Amber Heard Says She Feared She Would Not Survive Johnny Depp Marriage
etcanada.com“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard told jurors in a defamation case on Monday that she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp in 2016 because she worried she would not survive physical abuse by him.
Under questioning by her attorneys, Heard said she took the step after the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star threw a cellphone that hit her in the face.
The incident made her realize the marriage was “falling apart” despite her attempts to repair it, she said. “I knew I had to leave him,” she said. “I knew I wouldn’t survive it if I didn’t. “I made the decision to file for divorce,” she added. “It was hard because I loved Johnny so much.” READ MORE: Amber Heard Addresses Claims She Defecated In Johnny Depp’s Bed, Says Actor’s Dog Ate His Weed When She Was A Puppy Jurors were shown photos of Heard with redness and swelling on her face that she said was caused by being struck by the phone.
At this point in their marriage, “the violence was now normal and not the exception,” Heard said. In earlier testimony, Depp said he never hit Heard or any woman and argued that she was the abuser in their relationship.
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