Actor Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard began this week in Fairfax County, Virginia.
There are five more weeks to go, and there will be no extensions, according to Judge Penney Azcarate.
On Tuesday, Heard’s lawyers repeated the allegations of domestic abuse, only now revealing sexual abuse as well.
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“He has her jammed up against the bar,” Heard’s attorney, Elaine Charlson Bredehoft, told the jury. “He has hurled bottles and bottles at her. He has dragged her across the floor on the broken bottles. He has punched her. He has kicked her. He has told her he’s going to f***ing kill her and he f***ing hates her. He’s pounding at her, pounding at her. And then, he penetrates her with a liquor bottle.”
Wednesday saw Depp’s longtime friend Isaac Baruch take the stand and testify he never saw incidents of domestic abuse between the pair, and he lived down the hallway from them in an apartment building. Baruch had procured the apartment rent-free thanks to Depp, who also paid him $100,000 as of his testimony for 25 pieces of his artwork he has yet to finish.
When Baruch detailed the nature of their friendship and Depp’s generosity, the actor could be seen laughing in court.
One witness, Gina Deuters, has already been excused by Azcarate for seeing clips of earlier testimonies from the trial online. Deuters was a visual artist for two of Depp’s films during the time he married Heard.
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On Thursday, a couples counselor who formerly treated actors Depp and Heard testified that when “triggered,” Heard would often be the one to start a physical fight with Depp. Dr. Laurel Anderson said it came from her troubled past of being beaten by her father.
A journalist was also banned from the courtroom Thursday. Reporter Eve Barlow arrived at court every day of the trial in the same vehicle as Heard and now isn’t allowed back in for using her cellphone during the trial. The use of electronics by anyone besides legal representation is against the court’s rules.
There was no testimony on Friday. Week Two of the trial will begin Monday.
