Amber Heard 'abused Johnny Depp and is a compulsive liar', £100m mega trial is told

dailystar.co.uk:

Johnny Depp and former wife Amber Heard have been told the actress was the domestic abuser.Depp's legal team have alleged that Heard is a liar who used her allegations against the actor as an attempt to further her career in Hollywood.In an opening statement to Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia the Pirates Of The Caribbean star's lawyers accused Ms Heard of being a manipulative and aggressive individual.Depp’s lawyer Benjamin Chew told the jury they probably know his client as a “respected artist whose name was associated with success at the box office.

Today his name is associated with a lie."He added: “A false allegation can devastate a career, and it can devastate a family.

And the evidence will show that Ms Heard’s false allegations had a significant impact on Depp’s family and his ability to work in the profession he loved.“Mr Depp will go to his grave knowing whatever he does that there are people out there in this world who will always believe that he abused a woman."Common sense and the evidence will tell you that this is all a lie ...

Heard tells a lie and covers up that lie with still more lies, in a constantly changing, evolving, evermore dramatic way."His prior relationships with stars including Kate Moss, Winona Ryder and his 14-year relationship with Vanessa Paradis were also cited in the opening statement, as well as the effects of his childhood growing up with an abusive mother to which his sister will testify.Depp's representatives also called Ms Heard a “profoundly troubled person,” claiming she uses manipulation against those close to her and would often have angry outbursts at Depp, taunting him and causing him to hide in places such as the bathroom to escape her while she screamed and chased.