Johnny Depp trial: Amber Heard says actor ‘slapped her three times’ after she laughed about Wino tattoo as she takes stand in court case

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supports HTML5 videoAmber Heard spoke of being ‘slapped’ by Johnny Depp as she took to the stand on Wednesday.The Aquaman actress, 36, became emotional as she opened up about her former relationship with he 58-year-old – who is suing her for defamation and seeking $50million (£39m) in damages.Appearing on the stand at the Fairfax County Courthouse on day 14 of the bombshell trial, she explained that the trial had been ‘the most painful and difficult thing I’ve gone through’.‘I struggle to have the words to describe how painful this is,’ she told the court.‘This is horrible for me to sit here for weeks and relive everything, (to) hear people that I knew – some well, some not, my ex-husband with whom I shared a life – speak about our lives in the way that they have.‘This the most painful and difficult thing I’ve gone through for sure.’While on the stand, Heard recalled an incident in 2013 in which she alleged that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor allegedly became physical.Speaking about the incident, she claimed Depp slapped her three times after she ‘laughed’ about one of his tattoos, reading Wino.‘(It was) seemingly so stupid and insignificant, I will never forget it, it changed my life,’ she continued.‘He slapped me across the face, and I laughed because I didn’t know what else to do.‘I thought this must be a joke… I didn’t know what was going on.

I didn’t want this to be the reality.’‘I know you don’t come back from that, I’m not dumb, you can’t hit a woman, you can’t hit a man, you can’t hit anyone,’ she said.‘I knew it was wrong and I knew that I had to leave him and that broke my heart because I didn’t want to leave him… the best thing that ever happened to me.‘I wish I could sit here and say I stood up and I.