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Next up at Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard is someone who has ALL the info: their former marriage counselor!

Amber Heard’s former personal assistant is having her moment at Johnny Depp’s defamation trial, and she once again did not paint a flattering portrait of the Aquaman star.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard engaged in “mutual abuse” throughout their relationship, a therapist for the couple has said. Laurel Anderson, a clinical psychotherapist who saw the pair on multiple occasions, said Mr Depp told her that his former wife “gave as good as she got” during their fights. The actor is suing Ms Heard for libel over a 2018 op-ed written in the Washington Post which his lawyers say contained false allegations that he physically and sexually assaulted her while they were married.

Edward Scissorhands, Benny and Joon and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape to blockbusters like Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, his on-screen presence was like catnip to me. He picked weird characters, he made films that resonated with my adolescent misfit identity, and he was devastatingly attractive – a winning combination. It feels like the version of Johnny Depp we knew in the 1990s and early 2000s no longer existsI plastered my walls and school planner with pictures of Depp, and spent hours on internet message boards gushing over his acting, his grunge style and hypnotic eyes.

Amber Heard's former personal assistant accused the "Aquaman" actress of creating an abusive work environment in a videotaped deposition played Thursday during actor Johnny Depp's defamation trial against his ex-wife in Fairfax, Virginia. Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 35, for $50 million over an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post alleging she was the victim of domestic abuse. Heard never identified Depp directly, but attorneys for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor say her allegations have negatively impacted Depp's career and relationship with his family.

Johnny Depp‘s defamation trial is underway and a text message he sent about his ex Amber Heard has been revealed in court.

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp for a total of 21 historic sessions as they struggled to repair their marriage, told the court that "abandonment" was Amber's "worst nightmare" and that she would strike her partner in a bid to keep him there.The counsellor also claimed that she believed the abuse was "mutual".Based on notes she'd taken during their sessions, she described Johnny as a man who had been "well controlled" for decades, and depicted both himself and Amber as victims of abuse at home in their younger years.She also claimed that Amber felt humiliated if Johnny attacked her, as it linked back to when she felt powerless as a child when being "physically violated" by her father."Her history is having been violated by her father [so] she was sensitive to feeling disrespected," she said."If she felt disrespected, she had come out of her background history feeling her pride needed to dominate and she needed to stand up for herself.""I know she led [the physical fighting] on more than one occasion and started it to keep him with her because abandonment and having him leave was her worst nightmare," Dr. Anderson told the court.She added at Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny's $50 million defamation trial: "Miss Heard reported that it was a point of pride to her, if she felt disrespected, to initiate a fight.

A marriage therapist is giving insight into the relationship between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

A marriage therapist testified in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial that the volatile couple engaged in “what I saw as mutual abuse.”

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married for less than two years, but they’ve weathered a ton of ups and downs since their 2016 split.

Amber Heard's former PA has told a court the actress "stole" her story of being violently raped at machete-point in Brazil three decades ago "for her own use".Kate James, who said while employed practically ran the star's life, accused her former boss of "'twisted it into her own story to benefit herself".The PA appeared on the third day of evidence in the explosive defamation trial in Fairfax, Virginia, between Heard and her former husband, Johnny Depp.Ms James told the jury she worked for the actress between 2012 and 2015 and that they had not spoken in the past five years.She described her former boss as a "very dramatic person", telling how Heard, 35, would need appeasing by constantly asking if she was alright.Ms James testified how the actress would complain or cry due to insecurities in her relationship with Depp but never told her anything about him being abusive. She said there was never any evidence of violence, adding she was at there at their Los Angeles home almost daily and never saw a thing.Asked if there was "nothing you heard, nothing you witnessed" that ever gave her an "inkling of concern" about possible violence in the relationship, she replied: "Never."Discussing her job, Ms James told by video one of her duties was to pick up two copies of any magazine featuring the actress.She was told to store them in her garage because Heard didn't want Depp to see them.She said the actress once got "very angry" one day when she failed to put them away."She went absolutely ballistic over that," Ms James said.Asked to elaborate, she said it was "yelling, abuse" but could not remember precisely what Heard said.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA therapist who worked with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in 2015 testified that the couple engaged in “mutual abuse,” and that Depp could be “triggered” by Heard.Laurel Avis Anderson’s testimony was played for jurors on the third day of the $50 million defamation trial underway in Fairfax, Va. Depp has sued Heard for publishing an op-ed in 2018 in which she alluded to domestic violence claims that she first made in the context of their 2016 divorce.Anderson testified via video deposition in February, and the video was played for the jury on Thursday morning. Anderson said she saw the couple several times between October and December 2015, and that the sessions could be stormy — with both of them threatening to walk out at times.

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Johnny Depp once sent a message saying he hoped his ex wife Amber Heard's "rotting corpse is decomposing in the trunk' of a car", a court heard. Depp's friend Isaac Baruch was quizzed about the text on the second day of the defamation trial between the A-list stars. During cross exemption by Heard's lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, she asked the witness if he remembered an exchange with Depp in October 2016.

Piers Morgan has branded Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard “self-obsessed whiny wastrels” amid their ongoing legal battle. Johnny, 58, and Amber, 35, married in 2015 but just one year later, they split acrimoniously as Amber claimed Johnny had been violent towards her, filing for divorce and a temporary restraining order.

Johnny Depp, 58, was photographed in the courtroom yesterday amid his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, 35.The Pirates Of The Caribbean star reportedly laughed as his childhood friend described Amber’s “great teeth”.Johnny met his artist best friend Isaac Baruch when he was a teenager growing up in Florida.Isaac later left Florida for California, where he worked at the Viper Room club in Los Angeles, which Johnny used to own.On Wednesday, the court heard from Johnny’s longtime friend, who recounted how Johnny let him live rent-free in a penthouse apartment because he “loved his artwork so much,” according to the Daily Mail.He also explained how Johnny had “given him roughly $100,000 over four years to work on his art".Isaac went on to speak out on his relationship with Amber, who he admitted he “fell in love with”.He said: “I fell in love with her just like Johnny did.She's totally respectful, gracious, she's got great teeth.”According to reports, Isaac’s comment about Amber’s teeth prompted those in the courtroom - including Amber - to laugh.Isaac highlighted that Amber was respectful towards him as he revisited one of their encounters in the former couple’s home.“Only one time she didn't offer.She's in the kitchen and she's doing her beautiful facial mask - I said is that something that can help me.“She looked at me and said no. I loved her.”Last year, Johnny was at the centre of scrutiny after he took legal action against a newspaper that branded him a "wife-beater".The actor had sued The Sun after it claimed he assaulted his ex-wife Amber, which the newspaper insisted was accurate.He continued: “She treated me with complete respect.

Johnny Depp's ex Vanessa Paradis was seen shopping for groceries in Studio City, California on Wednesday, amid the actor's ongoing libel trial in Virginia against his ex-wife Amber Heard.The 49-year-old actress-model-singer donned a navy blue coat with floral patterns over a white T-shirt with a graphic of a Rolling Stones tour. She rounded out her ensemble with blue jeans with brown boots and donned a pair of dark sunglasses with brown frames.Paradis, who is mother to two children with Depp, 58 - Lily-Rose Depp, 22, and Jack Depp, 20 - had her brown locks pulled back and carried a coffee with a blue shopping bag on the spring day in Southern California.

Johnny Depp is suing Aquaman actress Amber Heard for defamation, while she is making a $100 million counterclaim against him. Johnny's pal Isaac Baruch, who'd been close to the actor since his teenage years, vowed he had never seen abuse take place, while taking to the stand in court.Isaac told the court that Johnny had generously provided him with the use of penthouse apartment after finding fame, and had even paid him rent at a time when both had shared the accommodation.Denying ever having seen physical attacks on Amber, he branded her allegations "not fair"."For Johnny, his family has been completely wrecked by all of this stuff," he blasted."And it's not fair.

Piers Morgan has labelled Johnny Depp and Amber Heard as a "shamelessly deluded and self obsessed pair of whiny wastrels" during their US court battle.The former Good Morning Britain host, 57, claimed the two actors are "supreme narcissists" who are "trapped" in their own "selfish toddler-tantrum world". The bold broadcaster blasted the ex-couple in his latest column for the New York Post on Wednesday (April 13) - after the multi-million defamation trial kicked off earlier this week.

Johnny Depp’s past text messages were read in court on Wednesday.

being sick of hearing about Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz’s wedding, Piers Morgan is also done with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.The no-nonsense presenter branded the ex-couple ‘narcissists’ in a scathing attack as the Pirates of The Caribbean actor’s multimillion-dollar US defamation lawsuit gets underway in Virginia.Depp and Heard are countersuing each other in the multi-million dollar libel case over a 2018 article Heard wrote for The Washington Post, in which she discussed her experiences of domestic abuse.Piers didn’t hold back his unflinching disdain for the pair, stating that the number of ‘f*cks’ he gives ‘could be written on the back of Mycoplasma genitalium, the planet’s smallest living organism and, appropriately, a parasitic bacterium that lives in our waste disposal organs.’‘My main takeaway from that repellent orgy of relentlessly revolting mudslinging is that they’re mutually dreadful and should be avoided by future romantic suitors like a gazelle avoids a pride of ravenous lions,’ he continued.Piers then went on to brand both Depp and Heard ‘supreme narcissists’.Writing in his New York Post column, he raged: ‘Literally.