{"id":21935,"date":"2022-05-17T04:58:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T04:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=21935"},"modified":"2022-05-17T04:58:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T04:58:22","slug":"jury-sees-pic-of-heards-swollen-face-after-fight-with-depp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/05\/17\/jury-sees-pic-of-heards-swollen-face-after-fight-with-depp\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury sees pic of Heard\u2019s \u201cswollen face after fight with Depp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurors in Johnny Depp\u2019s libel trial against his ex–<\/span>wife, Amber Heard, saw photos Monday of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce, and heard testimony about her expertise in covering up bruises with makeup.<\/p>\n

Heard concluded her direct testimony in a Virginia courtroom with a third day that was centered on the final months of her marriage to Depp. His lawyers began their cross–<\/span>examination later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

The trial is now in its fifth week, and jurors have seen multiple photos of Heard throughout the trial that purport to document the abuse she said she received during her relationship with Depp.<\/p>\n

Several of the photos shown Monday, though, had not previously been seen by the jury and showed redness and swelling much more clearly than earlier photos.<\/p>\n

Heard said the marks came when Depp threw a phone at her face.<\/p>\n

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The confrontation in May 2016 prompted Heard to file for divorce two days later. A few days after that, she obtained a temporary restraining order after a courthouse hearing, and was widely photographed leaving the courthouse with a clear red mark on her right cheek.<\/p>\n

The final fight has been a key point in the couple\u2019s ongoing dispute. Depp is suing Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Court for libel over a December 2018 op–<\/span>ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as \u201ca public figure representing domestic abuse.\u201d His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name.<\/p>\n

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\nDepp says he never struck Heard and that she\u2019s concocting claims she was abused. Earlier in the trial, jurors heard from police officers who responded to emergency calls during that final fight who said Heard\u2019s face looked red from crying but that they saw no visible bruises. Witnesses also testified that they didn\u2019t see bruises on Heard\u2019s face in the immediate days after the fight.<\/p>\n

Heard, in her testimony Monday, said she didn\u2019t cooperate with officers who responded to the couple\u2019s penthouse, and said her face–<\/span>to–<\/span>face interactions with officers were very limited.<\/p>\n

She also discussed her makeup routine, using a color correction wheel that she called her \u201cbruise kit\u201d to cover up marks on her face. She said she learned over the years to use green shades in the first day of a bruise to cover up redness, and switch more to orange shades as the bruise turned blue and purple.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to walk around L.A. with bruises on my face,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On cross–<\/span>examination, Depp lawyer Camille Vasquez questioned Heard about multiple photos of her that appeared not to show bruises even they were taken within days of alleged abuse incidents. Heard said she used makeup to cover bruises and ice to reduce swelling.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should see what it looked like under the makeup,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Vasquez also questioned Heard about her $7 million divorce settlement from Depp. Heard pledged to donate the full amount to charity but has so far only donated a portion of it. She testified she\u2019s been unable to fulfill her pledge yet because Depp sued her for $50 million. But on cross–<\/span>examination she acknowledged that she had received the full $7 million from Depp months before he filed the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

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In her direct testimony, Heard testified she did not want to publicly expose Depp as an abuser in her court proceedings, but had to go to the courthouse to provide testimony to obtain the restraining order, and she was taken aback when she left the courthouse surrounded by paparazzi.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to change my locks,\u201d she said about why she went to court to get the restraining order. \u201cI just wanted to get a good night\u2019s sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Monday\u2019s testimony, Heard also strongly denied an accusation from Depp that she left human fecal matter in the couple\u2019s bed after a fight. Heard said it was the couple\u2019s teacup Yorkshire terrier that messed the bed and that it had a history of bowel problems ever since it had accidentally ingested Depp\u2019s marijuana.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she said about the alleged poop prank. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s funny. I don\u2019t know what grown woman does. I was not in a pranking mood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heard said, though, that Depp became obsessed with the idea that someone had pooped in his bed. She said it was all he wanted to talk about during that final fight May 21, 2016, even though Depp\u2019s mother had just died and the couple hadn\u2019t spoken in a month.<\/p>\n

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The poop allegation is one of several that Depp\u2019s online fans have particularly latched onto in their social media critiques of Heard.<\/p>\n

Heard also talked about the op–<\/span>ed piece itself, saying staffers with the American Civil Liberties Union \u2014 for whom she had started work as an ambassador \u2014 wrote the first draft. She said she was happy to lend her voice to the debate over domestic violence, and wasn\u2019t intending to reference Depp.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about Johnny,\u201d she said. \u201cThe only one who thought it was about Johnny was Johnny. It was about me, and my life after Johnny.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heard concluded her testimony by saying that accusations she receives on a daily basis from Depp supporters that she\u2019s lying about the abuse are \u201ctorture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to move on with my life,\u201d she said. \u201cI want Johnny to move on. I want him to leave me alone.\u201d
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