Amber Heard broke down in sobs on the witness stand on Thursday as she told jurors about a sexual assault at the hands of Johnny Depp.
Amber Heard broke down in sobs on Thursday as she told a jury that her ex-husband Johnny Depp had sexually assaulted her with a bottle during a fight in Australia. Heard took the stand for the second day, as she continued to recount a series of violent incidents that marked their relationship. She said the fight in Australia — during filming of the fifth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film in March 2015 — was prompted by Depp’s jealousy and her concern about his drug use. She said Depp had repeatedly hit her, threw bottles at her and choked her against a refrigerator, before finally getting her on top of a countertop and penetrating her with a bottle. “I remember just not wanting to move,” she said. She said she remembered thinking, “Please, God, I hope it’s not broken.
