Tears, laughter and outrage set the tone Wednesday in a Fairfax, Virginia courtroom in Johnny Depp’s defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Depp’s childhood friend and adult neighbor Isaac Baruch was called to the stand and captivated the courtroom saying he was sick of the couple’s drama, which he largely blamed on Heard.
“It’s six years. Am I angry anymore? What I am is tired, and I want this all to end — her to go heal, him to go heal. So many people have been affected by this malicious lie that she started and she created,” Baruch said.
Baruch lived in the same building as Depp and Heard, and said they initially had a good relationship. “They were very loving with each other. They treated each other like gold,” he said, adding that he “never” saw them get physical with each other and only witnessed the pair argue twice.
Depp and Heard were married from 2015 to 2017. But Baruch said on May 21, 2016, he saw broken glass and wine splashed on the walls and puddled on the floor in the apartment hallway. He recalled the next day, Heard telling him in the hallway, “Johnny came by last night and he got violent, so I’m changing the locks.”
In the days following, Baruch said he saw Heard several times but never saw any signs that she was abused. “There’s no redness, there’s no swelling, there’s no bruises, there’s no cuts, there’s no nothing. Just Amber looking like Amber.”
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