At the helm, Shannon Curry, clinical and forensic psychologist, presented this diagnosis, which she made after having evaluated, in December 2021, the 36-year-old actress over a period of 12 hours.
She indicated that people with the disorders seen in Amber Heard “may react violently”adding that they “often have abusive behavior towards their partners”.
The actress’ lawyers sought to discredit this testimony, arguing that the psychologist had been hired by the opposing party.
“I report scientific facts regardless of what they tell us”replied Shannon Curry.
Grossly exaggerated symptoms
The clinician reported that in a test she performed during her scan, Ms. Heard had “grossly exaggerated” lthe post-traumatic stress symptoms she may have suffered from as a result of alleged domestic violence.
During his court testimony last week, Johnny Depp denied ever hitting Ms Heard or any other woman in his life.
The star of the series “Pirates of the Caribbean” has several times indicated that Amber Heard was, on the contrary, the one who, in their couple, gave the blows.
Married from 2016 to 2018, the former spouses accuse each other of defamation during this trial, very followed and partly broadcast on American news channels.
Actor seeks $50 million in damages
In a column published in 2018 in the Washington Post, Amber Heard did not name Johnny Depp, but she mentioned the domestic violence charges she had brought against her husband in 2016.
Last week the actor had assured to have “everything” lost because of these accusations of violence.
He is claiming $50 million in damages, against which his ex-wife also filed a lawsuit demanding $100 million in damages, claiming that Johnny Depp had subjected her to “constant physical violence and abuse”.