10 shocking revelations Amber Heard made during defamation trial
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's USD 50 million defamation trial in Virginia, US continues to reveal new information about their relationship. On May 4, Dr Dawn Hughes and Amber Heard took the stand.
Dr Dawn Hughes is a forensic psychologist who was hired by Heard. She was cross-examined by Depp's lawyer Wayne Dennison and testified that Heard was a victim of domestic violence while married to Depp.
Key takeaways from Dr Hughes's testimony were her claiming that Heard had PTSD in 2019, 2020, 2021 and her inability to clearly answer Dennison's question, "Why would someone in fear of their lives give such a gift to their alleged abuser?". This question was in reference to Heard gifting Depp a knife engraved with a Spanish phrase meaning 'until death'.
On the same day, Heard also began her testimony. Here are 10 important revelations that Heard made:
1. Heard began her testimony by describing the trial as "the most painful and difficult thing I've ever gone through". She appeared to be struggling not to cry.
2. Talking about her and Depp's first meeting, Amber described him to be well-read and charismatic. Many onlookers noticed that Depp had not once made eye-contact with Amber since her testimony began, which was a distinct attitude as Amber was seen looking directly at Depp during his testimony.
3. Heard also went into detail about her and Depp's relationship during the filming of 2011's The Rum Diary. She described their relationship to be a 'flirtatious friendship' and limited to set.
Heard also said that she rejected gifts from Depp on two occasions and that their relationship was 'on', after a couple of years during the press tour for the movie.
4. When Heard was asked about the Spanish phrase engraved knife, she began explaining that she stayed with Depp during the shoot for the Lone Ranger movie in the US.
The actress said, "Johnny had a thing for turquoise and he loved knives, and when he loves things he does a lot of it. He'd keep getting me daggers, long curved daggers and talked a lot about his knife and gun collection. I picked up a beautiful turquoise handled knife with a saying Johnny would say all the time - 'until death'.
Here is a picture of the knife:
5. Heard then began to describe the first time Depp had hit her. She said that there was a vintage jar of cocaine nearby and she believed that Depp was doing cocaine. They were sitting together on a couch when she asked him about his 'Wino Forever' tattoo on his arm and that he told her it said, "Wino."