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Heard testified that she met Depp after auditioning forThe Rum Diary.
Heard met Depp at his office; they discussed obscure literature and blues music for several hours.
Depp sent her home with several books, Heard said.
She looked around the courtroom while answering her lawyers questions, while Depps gaze remained locked on the table.
We spent the whole time just talking about things that we care about; I was so surprised.
I knew who he was.
I wasnt a fan of his work, she said of their meeting.
It was weird because hes twice my age and hes a world-famous actor … Heard said.
I left there just feeling like, wow.
Heard got the part.
Depp seemed to take a liking to Heard early on.
It felt more real.
Did he use his tongue?
Heards attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, asked.
Yes, Heard answered.
In Depps trailer, he playfully kind of pushed me down on this bed/sofa-style furniture and lifted his eyebrows.
Heard playfully batted away these alleged encounters.
She claimed Depps anger became more explosive.
Depp would throw something or smash up an apartment.
He would throw glasses at her, Heard said.
Heard recalled the first time Depp allegedly hit her: It changed my life.
I didnt realize at the time, but I think he was using cocaine.
Like there was a jar, a jar of cocaine on the table.
I realize that sounds weird, but its like an actual vintage jar of it, Heard continued.
Then he slapped me again.
It was clear: It wasnt a joke anymore.
Heard described several instances of Depps alleged drug use and erratic behavior.
Once, while Depp was taking cocaine, he accused Heard of having an affair.
Eventually, Heard and several others convinced him to leave the house.
They grabbed the dogs, one Depps and one Heards, and got into the car.
The windows were down, as Depp was constantly smoking, she said.
He grabs this teacup Yorkie and holds Boo out of the window of the moving car, Heard said.
And hes howling and, like, holding the dog out the window.
Nobody in the car did anything.
Heard was able to gently coax Depps arms back into the vehicle.
Heard described this alleged encounter as a cavity search.
Johnny on speed is very different from Johnny on opiates.
And Johnny on opiates very different from Johnny on Adderall.
And cocaine Johnny, which is very different from quaaludes Johnny, Heard testified.
Heards testimony stands in stark contrast to that of Depp and his witnesses.
Depps efforts to cast Heard in a negative light are integral to his trial strategy.
To claim that Heards op-ed defamed him, he has to prove that her allegations of abuse are false.
So Depp needs to show that her claims cant be trusted.
Before Heard testified, her team called forensic psychologist Dawn Hughes to the stand.
Hughes, who served as an expert witness in theNXIVM sex-cult trial, assessed Heard through hours of examination.
Hughes said that Heard endured interpersonal abuse, including sexual violence.
(Heard and Franco starred in two films together,Pineapple Expressand, later,The Adderall Diaries.)
Hughess testimony also served to establish why Heard might have stayed with Depp despite the alleged abuse.
She explained that people who endure intimate-partner violence stay because of a trauma bond and emotional dependency.
By bringing in this testimony from Hughes, Heards team addressed how staying in a relationship doesnt negate abuse.
This post has been updated.
