Amber Heard was back on the stand Monday, continuing her testimony in the high-profile defamation trial between her and her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
on the stand that Depp physically abused her on multiple occasions and that she was sexually assaulted when, she says, he penetrated her with a bottle. She also claimed she was subject to repeated verbal abuse throughout their relationship and tried to leave him several times. Both deny each other's claims of abuse.
The courtroom drama continued Monday after a weeklong break. Under testimony from her own attorney, Heard characterized her role in the marriage as trying to temper Depp, whose alleged abuse she claims created unpredictable and dangerous behavior that affected them both. When asked why she didn't "just remember" the instances, she claimed that their relationship was "violent" and "chaotic," while also "loving" and "emotional," so she said the "violence was almost normal." She claimed throughout their relationship she dealt with different versions of Depp and the two had a safe word, "couch," to use during fights. She claimed divorce was discussed in their relationship many times.
"I remember thinking he could not even mean to kill me," she said. "I remember being scared that he wouldn't even mean to do it." She claimed Depp's substance use started again in August 2015 and their disagreements began again. She said she was considering a role that involved brief nudity, which she said she knew Depp would not like. She spoke about a previous film she shot, "London Fields," that she said Depp was "unhappy" with, as she said Depp heard she did a sex scene in the film that she did not tell him about.
While discussing the recording on the stand, Heard said two altercations were discussed in the recording. In one incident, she said she was behind a door that Depp was trying to get past. She said the conversation in the recording was about the "disparity" between herself and Depp in their physical fights.
Heard discussed an alleged physical altercation with Depp that occurred after her 30th birthday party in 2016. She claimed that she carefully worded her feelings about Depp having missed her birthday party but an argument followed. She claimed that there was a "shoving match." She said Depp threw a bottle of champagne at her that hit a painting, and she said Depp threw her phone out the window, which she said led her to throw his phone out the window as well.
Heard denied claims that she had done this as a prank, saying she didn't think it was funny and that she wasn't in a pranking mood.
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