Johnny Depp's Sister Accuses Mom of Physical Abuse in Defamation Trial Testimony

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Johnny Depp‘s sister Christi Dembrowski took to the stand on Tuesday (April 12) as part of the actor’s defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

During her testimony, Christi claimed she and her brother were abused by their mother Betty Sue Palmer during their childhood. Click inside to read more… “We would run and hide,” she recalled of seeing her mom being physically abusive toward their father, who she said would not react. Christi also alleged, “She would hit us.

She would throw things.” When asked if Johnny ever retaliated against the abuse, his sister said no, “He never went to that place.” “Really early on as a young child,” she said, “none of what was happening in our home felt good.

And so, as I got older, both Johnny and I actually, we decided that once we left, once we had our own home, we were never going to repeat, ever, anything similar in any way to our childhood.