11:07 PM
Wednesday 04 May 2022
Books – Wael Tawfik:
Amber Heard walked the witness stand in a Virginia court Wednesday afternoon during the Johnny Depp defamation lawsuit against her.
“I find it hard to find the words to describe how painful this is,” Heard said. “It is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and live it all over again, hearing the people I know, some good, some not, my ex-husband with whom I was engaged. life”.
“It was one of the most painful and difficult things I’ve been through,” Heard added in her testimony.
“When I was around Johnny Depp, I felt like the most beautiful person in the world,” Heard testified. “He made me feel like a million dollars.” According to “cnn”.
The testimony of the 36-year-old began in a US courtroom where gender profiling became the focus of proceedings regarding actors, on Wednesday.
Depp, 58, testified that he never hit Heard, that he was in fact a victim of abuse, and was punched and beaten by his wife on numerous occasions.
Lawyer Eileen Breedhoft Heard was asked if she remembered the first time Depp hit her, to reply: “I will never forget it, it changed my life.”
Heard added that she believed Depp had been on cocaine, that there was an old vat of cocaine nearby, and that they were both sitting on the sofa when she asked him about a tattoo on his arm and he told her he said “Winno.”
“I only laughed because I thought he was joking, and he slapped me in the face, and I laughed, I laughed because I didn’t know what else to do, I thought it was a joke, I didn’t know what I was staring at,” Heard said.
Heard continued, that she left shortly after the accident, and that she received letters of apology from Depp saying, “I’d rather cut my hand than put it on you,” and that he understood she could never forgive him.
She confirmed that they reconciled shortly after the incident, and that he promised her that he would not hit her again, but she described the continuation of the relationship with the escalation of violence, which she believes is offset by Depp’s drinking.
Heard testified that Depp was pushing, hitting, and shoving her and the fights escalated quickly.
The first witness called by the defense was forensic psychiatrist Don Hughes, who testified that he believed Heard had PTSD as a result of Depp’s violence.