Johnny Depp Testifies About Breakdown of Marriage With Amber Heard: ‘She Has a Need for Violence’
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media WriterJohnny Depp resumed his testimony on Wednesday in his defamation trial in Virginia, telling jurors in detail about the breakdown of his relationship with ex-wife Amber Heard.Depp said that the couple would often argue, and went so far as to tape-record their arguments.
He said that Heard would demean him, call him a terrible father and sometimes escalate to violence — shoving, slapping, or throwing a TV remote at his head.
Ultimately, he said he would flee.“She has a need for conflict. She has a need for violence. It erupts out of nowhere,” Depp testified. “The only thing I learned to do is exactly what I did as a child — retreat.”Heard has accused Depp of repeatedly beating her, kicking her and choking her over the course of their relationship.
Depp sued Heard for $50 million in 2019 after she published an op-ed in the Washington Post in which she alluded to her domestic violence claims.
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