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- culture
- April 21, 2022
Key takeaways from Johnny Depp, Amber Heard suit
Depp is requesting a judgment of at least $50 million in damages.
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Depp then began writing in his own blood on the walls \"lies that I had caught [Heard] in,\" he said.
Heard watched on from her seat in court, as televised on the livestream, occasionally taking notes.
Depp testified earlier in the morning about his substance abuse and painful attempts at detoxing, all the while describing what he called constant \"bullying\" he says he endured during his tumultuous relationship with Heard.
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Depp, donning shades on the stand, told the jury he felt \"there was not a word I could say,\" when reports began to come out that he had abused Heard.
The allegations surfaced in a May 2016 temporary restraining order filed by Heard, around a week after she had filed for divorce from Depp. The actor's attorney showed him a People magazine article detailing some of the allegations.
\"I felt ill, I felt sick,\" he said of their impact on him. \"There was no truth in it whatsoever, and the fact that it was coming down on me so hard and so quickly, and how it gained momentum around the world.\"
He said as the #MeToo movement was starting, there were \"people looking at you differently.\"
\"Once [the #MeToo movement] happened, it just went into skyrocket mode,\" he continued, describing it as \"running between drops of lava.\" \"You're trying to run between raindrops that kill you and destroy you.\"
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Depp's counsel played a number of recorded tapes apparently between Depp and Heard, which he said exemplified the tone, aggression and \"need for a fight\" from Heard.
On one recording, Depp can be heard saying, \"You punched me in the f------ face.\"
Heard replies, \"I didn't punch you. I'm sorry that I didn't hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you. I was not punching you.\"
\"Don't tell me what it feels like to be punched,\" Depp replies on the tape.
\"I did not punch you,\" Heard insists. \"I f------ was hitting you. I don't know what the motion of my actual hand was, but you're fine I did not hurt you I did not punch you, I was hitting you.\"
\"You're a f------ baby,\" she continued.
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