Actress Amber Heard mentioned on Thursday in court docket that her father and ex-husband Johnny Depp did medication collectively at Heard and Depp's engagement get together.
Thursday marks day two of Heard's testimony on the witness stand within the defamation swimsuit Depp filed in opposition to her. The actor is suing Heard after she printed an op-ed in The Washington Submit in 2018, through which she mentioned she was a sufferer of home abuse.
Her testimony has been full of tales of chaotic interactions with Depp whereas he was both drunk or excessive, and on Thursday, Heard testified that Depp and her father did medication collectively on the pair's engagement get together in 2014.
She mentioned that for nearly the whole get together, Depp had "disappeared upstairs," saying, "he solely got here down on the finish after we have been leaving, and got here down as soon as as a result of he was on the time sharing medication with my dad."
When Depp's legal professionals referred to as an objection of hypothesis, Heard added, "I used to be there. I watched it."
She testified, "My dad on the similar time was hooked on the identical factor Johnny was."
Heard testified on Wednesday as nicely that Depp had been doing cocaine and different medication whereas they have been in a relationship.
She recalled that both her father or Depp had "ran out" of medicine whereas on the get together. "My dad really left with Johnny's safety," she mentioned. Her father and Depp's safety went out and got here again with medication, "and all the pieces was okay," she testified.
"Shortly after that, I attempted to get Johnny to return downstairs, and he simply snapped at me, simply verbally informed me to close the f*** up. And I bear in mind speaking to my mother in regards to the irony of it," the actress mentioned. "That was just about it for the engagement get together, and I went downstairs and entertained company and smiled and took photos and placed on a face and you understand, went about my consuming."
Later in her testimony on Thursday, Heard as soon as once more talked about her household's drug use when discussing Depp's struggles with medication, saying, "Despite the fact that I had expertise with drug use in my household, I hadn't seen something like this and it was so dramatic."
Heard and her attorneys have argued all through the high-profile trial that Depp's points with medication and alcohol have been extreme. Throughout opening statements earlier in April, Heard's legal professional described Depp as "delusional" and "paranoid," claiming that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor would drink and do medication earlier than allegedly "assaulting" Heard on a number of events.
Newsweek reached out to representatives for Heard and Depp for remark.
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