Johnny Depp v. News Group Newspapers libel hearing is taking place in London court. The reason was an article by The Sun from 2018, where the actor was accused of beating his wife.

Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard is the witness. The defense relies on the actress's statement about 14 incidents of violence by Depp, which occurred from 2013 to 2016.

The trial began on 7 July. The process became the largest in Britain after the end of the quarantine caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

At the last of the meetings, which took place on July 21, Heard spoke about the conflict with Johnny Depp on her birthday in April 2016. The actor arrived late, and when Heard expressed his displeasure, he hit her.

“On my 30th birthday, I woke up among the glass shards with a broken heart,” the actress said about the incident.

A month later, the couple quarreled again. According to the actress, Johnny Depp threw a phone at her. Two days later, on May 23, Amber Heard filed for divorce.

During the ongoing process, the actors have brought many different charges against each other. Spouses talk about cases of assault, aggression, obscene and inappropriate behavior. Depp denies guilt.

The Sun's Sasha Wass said that Depp told Heard about his alier ego, which manifests itself under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2013, the actress wrote to her husband an e-mail, where she noted that Depp did not remember what happened to him when he was intoxicated.

Depp's spokesman David Sherborne issued a statement that the violence came from his wife. “Heard started the assault, it was she who beat him ... it was she who did the violence, not he,” Sherborne emphasized.

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“I witnessed how Amber violently pounced on Johnny, dragged him by the hair and subjected him to other types of physical aggression,” - said Tara Roberts, Johnny Depp's real estate manager in the Bahamas.

According to Depp's bodyguard Malcolm Connolly, he saw a mark on the actor's face after Amber Heard put out a cigarette on him. Depp also told Connolly that during the quarrel, his wife injured his hand - the actor cut off a piece of his finger with a fragment of a bottle of vodka. The bodyguard also personally observed the consequences of the incident.

Former spouses present different versions of the same events.

During the proceedings, it became known about the relationship of Amber Heard with Elon Musk. Earlier, the affidavit of Alejandro Romero, the concierge of the house where the couple lived, was considered. According to him, the entrepreneur visited the actress at night when Johnny Depp was absent.

Romero also noted that Musk had the keys to Depp's garage and penthouse. Heard denies that the relationship with the billionaire took place during the marriage. 

During Tuesday's meeting, Depp's lawyer, Eleanor Laws, read Heard's May 22 correspondence with Musk. The actress mentioned that she intends to receive a restraining order. To this, Musk offered to provide her with 24/7 protection.

“The offer would remain valid even if you didn’t want to see me anymore… In any case, forgive me for my stupidity. Your silence hurts badly. This is important only because I like you very much, ”wrote the entrepreneur.

In court, Heard said she feared for her life. The actress noted that her ex-husband openly threatened to kill her several times.

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Also during the trial, she recalled the beginning of the relationship in a positive manner. “It was interesting with him, he had both intelligence, and gloom and fun. He was very well versed in life, having lived in this world longer and experienced much more than I did. I was fascinated. I have never had a relationship with such a person, ”said Heard.

At the same time, the actress stressed that their relationship did not fit into generally accepted ideas. “I had to suppress all my expectations about normalcy,” she said. According to Heard, in the future, this allowed Depp to behave inappropriately.

Depp was also accused of cruelty to animals - it is alleged that the actor once stuck Heard's pet, a Yorkshire Terrier, out of the window of a moving car.

“I don’t think I would consider it fun to stick a harmless one and a half kilogram dog out of the window of a fast-moving car - even with my very unique sense of humor,” commented Depp.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard met on the set of The Rum Diary. Their relationship became known in 2012. 

Three years later, the actors got married, but their union did not last long. Family problems began in the spring of 2016, and in May Amber Heard filed for divorce. A few days later it became known that Depp was forbidden to approach the actress at a distance of less than 30 meters. 

Depp later stated that he himself was a victim of violence.