Amber Heard Grilled by Johnny Depp’s Lawyer In Heated Cross-Examination Over Accidents, Donations

Vasquez began by first questioning Heard about Depp all the time sporting “huge, chunky rings,” suggesting that she would wish to hunt medical therapy for a number of the alleged assaults had he been sporting them on the time. She then confirmed quite a few photographs the place marks weren’t seen on her physique, round or on dates the place Heard had claimed she was abused.

One particular set of photographs was proven from the evening after the 2015 Met Gala. If you happen to recall, Heard beforehand testified Depp accused her of flirting with somebody on the occasion, shoved her of their lodge room after and “whacked” her within the face. “I suspected I had a damaged nostril,” she mentioned.

She and Depp attended an occasion for Don Rickles the next night and whereas there have been no seen accidents, Heard mentioned, “I am undecided if it was damaged, for the document, however you must see what it seemed like beneath the make-up.”

“He did whack me within the face and I did assume I broke my nostril,” she mentioned, including, “It is a image of me the evening after he did whack me within the face.” She additionally mentioned that is why she was sporting make-up, to cover any accidents.

“And make-up covers up swelling?” requested Vasquez, earlier than Heard replied that ice decreased the swelling.

Vasquez additionally requested concerning the alleged sexual assault with a liquor bottle Heard beforehand talked about — questioning why there have been no photographs of her accidents or medical data of the assault. “I didn’t search medical therapy after Australia, no. I didn’t wish to inform anybody,” mentioned Amber.

She additionally questioned Heard’s testimony that she had a cut up lip after one other battle, earlier than showing on James Corden’s discuss present the next day. Exhibiting photographs of Heard making open-mouth gestures throughout taping, she requested, “You had a cut up lip if you have been shifting your mouth in that method?” Amber’s response: “I positive did, completely.”

There was loads of time devoted to the $7 million settlement Heard obtained within the divorce and Amber’s pledge to donate all of it to 2 charities: the ACLU and Youngsters’s Hospital Los Angeles. Heard claimed that it was “all the time the settlement” for Depp to pay her the settlement, earlier than Amber made the donations, so Johnny wouldn’t “reap a tax profit” from them. When he determined to make a pair of direct funds himself, Heard insisted the donation quantity be elevated so he would not get an enormous tax break. Amber additionally clarified that 1.) she has pledged and nonetheless intends to pay the donations in full and a couple of.) any donation from Elon Musk was made along with her pledge, not as a part of it.

Heard and Vasquez acquired into a reasonably fast-paced and considerably heated back-and-forth concerning the cash on the finish of the day, after Vasquez mentioned Heard “did need one thing” out of the divorce. The back-and-forth is under.

Heard: “I did not need something and I did not get something.”

Vasquez: “You needed Mr. Depp’s cash.”

Heard: “Did not get it, wasn’t focused on It. I beloved Johnny, that is why I used to be with him.”

Vasquez: “You needed reward for donating the cash, proper?”

Heard: “That is incorrect.”

Vasquez: “You needed good press.”

Heard: “On the whole, one does need good press, sure.”

Vasquez: “You needed to look altruistic, publicly.”

Heard: “It wasn’t my curiosity. My curiosity is in my identify, clearing my identify and on the time I used to be known as a liar and my motives have been being questioned. I did see it as necessary to clear that up. I needed to make a press release to guarantee that there was not any doubt that I could not be labeled this stuff simply because Johnny was an even bigger star and had extra publicity attain.”

Vasquez: “You needed to remind everybody of your claims of home violence towards Mr. Depp.”

Heard: “No, I needed to maneuver on with my life.”

Vasquez: “You needed to make these claims appear plausible.”

Heard: “They’re plausible.”

Vasquez: “You needed to be seen as a noble sufferer of home violence.”

Heard: “I’ve by no means, by no means needed to be seen as a sufferer. Nor have I ever known as myself one.”

Vasquez: “You testified beneath oath, ‘Everything of my divorce settlement was donated to charity.’ That assertion wasn’t true.”

Heard: “It’s true. I pledged the whole thing to charity. If you say you purchase a home, you do not pay for the whole home at one time. You pay time beyond regulation.”

Vasquez: “That assertion is not true immediately.”

Heard: “It’s true. I pledged the whole thing to charity.”

Vasquez: “You did not donate it.”

Heard: “I have never been in a position to fulfill these obligations. I made the pledge. I pledged the whole thing. I have never been in a position to fulfill these pledges as a result of I have been sued.”

Vasquez: “You had the entire $7 million for 13 months earlier than Mr. Depp sued you and also you selected to not pay it to the charities you pledged it to.”

Heard: “I disagree along with your characterization of that.”

Vasquez: “Many of the cash that was donated to the ACLU & CHLA in your identify got here from another person, is that proper? At the least $500K that was donated to the ACLU in your identify wasn’t paid by you.”

Heard: “I consider Elon made a donation in my honor one of many years.”

Vasquez: “And it did not come out of your $7 million divorce settlement, proper?”

Heard: “No, nor did it depend towards my pledge.”

Vasquez: “You bought him to pay a part of what you promised to the 2 charities, did not you … since you needed to maintain no less than a number of the $7 million for your self, proper?”

Heard: “You are very fallacious about that.”

With that, court docket took recess for the day. Cross-examination will proceed Tuesday.

Depp is in search of $50 million in damages after Heard claimed she was a survivor of home abuse in an op-ed within the Washington Publish in 2018. Whereas she did not identify Depp within the piece, his legal professionals argue it was implied to be about him and negatively affected his profession. She countersued Depp for $100 million.