Tuesday 17 May 2022 11:40 PM Amber Heard loses her cool as cross-examination ends trends now

Johnny Depp's legal team wrapped up its cross-examination of Amber Heard after two grueling days of questioning by grilling her on her relationship with James Franco and accusations she abused her ex-girlfriend. 

Depp's attorney Camille Vasquez ended her cross-examination by referencing allegations that Heard hit her ex-girlfriend Tasya van Ree in 2009. Two officers allegedly witnessed Heard smack van Ree in the arm and yank her necklace off, and she was arrested, but the charges were quickly dropped.

'Johnny Depp isn't the only partner of yours that you've assaulted,' Vasquez said.

'I've never assaulted any partner,' Heard insisted. 'I've never assaulted Mr. Depp or any other person I was romantically linked to, ever.'

No further questions, your Honor,' Vasquez said, wrapping up two days of cross-examination.

Earlier Vasquez asked Heard why James Franco visited her at her Los Angeles penthouse in May 2016, the day after the violent argument with Depp that was the final straw in their marriage.

The court has heard previously that Depp was extremely jealous of Franco and thought that Heard was having an affair with him. The jury was shown video of Franco and Heard in the elevator of the apartment building. 

'You knew that Mr. Depp was out of town May 22, 2016, didn't you?' Vasquez asked Heard, adding that the visit came the day after she changed the locks.

'I didn't know his schedule,' she replied.

JAMES FRANCO VISIT TO THE PENTHOUSE  

Heard said of Franco: 'He was my friend and he lived quite literally next door. I'd exhausted my support network and I was happy to welcome as much friendship as I could possibly get.'

Heard's lawyer Elaine Bredehoft asked Heard about CCTV footage from the building that showed her in the elevator with Franco shortly before 11pm that night.

In the clip he is seen putting his head on Heard's shoulder in an affectionate gesture.

Heard said: 'After seeing my face put his head on my shoulder. He touched the side of my face too'.

Heard claims that Depp threw a phone at her the night before, leaving a bruise on her cheek.

She told the court that Franco 'touched the side of my face and responded to what he saw.'

AMBER RELEASED FROM AQUAMAN 

Earlier the court heard an unhinged argument between Depp and Heard in which she tells him: 'Suck my d**k!'

Depp responds: 'Suck my d**k!'

He adds: 'Suck your d***k.'

Heard tells him she regrets believing 'all the lies you sold' and calls Depp a 'washed up piece of s***' and a 'sellout'.

Heard tells Depp that 'you're a joke' and Depp replies sarcastically: 'I'm the joke in the industry, Amber?'

Depp says bitingly: 'Aquamannnnnn'.

Heard replies: '21 Whatever. No-one cares', referring to 21 Jump Street, the movie which was Depp's big break in his 20s.

Vasquez asked Heard if it was true that Depp got her the co-starring role in Aquaman.

Heard said: 'Excuse me? No Miss Vasquez I got that role by auditioning.'

Vasquez asked: 'You were the jealous one in this relationship?'

Heard said: 'Johnny's always been very jealous when I worked.' 

Heard told the court that she was released from her contract to do Aquaman 2 - but managed to stay in the movie.

However she has no idea how long she will appear once the film airs in theaters.

Asked if she was replaced in the movie, which is due out next year, Heard said that 'they released me from my contract'.

She said she had to 'fight' to keep her role as Mera, adding that 'I don't know how much I'm in the final cut.'

There was laughter in court as the jury heard a Tweet that Heard sent to Depp's former lawyer Adam Waldman in March 2021.

Heard claims that Waldman's statements that her allegations were a 'hoax' were defamatory and are the basis of her $100million counterclaim.

In response to a comment by Waldman about her injuries being fake, Heard Tweeted: 'Yes Mr. Waldman, I may be wearing makeup on this occasion but on every occasion you will still be short.'

Vasquez sought to portray Heard as the aggressor in the relationship by playing an audio recording where she admits to hitting Depp.

Vasquez asked Heard if she struck Depp 'multiple times.'

Heard said that 'many times I had to use my body to defend myself. If it meant the difference between a sore face and a broken nose, you bet I would.'

Asked if Heard was usually the 'initial aggressor', she said that if Depp was choking her then she might be the first person to slap him.

Heard claimed that if she got physical it was to 'defend myself.'

Heard denied editing photographs she took after her final argument with Depp in May 2016 before she filed for divorce.

Vasquez showed the jury two photos side by side that Heard took showing herself with a red face and a bruise on her face.

She asked Heard: 'You just edited these photographs?'

Heard said: 'Never'.

Vasquez asked if Heard 'enhanced the saturation to make your face look more red?'

Heard said: 'That's incorrect, I didn't touch it'.

DEPP CAN'T LOOK HEARD IN THE EYE  

Heard told the court that the real reason Depp can't look her in the eye is that he is 'guilty'.

Depp's lawyers have previously claimed that Depp vowed to never look her in the eyes again once they divorced.

With a wobbly lip, Heard said: 'Because he's guilty. He knows he's lying otherwise why can't he look at me?

'I survived that man and I'm here and I'm able to look at him'.

While doing this she stared at Depp who kept his head down and spoke with his lawyers, refusing to meet her gaze.

The court has previously heard an audio clip of Depp from July 2016 - after the divorce - in which he says she will 'never see my eyes again'.

Heard's lawyer Elaine Bredehoft mocked Depp by putting on a low voice to reprise the remarks - sparking laughter from Depp.

Heard said that Depp has in fact looked her in the eyes since the divorce and at their first divorce mediation in July 2016 he did so 'many times'.

He also kissed her and gave her a note which said: 'I'll love you dead or alive' with his new number on it.

In an audio played in court, the jury could hear Heard begging with Johnny not to leave as he tried to visit his daughter. 

Depp pleaded with her, 'Why don't you just say, ''Okay baby, I understand, I'll go home and you do your thing and hang out with your daughter and then I'll see you in a couple hours and we'll talk about it.'' Is it that difficult to say that? Or do you f**king hate me? Please, it isn't that difficult. Okay?' 

'I don't want to stand here in a driveway and argue with you,' Heard responded.

'I don't either.'

Heard told Vasquez that she was trying to stop Depp from taking drugs.  

COUPLE'S 'LOVE JOURNAL' REVEALED IN COURT

The court was shown Depp and Heard's 'love journal' they would both write in to each other.

In a diary entry on May 22, 2015, Heard wrote: 'True love isn't about just the madness of passion or picking the safety of peace. It's about having both. I have seen in you the true bones of friendship and respect but I still more than ever want to rip you apart, devour you and savor the taste.'

When pressed by Depp's attorney Vasquez on the contents, Heard told the jury it was a 'love note' to Depp, whose own writings in the book were redacted.

Heard has previously claimed that during her honeymoon with Depp in July 2015 aboard the Orient Express he brutally assaulted her.

But the court was shown a note in the diary from July 22 that year which read: 'My husband, happy honeymoon.'

The inside cover was a photo from when they were back in Australia having made up after the fight two months before.

Heard said that the image, where they are arm in arm on a boat, was 'much later' once they returned to Australia.

Heard said this was during a 'honeymoon period' when Depp was clean and sober.

Heard signed it off as 'Slim', Depp's nickname for her.