Johnny Depp Kicked Amber Heard and Then Penetrated Her With a Liquor Bottle During 2015 Drug-Fueled Bender, Actress' Attorney Says

By Joshua Summers First Posted: Apr 13, 2022 07:41 AM EDT

Johnny Depp's multi-million dollar defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard opened Tuesday in Virginia with explosive new sex assault allegations.

According to The Daily Mail, Heard's attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, told the jury at the Fairfax County's district court that Depp penetrated the actress with a liquor bottle during a three-day, drug-fueled bender in Australia in 2015.

Describing the incident, Bredehoft noted that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star had his ex-wife jammed up against the bar, hurled bottles at her, dragged her, punched her, and kicked her.

The lawyer added: "He has told her he's going to fu**ing kill her, and he fu**ing hates her. He's pounding at her, pounding at her. And then, he penetrates her with a liquor bottle."

As the lawyer made that allegation, Depp could be seen shaking his head as if to say, "No." According to Bredehoft, the extreme physical and sexual violence started after the actor had taken eight to 10 tablets of ecstasy, adding that the "next three days are just a cycle of very, very, very violent activity by him."

Depp's spokesman has vehemently denied those claims. In a statement, the spokesman said the claims were "fictitious" and were never made at the onset of Heard's allegations in 2016.

"[Those claims] only advantageously surfaced years later once she was sued for defamation after noting in her op-ed that she was a victim of 'sexual violence.' Words are key in a defamation case and conveniently, this allegation only came after that," the spokesman noted, adding that Heard's claims have continued to change over time for "the purpose of Hollywood shock value of which Amber has mastered and used to exploit a serious social movement."

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are battling over a 2018 op-ed the actress wrote for the Washington Post, calling herself a domestic violence survivor.

The piece did not mention Depp by name, but the actor claimed he was booted from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise due to the "clear implication" that he was the abuser in his ex-wife's op-ed.

Depp further alleged that Heard was the actual "perpetrator" of the violent encounters that damaged their relationship. He is asking for $50 million in damages.

On the other hand, Amber Heard has filed a counterclaim of defamation against the actor, who she divorced in 2017, for nuisance.

Johnny Depp's Sister Says Amber Heard Called the Actor an 'Old Fat Man'

According to New York Post, Christi Dembrowski, Johnny Depp's sister, was the first witness to take the stand in the actor's defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard.

Dembrowski, who testified on Tuesday, said she was "devastated" when Depp married the actress. She told the jury that the couple fought often, and Heard would often mock her younger brother.

Dembrowski said Heard once called Depp an "old fat man" and questioned why French fashion house Dior was interested in working with the Hollywood actor who "don't have style."

"Why would Dior want to do business with you? They're about class and style, and you don't have style," the "Aquaman" actress allegedly said.

Depp's sister, who helped manage her brother's career, also claimed that she often booked an extra hotel room for the actor to use in case the couple fought when they traveled together.

She added that Heard was the one who refused to sign a prenup as she refuted claims by the actress' camp that it was the actor who decided to forgo a prenup.

Dembrowski also talked about their abusive mother, saying that Johnny Depp would usually just leave the room and never hit their mother.

When asked about the op-ed, Dembrowski said: "I believe there is a negative effect on anyone's career when there are accusations as there have been... Personally, I know he doesn't want people to feel... that he could ever be that type of person, which he isn't."

Depp's sister further noted that the part that the actor bothered him the most was that the abuse allegations would "trickle down to his children."

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Defamation Trial in Virginia

Last August, Fairfax County Chief Judge Penney Azcarte ruled not to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by Johnny Depp against Amber Heard, who said the case should be thrown out as a London judge did in 2020.

The actress said the court in Virginia should recognize the decision of London High Court Judge Andrew Nicol. Depp has lost a high-profile case at the High Court in London against a British newspaper that called him a "wife-beater."

The actor sued "The Sun" and its executive editor, Dan Wootton after he was labeled as a "wife-beater" in the paper's 2018 headline.

During a trial, Depp accused Heard of being the "abusive one," arguing that the actress faked photos to make it look like he injured his ex-wife.

Depp further noted that the actress came into his life and took everything that was "worth taking" and allegedly destroyed what remained in his life. Despite his claims, the actor lost the libel case in 2020, and the judge concluded that he "regularly beat" her ex-wife.

In deciding not to dismiss the defamation case filed by Johnny Depp in Virginia, the Fairfax County judge said the statements being defended in the U.K. case were inherently different than the statements published by Amber Heard.

The judge further noted that the actress and The Sun were not in "privity and not mutual." The judge added that since Heard was also not a party in the U.K. case, she was not subject to the "same discovery rules" applicable to named parties.

The defamation trial in Fairfax, Virginia is expected to last more than a month. Apart from both Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, the trial will also include testimony from high-profile individuals like Elon Musk and James Franco.

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Written by: Joshua Summers

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