There were a couple of things that
I don't know
stuck in my head that I noticed
there were
I thought might be a little bit
of a dilemma
at some point.
And you also told Mr.
Depp that
sometimes you get so mad you lose it.
Correct?
That's correct.
I also explain
the context of that fight yesterday.
That's you and Mr.
Franco on May 22nd.
2016, right?
That's correct.
And you're taking him up
to the penthouses, aren't you?
That's where I live. Yes.
And it's past 11 p.m.
at night. Isn't that right?
I'm not quite sure of the time it looked.
It looked like that.
Why don't we pulled that video back up.
But I did take pause.
Of course,
at the fact that she was visibly shaken
or upset that I had
I had broken her rules of routine.
I thought that strange.
And then once that once you notice
something like that,
then you
start to notice other
little things that come out. And then
within a year or year and a half,
she had become this
another person almost.
The defamation trial
that is going on right now
between Depp and Heard
is centralized around
two very basic things.
One, that Johnny allegedly
was physically violent with Amber
Heard, and two,
that Heard lied about that
in its entirety.
And Depps
career was almost irreparably hurt
as a result.
A couple of weeks into the trial,
all sorts of testimony
and statements
have been made both for
and against both sides.
But if you want to know where we were
before the trial even started,
you have to go back in time
to how the relationship started,
ended, and the fallout that occurred.
We'll break it down for you.
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And with that
being said, let's
get straight into the video.
To take this back to the beginning,
we must look back over a decade
with the film The Rum Diary.
A movie very near and dear to Johnny
due to how
it was inspired
by a real life friend of his
that was to star in
the film
and heard was cast as his love interest,
not anything that hadn't happened
before in his career.
However, it soon
became clear to the two
that they had a connection
that was almost intoxicating.
The catch is that
both of them were in previous
relationships.
Depp was with Vanessa Paradis,
the mother of his two children,
and Amber,
who's bisexual, was with Tasha Van Ree.
Despite these hurdles,
both of them
broke off the relationships they had
and eventually they became involved.
Those who saw the relationship,
both up close and afar, noted that things
honestly did seem to look
well between them.
Depp even testified
in the current defamation trial
that in the early goings,
everything was great.
Heard treated very well, and at one point
even went so far
as to take off his shoes,
in the literal sense,
every time he got home from work.
Something he admitted
he never experienced before.
In the beginning
of my relationship with Ms.
Heard, she was
it was as if
she was she was too good to be true.
She was attentive.
She was loving.
She was smart.
She was kind.
She was funny.
She was understanding.
We had many things in common.
So for that year
or a year and a half, it was
it was amazing.
The security guard
also testified at the trial
that the two were giddy
in the early days of their marriage,
but things went south quickly,
and the evidence suggested
the acts of violence
actually started before the marriage.
#8 Early Warnings.
In 2013 Depp is profiled by Rolling Stone
in an article
where he reveals
a dependency
on pain medication and alcohol
but also that he's been sober for a year
and a half.
Depp has been more than open and honest
about his addiction woes.
As well as his repeated attempts
to get clean
so that he could move on with his life.
I've never used
the word party in my life.
I've never taken any substance
for a party.
I have taken these substances
over the years on and off
to numb.
But that
addiction would be a key factor
in the violence to come, because not long
before the allegations came, Depp
fell off the wagon,
and it wouldn't be
the last time that happened.
The first allegation of A.B
occurred in March 2013.
Heard claims Depp slapped her three times
after
she made a joke
about his, Wino forever tattoo.
She claims to have a text
in which he apologizes for turning into,
quote, "The Monster" Depp denied this.
And the topic was brought up in court.
According to Depp,
the tattoo was a Winona Forever tattoo.
In which he got
for his precious
girlfriend of Winona Ryder.
The catch was that
they weren't together anymore.
And Depp knew that Heard
didn't like the tattoo.
So he did a Wino Forever
to try and make her laugh.
It didn't take, apparently,
but he maintained that he never hurt her
because of it.
Later in March, 2013,
Depp & Heard had another altercation,
which he refers to in text
as the disco bloodbath.
According to Heard
she got hit by him so hard
with a backhand complete with rings
that she bled from her lips.
A photo was taken after the event,
and Depp notes
that it proves that she was fine
as she was willing to take that photo
and go out in public.
Heard claims, though,
that her hair in the shot is covering
the bruise,
a cover up
that Heard would use in various forms
as the allegations grew.
#7, Growing Resentments.
More texts
over this period in 2013
revealed even more details
about what may or may not be going on
in the relationship,
including one set of texts
from Amber heard to her mother
where she talks about the spiral
that Johnny was on with his addiction.
Deb notes
that this is actually proof of him
not hurting her
because why would
she focus on the addiction
and not the alleged violence against her?
Despite turmoil in their relationship,
Depp and Heard became engaged
in January 2014.
Heard is photographed
wearing an engagement ring.
And later
the couple confirmed the engagement
to People magazine.
But despite this, things
allegedly continued to happen,
including Depp
allegedly getting violent
with Heard once again.
This time on a plane
when he confronts her
about a potential affair
she's having with James Franco.
Depps assistant confirms
the argument did happen,
but whether the violence happened
is up for debate, much like many other
violent incidents in this relationship.
That's why you felt comfortable
having James
Franco
over the evening of May 22nd 2016
misheard.
I do not know when.
I do not know when James came over.
OK, let's remind you.
Such as in 2015, when during a time
in Tokyo
for the premiere of one of his movies,
Heard alleged that he hurt her
in various ways.
Depp counters this by noting
'This wouldn't be possible
due to how his children
were in the very next room'.
What's more,
Heard went to the premiere of the movie
and had no visible injuries on her.
#6, The Australia incident.
Arguably one of the most
talked about parts of the case,
is what happened
when they were in Australia.
This was when Depp was filming
the first Pirates
film, and Heard
was with him on the venture.
But during another argument
the two had very different versions
of what happened.
According to Amber,
Depp got violent with her
and after smashing a phone,
he lost a fingertip.
That meanwhile notes
that he was asking her
to sign an agreement
should they ever split up.
And she lost it.
She started throwing glass
bottles at his head
and one of them shattered,
resulting in the cutting of his finger.
This is where things get tricky
because the doctor who treated
Depp has a text that has Depp
not just chewing out Heard,
but having him state
he cut his own finger.
However, another witness, Ben King.
He said he was that Mr.
Depp sustained an injury to his finger,
one of his fingers,
and he was looking for a
the fingertip that
it said it had been severed.
At some point.
Was Mr.
Davis Fingertip found?
Yes.
Who found it?
I did.
Notes that on the plane right back
after finding the severed
fingertip,
Amber Heard asked him
if he ever just lost it on a partner
and when he said he never did,
she got angry and didn't talk to him
for the rest of the trip.
Ms. Heard, that's you and Mr.
Depp on that recording, correct?
That's correct.
And you told Mr.
Depp, quote,
"I can't promise you
that I won't get physical"
end quote, correct?
That's correct.
There were a lot of other things
that allegedly happened in Australia,
including the infamous dog incident
featuring Heard's pets.
But all in all,
it was not the best time
for that marriage.
Number five, more incidents.
After Johnny and Amber were married in
2015, things didn't get better.
In fact,
less than a month
after the marriage, Depp
made a joke about pushing her sister down
a flight of stairs
that she was next to Amber,
his response was to punch him
and then claimed it to be self-defense.
Her sister
also claims
she saw Deb grabbing
Amber by the hair and hitting her.
But Deb, as you would expect,
denies this.
He was about to push my sister down
the stairs.
She was attempting to break us up.
I am protective over my baby sister.
When he laid hands on her,
I don't know what I did.
In July 2015, on a train
in Southeast Asia during their honeymoon,
Depp allegedly hits Heard and grabs
her by the throat at 3:30 a.m..
Depps security testify
they wouldn't have known about a fight
at 3 a.m.
In a photo from that night Depp claims
his red nose is an injury from Heard.
At Thanksgiving
of that year, Heard alleged that Depp,
left her in a knot
after doing various violent actions
to her.
But, Depp
countered with movies
from that night
that showcased Heard in perfect health
throughout the time
he allegedly hurt her.
Number four the L.A.
incident.
Another key
talking point happened in 2016
when Amber was allegedly hurt by Depp
and she told her friends to call the cops
because of not just the damage
that was being done to her,
but because of the damage
that was being done to their home.
The police were indeed brought in.
And as a result of that,
something should have happened. Right?
Except the police,
one of which was a female, noted that
while Heard was crying,
they saw no signs of A.B.
And furthermore,
there was no damage to the L.A.
home.
This was later backed up in 2021
when the body cam footage was released
and no clear damage was done.
The officers also noted that Depp
wasn't around.
Heard didn't
show the signs of a dom* AB victim.
And that one of Heards
friends said that everything was fine.
This is still one of the most contested
elements of the case
because Heard swears that this happened.
The cops say otherwise.
And Depp noted
that he left the home
before things even got close to violent.
Number three,
The Divorce and Allegations.
Eventually in 2016, Amber Heard
would file for divorce from Johnny.
She also put out the first true
accusations of violence
in the relationship
though very curiously even though reports
and evidence of bruises
and other physical harm were released.
There were many
who noted that
they never saw them on Heards body
despite being close to her.
It should also be noted
that despite filing for divorce
and getting a restraining order
out on Depp,
Heard repeatedly met
with Depp to talk with him.
Including in one cover up moment,
where she talked about
how her reputation was gone.
And that proposed an idea
of a joint statement,
which they eventually did do,
to help smooth things
over in the public eye.
Another time was confirmed by her agent
when he helped arrange
a meeting with Depp in San Francisco,
and it didn't go well at all.
Including Depp
offering to mutilate himself
due to how he had nothing left to give
as she had
already taken everything from him.
Number two, the op ed.
That leads us to the Washington
Post op ed written by Amber, in which
she claimed
to be the face of the movement
in terms of those being hurt by DV.
Depp hears about this
and outright denies it.
Setting up
this series of lawsuits
that have continued to this day.
Heard repeatedly has denied
that the article was about Johnny.
And yet many have cited
that to be curious at best.
Number one, the defamation case.
Finally, there is the defamation case
that is going on right now
with the courts.
This is the ultimate test of the claims
from both sides.
And at present,
things are certainly going
better for Johnny than it is for Amber.
This is noted
because Heard has repeatedly
and consistently said
that she never hurt Depp
or only hurt him in self-defense.
Yet recordings prove this to be false.
Furthermore, multiple witnesses
attached to the former
couple have stated that
although they verbally argued a lot.
They never saw Johnny
get physical with her.
Heards legal team,
meanwhile, has been focusing
on his addiction woes
and how that led to the violence
against her.
We're three weeks into this ordeal
and more details are coming out
almost every weekday.
For better or for worse,
all in all, it's hard
to tell
where the allegations will eventually end
and the truth will unfold.
But it's a long and complex
journey to get where we are now
and how it will end is anyone's guess.
And there you go
everyone a look at the timeline of Johnny
and Ambers relationship
and how the relationship
led to the court case
that we're now very much embroiled in.
Can you see how things
look on both sides?
Of the viewing glass?
Whose case
you certainly feel is the strongest?
And will get their narrative
pushed over in the end.
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