Amber Heard offended as Johnny Depp’s lawyer claims she obtained Aquaman as a result of actor: ‘Excuse me?’

Heard was cross-examined for a lot of the day after her testimony in Depp’s libel swimsuit in opposition to her.

Depp is suing Heard in Virginia’s Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His legal professionals say he was defamed by the article despite the fact that it by no means talked about his title. The trial is now in its fifth week.

Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, questioned Heard about quite a lot of incidents wherein she says she was assaulted by Depp.

The questioning was significantly intense over a March 2015 battle the couple had in Australia, shortly after they have been married, whereas Depp was taking pictures the fifth movie within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

It was throughout that battle that Heard says she was sexually assaulted. Depp, then again, says he was the sufferer, and that he misplaced the tip of his center finger when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him.

Johnny Depp gestures as he walks out of the courtroom throughout a break on the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool photograph by way of AP)

Vasquez questioned why Heard by no means sought medical consideration, despite the fact that she stated her toes have been lower by damaged glass and he or she was bleeding after the assault.

“You’re the one who assaulted somebody with a bottle in Australia, is not that proper, Ms. Heard?” Vasquez requested.

“I didn’t assault Johnny in Australia. I didn’t assault Johnny ever,” Heard responded.

Vasquez then questioned why Heard wrote a collection of affection notes to Depp within the months after she stated she was assaulted.

Heard has stated she believed Depp had hit all-time low after the Australia battle and was dedicated to sobriety. She has stated a lot of the assaults occurred whereas Depp was below the affect of medicine or alcohol.

“When things were good, they were really good,” she stated.

The jury additionally noticed a recording of a deposition Heard gave in 2016 in connection along with her divorce wherein she appeared to inadvertently admit that she had tipped off the movie star information outlet TMZ to elements of her preliminary divorce proceedings.

Heard testified to the jury that she was shocked when paparazzi swarmed her courthouse look in search of a short lived restraining order and that she tried to keep away from publicity as a lot as potential.

During the 2016 deposition, although, Heard places fingers to her lips as if she mistakenly blurted one thing out after she stated she wished Depp to study of the divorce submitting “from some other source other than TMZ, which was alerted…”

“You slipped up there, did not you, Ms. Heard?” Vasquez requested.

“That’s not what I’m talking about,” Heard responded.

During redirect examination, Heard, stated she “asked my team to file in the most discreet way, literally to put it under a stack of papers and file it at the end of the day so it kind of had more of a shot of being missed by the paparazzi and by TMZ.”

The redirect questioning of Heard lasted only some minutes, as Depp’s legal professionals objected to just about each query that Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, tried to ask.

After Heard’s testimony concluded, jurors heard recorded testimony from a mutual buddy of the couple, IO Tillett Wright, who stated Depp confided to him that he hated sobriety.

“He wanted to get sober for Amber,” Tillett Wright stated. “He didn’t enjoy being sober. It wasn’t fun, and that it was distressing and exhausting and very hard to do. He really, really resented having to be sober.”

Tillett Wright stated Depp’s persona turned imply and paranoid when he was utilizing alcohol or medicine.

There was additionally an affidavit about Heard’s $100 million counterclaims in opposition to Depp. She says she was defamed by Depp’s lawyer, Adam Waldman when he referred to as Heard’s allegations a hoax.

Heard has stated the allegations damage her profession, however Vasquez pointed to a collection of adverse articles about Heard that preceded Waldman’s feedback.

The jury additionally heard an audio recording of a verbal battle between the 2 wherein every belittled the opposite’s appearing profession. Heard laughed mockingly at Depp’s career-making position within the ’80s tv present 21 Jump Street.

“Hey, at the very least I did not do, like, a teeny present the place I’m a heartthrob. God that will be, like, embarrassing,” Heard stated.

Depp responded with dismissive commentary about Heard’s largest movie position to this point, shouting “Aquaman!” in a mocking approach to denigrate the superhero movie.

And Heard took offence when Vasquez advised that Heard solely obtained the position in Aquaman with Depp’s assist.

“Excuse me?” Heard stated. “No, Ms. Vasquez, I obtained myself that position by auditioning.”