Depp mentioned the converting nature of his courting with Heard in his early testimony on Wednesday. He accused Heard of brand name calling and making demeaning feedback about him from time to time of their courting that may escalate to arguments.
“I used to be no longer allowed to be proper, no longer allowed to have a voice,” Depp mentioned.
In his more or less three-hour testimony on Tuesday, the Oscar-nominated celebrity spoke intimately about Heard’s allegations of home abuse, his historical past with substance abuse and his reports rising up with an abusive mom.
“You slowly notice you are in a courting together with your mom, in a way,” Depp testified Wednesday about his dynamic with Heard, evaluating the abuse he says he skilled via his mom to Heard’s alleged abuse.
Depp’s legal professional requested him why he stayed with Heard as their courting deteriorated.
“I sought after to check out to make it paintings,” he mentioned.
“Ms. Heard had spoken of suicide on a few events, in order that additionally turns into an element, that is one thing that lives at the back of your mind,” Depp mentioned.
The actor, identified for his paintings within the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, is suing Heard for $50 million over a 2018 Washington Put up op-ed by which she wrote about her enjoy with home abuse. She didn’t title Depp within the piece, however he claims it value him profitable movie paintings.
Depp has maintained his innocence and testified Tuesday that whilst he and Heard had arguments all through their courting, he hasn’t ever “struck a lady.”
Depp and Amber met at the set of “The Rum Diary” in 2009, married in 2015 and went to a contentious break up, with fees of unhealthy habits levied via each side.
The couple settled their divorce in August 2016, freeing a joint commentary which learn partly, “Our courting was once intensely passionate and from time to time risky, however all the time sure via love.”
Heard were unsuccessful in her makes an attempt to get the swimsuit brushed aside. She filed a $100 million defamation countersuit in opposition to Depp in 2020, which is ongoing.
Depp mentioned his tattoos in courtroom on Wednesday, telling the courtroom Heard would make a laugh of a few of them, which he equated to maintaining a magazine of his existence.
He referenced a “Winona eternally” tattoo, which Depp mentioned he were given for his former-girlfriend, actress Winona Ryder, however modified it to “Wino eternally” once they broke up. He mentioned Heard did not adore it.
“I took off the final two letters and had it say ‘Wino eternally,'” Depp mentioned, including, “I assumed via ache comes humor. Humor has to return in there into the ache and that is the reason the way you play it out within the thoughts… so I modified it to ‘Wino eternally.'”
He mentioned that Heard sought after him to get a tattoo of her personal title, which he ultimately did.
“And paradoxically it wasn’t lengthy after that that the whole lot began going sideways,” Depp mentioned.
“I used to be doing the whole lot I may just to carry a grin to her face versus a frown after which the onslaught of no matter issues she was once experiencing,” he mentioned. “I’d attempt to wake her up with laughter, making a song silly songs in her ear. I usually simply attempted to stay bringing her temper up. On occasion it labored, repeatedly it did not. However I attempted.”
Depp additionally gave additional testimony about his use of oxycodone all through the time he was once with Heard and signs of withdrawal he would enjoy when he went via detox.
Chloe Melas, Lisa France and Sandra Gonzalez contributed to this tale.
