In an audio recording, Amber Heard admits having "hit" Johnny Depp
In this audio recording dating from 2015 and revealed by the "Daily Mail", Amber Heard exchanges with Johnny Depp after an argument, and admits having "hit" him. While the couple divorced in 2016, the two actors have accused each other of domestic violence since.
A legal battle that has lasted for more than three years. On Friday, January 31, the Daily Mail released an audio recording from 2015, from a conversation between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, in which the actress admits having "hit" her ex-husband.
If the couple divorced in 2016, Amber Heard then accused Johnny Depp of domestic violence, leading the latter to pay her $ 7 million, which she had promised to donate entirely to an association.
Charges that the actor had rejected, in turn accusing his ex-wife of physical violence and filing a defamation complaint in March 2019.
What does the audio recording say?
While Amber Heard admits to having "hit" Johnny Depp in the recording obtained by the Daily Mail, these revelations revive the legal battle between the actors. "You didn't get a punch. You got punched. I don't know exactly what movement made my hand but you're okay, I didn't hurt you, I didn't punch you. punch, I hit you, "said the actress in the audio clip, before adding:" I can't promise you that I will not be violent anymore. My god, sometimes I am so angry that I lose control ".
You haven't received a punch. You have been hit. I don't know exactly what movement made my hand but you are fine.
"I left last night. Honestly, I could not bear the idea of more violence between us," we hear Johnny Depp respond. "Because if we had continued it would have become very serious. I'm afraid we will turn into a crime scene."
When did Amber Heard and Johnny Depp get a divorce?
It was in 2012 that the couple began dating after meeting on the set of the film Rhum Express, before getting married in February 2015. They separated the following year, when Amber Heard filed for divorce and accuses Johnny Depp of domestic violence.
In August 2016, their divorce was formalized and Johnny Depp paid his ex-wife $ 7 million.
What does Amber Heard accuse Johnny Depp of?
The actress had also accused the actor of having thrown his phone "as hard as he could" in her face, on May 21, 2016. A gesture that would have pushed her to ask for a divorce, after a short relationship marked by the violence.
As soon as the divorce was announced, photos of Amber Heard with a swollen face had been published in the press, when she had requested a deportation order against her husband. In May 2019, Johnny Depp accused her of creating these hit marks with makeup.
Weeks later, a video showing Johnny Depp drunk, breaking a wine bottle and wineglass in their kitchen, while the Aquaman actress tries to appease him, was also revealed by TMZ.
In April 2019, Amber Heard assures that her ex-husband has become a "monster", in particular because of alcohol, in a legal document provided in the context of the defamation lawsuit he brought against him, obtained by the magazine People. The actress details a scene that allegedly took place in their apartment in Los Angeles in 2015: "He slapped me, grabbed me by the hair and dragged me from the stairwell to the office, then the kitchen to the bedroom ". New accusations that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor denies again the following month.
Johnny Depp sues Amber Heard for libel
But since their divorce, the couple continues to accuse each other of violence. In December 2018, Amber Heard confided in the Washington Post about the domestic violence she allegedly suffered, without however naming Johnny Depp.
"Two years ago, I became a public figure of domestic violence and I felt all the violence of our culture against women who free their word," she says, before recounting the alleged violence: "I got up and he kicked me in the back, then threw his boot at me while I was still on the ground."
I got up and he kicked me in the back, then threw his boot at me while I was still on the ground.
A few months later, Johnny Depp counterattacked and claimed $ 50 million in defamation damages, even though his name was not mentioned in the article. The actor denies the charges and accuses his ex-wife of violence himself, providing photos showing him with bruises on his face, and an injured finger after Amber Heard allegedly threw a bottle of alcohol at a marble table , a month after their marriage.
According to the US site Deadline, the defamation lawsuit brought by Johnny Depp against Amber Heard will be held in August 2020.
