Amber Heard Claims She Was Petrified of Ex-Husband ‘The Monster’ Johnny Depp

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

Legal documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter reveal new details into Amber Heard and Johnny Deppโ€˜s volatile relationship.

โ€œJohnny and I refer to his other personality, the part of him that is present when he beats me up โ€” we call that the monster and have called [that] the monster for many years,โ€ Heard said during a deposition taken in 2016. โ€œI was petrified of the monster.โ€

The 471-page transcript is just one of the documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, along with statements from Heardโ€™s close friend Raquel Pennington and police officers who responded to an altercation in May 2016, after Heardโ€™s friend called 911.

Heard also claimed that on May 21, 2016, at their Los Angeles penthouse, Depp threw her phone at her โ€œas hard as he couldโ€ and it hit her in the face. She then claimed the Fantastic Beasts star grabbed her by her hair and she screamed for help.

Depp โ€œbroke a lot of glass things that left glass on the floor,โ€ she stated, resulting in the floor being covered with damaged objects, including silver candlesticks and a lamp. Heardโ€™s friend Raquel Pennington then arrived at the penthouse.

Pennington testified that she went to their residence after she received a text asking her to. She said her friend had told her that Depp had hit her with the phone and also said that he was โ€œswinging aroundโ€ a magnum bottle of wine and knocking things off the counter with it. Pennington testified that Deppโ€™s screaming eventually prompted his security team to enter, and one of the guards convinced him to leave. She also said that she had taken โ€œdozens of photosโ€ of Heardโ€™s bruises.

LAPD officer Melissa Saenz said in a July 2016 deposition that Heard refused to give her name and that, although the actress was crying, Saenz โ€œhad no probable cause to believe a crime had been committed.โ€

The testimony is said to be โ€œa point of contention in a court battleโ€ with The Sun, whom Depp is suing for libel after it published the headline โ€œHow can J.K. Rowling be โ€˜genuinely happyโ€™ casting wife-beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?โ€ in April 2018.

Heard is thought to have asked to testify in the court case but THR insisted Deppโ€™s team had refused to allow it. Sheโ€™ll reportedly be allowed to testify if the Sun calls her.

In a July 2018 filing in the paperโ€™s lawsuit, Depp accused Heard of being โ€œaggressive and violent.โ€

The latest reports come after Heard addressed the aftermath of her domestic abuse accusations in an opinion piece for the Washington Post.


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