Johnny Depp’s Attorney Tells Jury In Closing Arguments: “There Is A Victim Of Domestic Abuse In This Courtroom, And It Is Not Miss Heard”
deadline.comJohnny Depp’s attorney started her closing arguments by telling the jury that it the actor, not Amber Heard, who was the victim of “persistent verbal, emotional and physical abuse.”“There is a victim of domestic abuse in this courtroom, and it is not Miss Heard,” Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez told the jury.Vasquez noted that Friday marked six years since Heard went to court to obtain a domestic violence restraining order against Depp, following an argument at their downtown Los Angeles penthouse.But Vasquez called the scene at the courthouse “a set up,” claiming that Heard orchestrated press coverage to ensure that photographers would be there to take shots of her bruised face.
She claimed that Depp struck her with a phone. But Vasquez suggested that Heard staged her injuries, and that “the world only saw what she wanted them to see.”“Exactly six years later, we ask you to give Mr.
Depp his life back,” Vasquez said.She said that “it is Miss Heard that repeatedly admits to violence,” she said, referring to an audio recording in which Heard talked of striking Depp.
By contrast, Vasquez said, Depp never admitted to any physical violence against Heard.She said that the evidence showed that Heard “didn’t just want a divorce.
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