Heard claimed that Depp could become physically and sexually an abusive “monster” when he was drinking and his efforts to cut back on drug and alcohol use failed.
“The monster had been that thing that was now normal and not the exception. The violence was normal now,” he told the seven-person jury who heard testimony in a Fairfax, Virginia, court.
The 58-year-old actor, who gave his testimony in late April, denies hitting Heard and claims she was the violent one.
The star of the franchise Pirates of the Caribbean accuses his ex-wife of having ruined his reputation and his career by stating in an article published in 2018 by Washington Post in which she, without mentioning Depp, described himself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse”.
The actor claims 50 million dollars in reparation. She fired back by asking for double that by accusing him of “rampant physical violence and abuse.”
The actress affirms that the trial has forced her to revive “over and over again the most intimate, painful and deeply humiliating matters and personal things that he survived“.
“I want to move on and I want Johnny to move on,” Heard said. “I just want him to leave me alone.”
Filing for divorce was “the hardest thing she ever had to do,” added the star of Aquaman and insisted that “it was very hard because I loved Johnny too much”.
Heard said that the same week she filed for divorce, she also sought a restraining order because her ex-husband threw a cell phone in her face after their last violent argument in May 2016.
They also evoked several violent episodes before the court in Fairfax, Virginia, including a crisis of jealousy during a stay in France. According to Heard, Depp couldn’t stand that he had shot a sex scene in a movie and didn’t believe him when he told him that a stunt double had been used for the scene.