Actress’ attorney makes explosive claim, which has never been made publicly before, at the former couple’s defamation trial. Depp’s lawyers called her “a profoundly troubled person”
In a shocking escalation in the ongoing battle between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, the actress’ lawyers claimed in court Tuesday that the Pirates of the Caribbean star “sexually assaulted” the actress during a black-out-drunk incident near the end of their troubled marriage.
The explosive claims, which have never been made publicly before, were referenced during the opening statements in the former couple’s defamation trial. Depp is suing Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she claimed she was a survivor of domestic abuse. The pair, who were married in 2015 and split a year later, are squaring off at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia in the long-awaited trial, which has sparked international headlines.
But Depp’s lawyers, Ben Chew and Camille Vasquez, countered that narrative, with Vasquez calling Heard “a profoundly troubled person” who professes to be a victim but is, in fact, a perpetrator of domestic violence. She added: “The only medical report of an injury during their relationship was a severe one sustained by Mr. Depp after an argument shortly after their marriage, while the couple was in Australia … She threw a vodka bottle at him that hit his hand and exploded, severing the end of one of his fingers.”
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