American actor Amber Heard has told London's High Court her ex-husband Johnny Depp had threatened to kill her "many times" and that she had thrown objects at the Hollywood star only to escape his violent attacks.
Key points:
- Johnny Depp is suing The Sun and its publisher over a 2018 article that labelled him a "wife beater"
- Ex-wife Amber Heard alleges Depp beat her and threatened to kill her
- Heard said Depp "vomited nightly" due to drug binges
Mr Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, publishers of The Sun newspaper, over a 2018 article which labelled him a "wife beater" and questioned his casting in the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them franchise.
The 57-year-old actor — who played Captain Jack Sparrow in the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean series — told the court last week that all of Ms Heard's 14 allegations of physical and verbal abuse were untrue.
He also accused her of domestic violence against him.
In a sworn written statement to the court, released as she began her oral evidence in the witness box, Ms Heard said Mr Depp had made her fear for her life.
"He explicitly threatened to kill me many times, especially later in our relationship."
Ms Heard, 34, said the actor would obsess about her appearance and would call her "a slut", "fame-hungry" and "an attention whore" if she wore certain outfits.
After his rages had abated, Mr Depp would allegedly blame his actions on an alter ego he would call "the monster".
Ms Heard was asked by Eleanor Laws, a lawyer for Mr Depp, about an argument which Ms Laws suggested had been caused by a clash over whether Ms Heard would sign a pre-nuptial agreement.
The actress said she was "not interested in Johnny's money, never have been".
She said Mr Depp had told her he would rip up any prenuptial agreement — none was ever signed — and told her "the only way out is death".
Ms Heard, who began dating Mr Depp in 2011 and married him four years later, denied she had anger issues or got violent, rejecting accusations from the actor's staff who have told the court that she had started their fights.
Depp 'vomited nightly' during drug binges: Heard
The court was played an audio recording in which she was heard saying to Mr Depp: "I did not punch you...I was hitting you".
Ms Heard said that confrontation occurred at a time when Mr Depp "vomited nightly" because of his drug binges and she was concerned he would choke to death in his sleep.
Asked why she had not simply said in the recording that she was defending herself, she replied: "I would have got another black eye".
She said she would only have thrown things in her ex-husband's direction towards the end of their relationship, when she said she needed to escape from him.
Mr Depp says the accusations are a hoax.
Witnesses called by his legal team have concurred with his version of events.
Ms Laws said that Ms Heard's own account of taking drugs only a handful of times did not tally with her medical notes.
The lawyer queried why, if drug-taking was a rare event for her, she had told the nurse about taking MDMA and magic mushrooms with "a high-profile male visitor" in May 2016, but now told the court she could not remember who this person was.
"You are just lying as you go along, aren't you?" Ms Laws said.
Ms Heard denied this.
Ms Heard's evidence is due to last three days and the trial is set to conclude next week, although no ruling is expected immediately.
Reuters
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2020-07-20 18:27:00Z
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