Amber Heard Says Johnny Depp 'Kicked' Her Over James Franco 'Affair' and Cheated on Her After Their Wedding
Amber Heard said Johnny Depp "kicked" her on a cross-country flight in 2014 over a perceived affair with fellow actor James Franco.
As she took the stand for a second day Thursday in the defamation suit filed by her ex-husband at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia, Heard described Depp as deeply troubled by jealousy and drugs, BBC reported.
The actress claimed that much of Depp's anger was caused by his belief that she was seeing Franco. Heard said her ex-husband "hated" the "Pineapple Express" actor.
"He was mad at me for taking the job with James Franco. He hated James Franco and was already accusing me of secretly having a thing with him in my past, since we had done [the 2008] 'Pineapple Express' [movie] together," the actress noted.
Heard starred alongside Franco in "Pineapple Express" and "The Adderall Diaries." The actress said Depp's jealousy of Franco led him to subject her to "disgusting" and violent grilling on a flight to Los Angeles from Boston and kick her.
"He just kicked me in the back. I fell on the floor. No one said anything... no one did anything. It's like you could hear a pin drop on that plane," Heard noted.
Because of Depp's jealousy, the actress said she had to give up film roles with sex scenes and revealing outfits. She also said she had to negotiate with Depp every time she received a job offer.
Johnny Depp Accused Amber Heard of Having' Extra-Marital Affairs' With James Franco and Elon Musk
Johnny Depp's camp has reportedly showed footage of his ex-wife having late-night "meetings" with James Franco and Elon Musk to the jury in his defamation suit.
The actor's camp has accused Amber Heard of having "extra-marital affairs" with Musk and Franco.
According to Marca, the black and white videos wherein Heard was seen getting into an elevator with Franco and Musk on separate occasions were shown to the jury.
The outlet noted that there were moments in the elevator footage where the actress did not have clothes and was only covered with a blanket. Heard reportedly showed physical affection to Franco and Musk, but mildly.
Heard has already confirmed that Franco was the one recorded in the elevator with her on May 22, 2016. However, she claimed that they were only talking and the actor was asking her what happened to her face.
She noted that she collected Franco from downstairs. Franco's apartment in Los Angeles was reportedly in the same block as Depp and Heard's at the time.
In a 2020 statement, Heard said Musk did not visit her in their apartment in 2015 while Depp was away. The actress said she did not have any "illicit relationships," and she was not in touch with the SpaceX founder until the following year.
Musk echoed what Heard claimed and said that he and the actress started going out about a month after Heard's divorce filing.
James Franco and Elon Musk were included in the actress' list of 80 possible witnesses she plans to call upon to back up her story of being beaten and abused by her ex-husband. However, both celebrities declined to appear in court.
Amber Heard Recalls Johnny Depp's Alleged Sexual Assault With Vodka Bottle
Continuing her testimony on Thursday afternoon, Amber Heard tearfully recounted a harrowing moment in Australia in 2015 when Johnny Depp allegedly sexually assaulted her using a vodka bottle.
Heard said Depp threatened to "carve up" her face with the liquor bottle and then inserted it inside her during a fight, New York Post reported.
"I didn't know if the bottle that he had inside me was broken. I couldn't feel it. I couldn't feel anything," the actress noted.
Heard also testified that Depp threw bottles at her one after another, then she felt glass breaking behind her. She added that Depp ripped off her nightgown and punched the wall next to her head during the fight.
"I was naked, slipping around on this tile... He's screaming at me and saying I ruined his life... I'm looking in his eyes, I don't see him anymore. It wasn't him. It was black. I've never been so scared in my life. I was trying to get through to Johnny and I couldn't see him at all," the actress noted.
Heard also told the jury that Depp cheated on her with another woman just after their wedding. She said her husband had an "on-and-off" relationship with the woman, who he had been text messaging. The actress noted that she found out after Depp 'passed out' with his iPad open.
Depp and Heard are battling over the 2018 op-ed the actress wrote for the Washington Post, calling herself a domestic violence survivor.
The piece did not mention Depp by name, but the actor claimed he was booted from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise due to the "clear implication" that he was the abuser in his ex-wife's op-ed.
Johnny Depp further alleged that Amber Heard was the actual "perpetrator" of the violent encounters that damaged their relationship. He is asking for $50 million in damages.
On the other hand, Heard has filed a $100 million counterclaim against the actor, who she divorced in 2017, for nuisance.
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Written by: Joshua Summers
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