By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:01 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 23:28 BST, 11 April 2019
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Amber Heard has renewed her allegations of domestic abuse against Johnny Depp in a new court filing in response to his $50million defamation lawsuit.
Heard describes a number of incidents when Depp alleged beat and choked her while he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol during their four-year relationship in the complaint obtained by The New York Post on Thursday.
Depp sued Heard last month over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post in which she described being a victim of domestic abuse but did not mention the actor, whom she divorced after less than a year of marriage in May 2016.
The defamation suit accused Heard of implying that Depp was abusive toward her and labeled her claims 'an elaborate hoax'.
Amber Heard has renewed her allegations of domestic abuse against Johnny Depp in a new court filing in response to his $50million defamation lawsuit. The couple, who divorced in May 2016 after less than a year of marriage, are seen above in January 2016
Heard responded to Depp's suit by laying out the actor's alleged abuse in vivid detail.
She claims that her then-husband became 'a totally different person, often delusional and violent' when he was abusing drugs and alcohol.
'We called that version of Johnny, "the Monster",' she wrote.
She said she first witnessed his alleged substance abuse about a year into their relationship, which began in 2012.
'On some
