtained by Page Six, the Aquaman star recounts multiple instances where the actor allegedly became violent and threatened to kill her during booze and drug-filled rages.
Depp is once again denying Heard’s claims of domestic abuse in a strongly-worded statement, calling them “a hoax” and “new lies.” (His statement is provided in full at the end of the article.)
The new, horrific allegations were not made public before due to the pair’s strict confidentiality agreement as part of their 2016 divorce settlement, but are relevant now because of Depp’s lawsuit against her.
In February, the actor filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit over an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post about being a survivor of domestic abuse. Depp, 55, also called Heard’s abuse accusations against him “an elaborate hoax” to further her career.
In Heard’s filing, obtained by Page Six, she claims Depp became violent “about a year into our relationship”. (They began dating in 2012 after meeting on the set of The Rum Diary.)
“I began to witness Johnny abusing drugs and alcohol … On some occasions, when Johnny simultaneously used both illegal narcotics and prescription medications I have had to get him medical attention. Whenever he was using, I worried for both of us. He would become a totally different person, often delusional and violent,” Heard states, saying she and Depp referred to “that version of Johnny” as “The Monster.”
In May 2014, the 32-year-old actress alleges that Depp got physical with her on a private jet (in front of witnesses) because he was jealous of a love scene she filmed with James Franco one day prior.
Depp is said to have apologised later in a text message, writing, “Once again, I find myself in a place of shame and regret. Of course, I am sorry. I really don’t know why or what happened. But I will never do it again.” Heard says Depp’s assistant also messaged her to apologise.
The pair wed in February 2015 and the abuse allegedly continued one-month later. Depp was in Australia filming Pirates of the Caribbean 5 when he supposedly went on a violent, three-day MDMA bender.
Heard details another incident that allegedly occurred in March 2015 where she admits to punching her then-husband in order to protect her sister, Whitney, whom she thought Depp would throw down the stairs.
Depp allegedly became violent again during an August 2015 trip to Thailand and Malaysia. Four months later, Heard says he picked another fight with her.
The actress says she left Depp for good after the May 2016 incident, which has been the main domestic dispute reported about in the press.
In a statement to Yahoo Entertainment US, Depp’s lawyer is firing back at the allegations:
The only way for Amber Heard to sustain her hoax is to shift to new lies. Which part of 87 surveillance videos, 19 (and growing) sworn eyewitness statements, audio tapes, time and date stamped photographs, police depositions and her own sworn testimony do she and her PR team not understand?
Ms. Heard has a new problem besides defamation, perjury and filing a false temporary restraining order demand with the court: we are now interviewing other women who have come forward claiming they are victims of horrific acts of violence and other abuse at the hands of Amber Heard, in addition to Johnny Depp and Tasya van Rhee, the latter of whom Ms. Heard was previously arrested and incarcerated for assaulting. We have issued subpoenas to Amber Heard, her hoax assisting friends, Elon Musk and other witnesses to explain the avalanche of evidence with which we intend to confront them.”
Despite today’s claim “that was the only time I ever hit Johnny” to explain away our release of published, time stamped photos, in fact Ms. Heard grudgingly admitted in her deposition to [multiple] instances of violence against Mr. Depp, including: throwing a can of paint thinner into his head in front of witnesses, punching him in the face when they were alone, and kicking a door into his head when he was kneeling. And this is a fraction of the catalogued violence and other abuse Mr. Depp suffered, including the severing of his finger in March 2015, right before Ms. Heard flew back to LA to stay in Mr. Depp’s penthouse with Elon Musk.
Yahoo Entertainment US reached out to Heard’s lawyer for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
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