Amber Heard cringes at audio of Johnny Depp gagging and telling her ‘I f**king hate you’
Court heard recordings from string of fights between the former couple
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Amber Heard cringed as a jury heard audio of Johnny Depp gagging and telling her “I f***ing hate you.”
The actress pulled a face as the audio was played during cross examination of Mr Depp during the former couple’s multi-million dollar defamation trial in Virginia.
On the graphic recording, Mr Depp could be heard saying to Ms Heard, “You’re a c*** and I f***ing hate you and I want out.”
The court was also played a string of recordings of other fights between the couple.
In one Mr Depp said: “I become irrational when you’re doing movies, I become jealous and f****** crazy and weird and we fight a lot more.”
Court hears audio of Amber Heard begging Johnny Depp not to cut himself two months after divorce filing
Johnny Depp trial – live: Actor testifies on vulgar Amber Heard texts, assaulting cabinets, and blood painting 
Amber Heard fights back tears as court is shown video of Johnny Depp ‘assaulting cabinets’
And in another recording he said: ’I head butted you on the f****** forehead. That doesn’t break a nose.”
Ms Heard’s layer, Ben Rotternborn, also read out a text message from Mr Depp to singer Elton John in 2012, thanking him for supporting him in his struggle with drugs.
‘I would have been swallowed up by the monster were it not for you, that is a simple fact?” The message read.
And Mr Depp told the court: “Elton was a dear friend who has been sober for 40 years, so he was, we’ve had discussions and he wanted me to get clean, sober so he actually sent a fellow called Charlie Dunnett who worked with Elton for years and years….”
Mr Rottenborn cut him off and asked him to confirm if had sent the text message.
“I’ll just stop talking,” replied an annoyed Mr Depp.
The attorney told Mr Depp that he only interrupted as he wanted “to be respectful of the court’s time and I trust you do too?”
And Mr Depp told him: “I don’t feel that I’m wasting anyone’s time.”
Ms Heard is being sued for $50m by Mr Depp for implying he abused her in a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post.
Although she did not name him, his lawyers claim her allegations have made it difficult for the actor to land movie roles, turning him from “Cinderella to Quasimodo” in Hollywood, as the Pirates of the Caribbean actor described it.
She, in turn, has filed a $100m counterclaim against Mr Depp and has asked for immunity from the actor’s allegations.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments