While taking the stand at her defamation trial, Amber Heard addressed the “torture” of having to relive her relationship with Johnny Depp.“Unfortunately, all of this is real.
I narrowly survived it, but I survived it,” Heard, 36, said on Monday, May 16, in reference to her past claims that Depp, 58, abused her. “I tried to protect Johnny — and the secret I tried hard to keep for five years.”During her testimony, the actress claimed that she never filed charges against her ex-husband because she wanted to protect him. “I was scared and very conflicted because the person I was scared of was also the person I was in love with,” she explained, noting that she struggled with ending their marriage in 2015. “I knew that if I didn’t, I’d likely not literally survive.
I was so scared that it was going to end really badly for me, and I really didn’t want to leave him.”Heard’s comments came amid a court appearance for Depp’s defamation trial against her.
The former couple’s ups and downs became a topic of conversation again when the legal proceedings started last month.The pair first sparked romance rumors after meeting on the set of The Rum Diary in 2009.
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