Tuesday 17 May 2022 11:40 AM The real reason Johnny Depp does not make eye contact with ex-wife Amber Heard ... trends now

Johnny Depp has avoided making eye contact with Amber Heard throughout their blockbuster trial because he vowed in 2016 that she would never see his eyes again, the court has heard.

The actress testified yesterday that she has tried to look her ex-husband in the eyes during their $100million defamation trial but he has avoided her gaze.

Depp's attorney Camille Vasquez asked Heard on the stand: 'Mr Depp hasn't looked at you once in this entire trial, has he?'

Heard replied: 'Not that I've noticed, no.'

Vasquez then said: 'You've looked at him though many times, haven't you.'

After Heard confirmed she had, Vasquez then said: 'He promised you would never see his eyes again, isn't that true.'

The Aquaman star replied: 'I don't recall that.'

An audio recording was then played to the Fairfax, Virginia, courthouse taken in a San Francisco hotel room in 2016.

It was taken after Heard had filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order against the Pirates of the Caribbean star.

In the recording, Heard tried to hug Depp but when he refused, she said: 'Please I just want to hug you and say bye.'

Depp then is heard saying: 'I am nothing to you, and I will always be nothing to you. You will not see my eyes again.'

In one tense moment, the pair did come face to face and make eye contact in a previous day in court, causing Heard to physically shudder.

The actress was walking off the stand after telling the courthouse how her ex-husband had sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle and threatened to kill her in March 2015 in Australia.

At the same time, Depp, who is partially sighted, stood up and moved towards the Aquaman star.