{"id":1435269,"date":"2022-04-13T12:30:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435269"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:30:46","slug":"johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial-day-one-competing-allegations-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial-day-one-competing-allegations-of-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp, Amber Heard Defamation Trial Day One: Competing Allegations Of Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial-day-one-competing-allegations-of-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435269&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-131264909.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The trial surrounding Johnny Depp\u2019s defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard is heating up, with both sides accusing the other of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Heard\u2019s story has evolved over the years, from claiming she was the victim of domestic violence without naming Depp to now claiming that he also sexually assaulted her. A spokesperson for Depp told Buzzfeed News in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/paigeskinner\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-defamation?utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=news_tab\">a statement<\/a> on Tuesday that Heard\u2019s changing allegations follow \u201ca pattern of her elaborate, erroneous claims which have continued to change and evolve over time for the purpose of Hollywood shock value of which Amber has mastered and used to exploit a serious social movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Depp\u2019s attorneys accused Heard of being the physically abusive part of the relationship, saying the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d star would lock himself in the bathroom to escape Heard\u2019s violence. His attorney also said that, when the couple traveled together, Depp would book an extra hotel room so he could get away from Heard when she became \u201cenraged.\u201d Depp\u2019s sister, Christi Dembrowski, the president of Depp\u2019s production company Infinitum Nihil, testified that she booked the separate room, and that she never personally witnessed the pair engaging in violence against each other. She also claimed Heard called Depp an \u201cold fat man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Depp\u2019s attorney also said that while the couple was in Australia in 2015, Heard severed Depp\u2019s finger after throwing a vodka bottle at him. Heard\u2019s attorney insisted that Depp cut off his own finger.<\/p>\n<p>Heard\u2019s attorney claimed during opening arguments on Tuesday that Depp punched and kicked Heard while they were married when he was blacked out for three days in Australia, and that he also dragged her by her hair. The attorney also claimed that Depp would get high and drunk and then physically and sexually assault Heard. The attorney claimed that Heard once found naked photos of another woman on Depp\u2019s computer and confronted him about cheating, after which they both allegedly threw punches at each other.<\/p>\n<p>Depp is suing Heard over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed the \u201cAquaman\u201d actress wrote claiming to be the victim of domestic violence. Heard didn\u2019t name Depp, but he says that her op-ed led to him losing roles and having his reputation damaged.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/johnny-depp-loses-libel-case-against-ex-wife-and-british-tabloid-judge-accepts-description-that-hes-a-wife-beater\">reported<\/a>, Depp lost a previous defamation case in the United Kingdom, in large part due to the difficulties in proving libel cases. Depp had to prove that he\u00a0<em>didn\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0abuse Heard \u2014 essentially he had to prove a negative. And while a judge in the U.K. acknowledged that Depp was able to cast doubt on at least two of Heard\u2019s allegations, the judge said Depp failed to disprove her other 12 allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Depp\u2019s attorneys called the ruling \u201cperverse\u201d and \u201cbewildering,\u201d pointing out the mountain of evidence the judge appeared to have ignored in arriving at his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost troubling is the Judge\u2019s reliance on the testimony of Amber Heard, and corresponding disregard of the mountain of counter-evidence from police officers, medical practitioners, her own former assistant, other unchallenged witnesses and an array of documentary evidence which completely undermined the allegations, point by point. All of this was overlooked,\u201d said Depp\u2019s attorney Jenny Afia. \u201cThe judgment is so flawed that it would be ridiculous for Mr. Depp not to appeal this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among that \u201cmountain\u201d of evidence, The Daily Wire previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/listen-actress-amber-heard-admits-to-hitting-johnny-depp-in-shocking-audio\">reported<\/a>, was surveillance videos, eyewitness statements, audio, photos, and more allegedly proving that Depp was the real victim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the testimonies comes from Trinity Esparza, who was the concierge at the penthouse where Heard claims Depp hit her in the face. Esparza now questions how Heard received the mark on her face she claimed was from Depp, after reviewing surveillance footage from three days later, when Heard\u2019s sister Whitney pretended to punch her in the face, according to court documents,\u201d The Daily Wire reported.<\/p>\n<p>Further, evidence suggested Heard attacked Depp while the actor was in bed and staged the attacks she claimed he committed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnaware that members of Mr. Depp\u2019s security team (including an 18-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department) were mere feet away, Ms. Heard falsely began yelling, \u2018Stop hitting me, Johnny,\u2019\u201d Depp alleged in court documents. \u201cThe interaction culminated with Ms. Heard making false allegations that Mr. Depp struck her with a cell phone, hit her and destroyed the penthouse. There were multiple eyewitnesses to this hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further, Depp\u2019s attorneys presented\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/listen-actress-amber-heard-admits-to-hitting-johnny-depp-in-shocking-audio\">audio<\/a>\u00a0of Heard admitting to hitting the \u201cPirates of Caribbean\u201d actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry that I didn\u2019t, uh, uh, hit you across the face in a proper slap, but I was hitting you, it was not punching you. Babe, you\u2019re not punched,\u201d Heard tells Depp in the recording. \u201cI don\u2019t know what the motion of my actual hand was, but you\u2019re fine. I did not hurt you. I did not punch you. I was hitting you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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