A video of actress Amber Heard going through allegations of domestically abusing her ex-partner Tasya van Ree resurfaced this week amid the current defamation trial together with her former husband Johnny Depp.
The video, which was considered over 130,000 instances, confirmed Heard testifying concerning the matter on August 13, 2016, the identical yr the actress filed for divorce from Depp. It's unclear whether or not the testimony occurred throughout a trial session associated to Depp on the time.
The footage reveals the actress answering questions on allegedly bodily abusing photographer Van Ree whereas they had been collectively, one thing each deny. Heard was requested throughout her 2016 testimony whether or not she was "beforehand arrested for committing home violence" towards Van Ree.
The query stems from Heard arguing at an airport together with her then-girlfriend in 2009, then being arrested after she allegedly hit Van Ree within the arm, USA At present reported in 2016. Nevertheless, Van Ree issued a press release claiming that the incident was "misinterpreted" and that Heard was "wrongfully" accused.
"I (recall) hints of misogynistic attitudes towards us which later gave the impression to be homophobic once they discovered we had been home companions and never simply 'mates,'" Van Ree stated within the assertion, in response to the information outlet.
"It is disheartening that Amber's integrity and story are being questioned but once more. Amber is an excellent, trustworthy and exquisite lady and I've the utmost respect for her. We shared 5 great years collectively and stay near at the present time," Van Ree's assertion continued.
Heard was arrested by Port of Seattle Police on September 14, 2009, after the incident, authorities on the Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport in Washington confirmed to USA At present in 2016.
Nevertheless, the police had been requested in November 2011 to delete the arrest data. The request cited an allowance in Washington state legislation to get rid of non-conviction data upon request. Non-conviction data are any data regarding an incident that didn't result in a "conviction or different disposition antagonistic to the topic."
Subsequently, the knowledge was faraway from the system, Sea-Tac Airport spokesperson Perry Cooper informed USA At present. Cooper didn't state who made the request.
In the meantime, within the 2016 video of the actress' testimony, Heard stated there was "no home violence inside that relationship [with van Ree] and the state of Washington, the place I used to be arrested, instantly dropped the fees as a result of they knew the very same factor that I simply informed you, that no home violence ever occurred and my ex has said such."
"The truth is, it was so ridiculous these expenses, it was a verbal argument, it was misinterpreted [and] misrepresented," Amber added throughout the testimony in 2016.
"There was no no bodily violence, no bodily abuse, and nil home violence by any means between us," she continued.
Depp filed a $50 million lawsuit towards Heard, whom he accused of defaming him in an op-ed revealed by the Washington Publish in 2018. Their trial is in its fourth week and featured Heard testifying for the primary time this week.
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