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Heard referred to personal experience in making the argument.
Depp has vehemently denied Heards abuse allegations.
He alleged that Heard was the abuser.
Heard is pursuingcounterclaims againstDepp maintaining that his denials defamed her.
As Bredehoft described, Heard fell off the sofa and Depp got on the ground next to her.
I thought I had put the monster away for good, he had allegedly said.
One of the most horrific alleged instances of abuse took place in Australia in 2016.
Heards attorneys also mentioned Depps relationship withanother alleged abuser, his good friend Marilyn Manson.
Depps lawyers, who presented their opening statement first, portrayed him as a long-suffering husband.
Their description of his powerlessness made him sound like the hapless man in any number of psychosexual thrillers.
Depp fell for Heard, Vasquez narrated: Over time, the real Ms. Heard began to emerge.
Inside the courtroom, Depps fans were rapt by his appearance.
Others whispered to each other and craned their necks to see him.
The firstJohnny Deppfan at court Tuesday arrived at 3 a.m. One by one, others congregated.
By 5 a.m., at least ten were lined up.
Some had brought camping chairs.
