Amber Heard counterattacks Johnny Depp with horrific allegations of abuse

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Psychologists who testify on behalf of Amber Heard say the actress suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after being violent by her ex-husband Johnny Depp.

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Dr. Dawn Hughes was Hard’s first witness as she was preparing to protect herself in the $ 50 million case she filed after Depp’s lawyer withdrew the case. Pirates of the Caribbean Virginia star.

Depp, 58, sues his 36-year-old ex-wife after writing a 2018 editorial claiming to be a survivor of domestic violence.Depp keeps while not naming him Washington post The article irreparably hurt his career and led to many canceled film projects, including the sixth. Pirates movie.

Hughes Aquaman The star was suspected of being sexually assaulted. This included allegations that the actor forced her ex-wife to have oral sex, abused her with her bottle, and performed a “body cavity search” in her private area.

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“When Mr. Depp was drunk or high, he threw her into bed, stripped the nightie and tried to have sex with her,” Hughes said. New York post). “There was a time when he forced her to have oral sex when he was angry with her.”

Hughes’ testimony contradicts the testimony of psychologist Dr. Sharon Currie, who was hired by Depp’s legal team.

Early in the trial, Curry testified that there was no evidence of PTSD in Hard’s assessment, and Starlet suggested that he “shows a combined psychological symptom of borderline personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder.” ..

However, Curry admitted that the marriage could have had a detrimental effect on the hard mental state. “Just because someone doesn’t have PTSD doesn’t mean they weren’t psychologically hurt by what they were alleging. In this case, Mr. Hard said she was psychologically hurt and because of abuse. Claims to have suffered from PTSD. Claims to have been caused by Mr. Depp. “

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Elsewhere in her testimony, Hughes quoted evidence supporting the abuse, including a text message allegedly sent by Depp acknowledging “bad behavior when he drinks.”

Depp claimed he had never hit hard and that she was an abuser during their relationship that began after the pair met during the 2011 shoot. Lamb Diary..

Several key witnesses, including Malcolm Connolly, one of Depp’s bodyguards, have described cases where Hard accused him of calling him an “f-ing coward.” He also said that Hard noticed that at the time of marriage he seemed to “want to wear trousers.”

“It’s not my job that I work for, but I found him not happy,” Connolly said. Newsweek.. He commented on the bruise on Depp’s face, saying, “He stepped into the door, or the door stepped into him.”

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Travis McGivern, another member of Depp’s security team, talked about some cases where Heard was verbally and physically abused, leaving the actor with a “nice little glow” in a single exchange.

In his testimony last week, Depp denied hitting his ex-wife and said at the beginning of the trial he was suing Hard to “reveal my name.”

But in 2020, Depp lost his defamation proceedings against Britain. Sun For calling him “the one who beats his wife”.

After a three-week hearing, Judge Andrew Niccol of the High Court concluded that Depp had violently attacked his ex-wife and feared her life.

When she said she choked, beaten, beaten, head-to-headed, squeezed and kicked her, she outlined 14 cases of violence, and Nicole admitted that 12 of her accounts were true. rice field.

Depp’s attempt to appeal the verdict in 2021 was rejected.

After abandoning her PR team, and as pressure increases to drop her one after another Aquaman Movies, Hard are expected to testify today.

mdaniell@postmedia.com