Johnny Depp and Amber Heard finalized their divorce in January 2017, but a trove of previously unreleased documents shines new and unflattering light on the duo’s epic uncoupling! The lode of transcripts and statements obtained by The Hollywood Reporter reveal new details of the Johnny and Amber’s quickly, by Hollywood standards, negotiated divorce, including claims and counterclaims previously highlighted in The National ENQUIRER‘s reporting. Read on for shocking tidbits from the documents, and click here for more news of celebrity splits….
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In one deposition exchange from Aug. 13, 2016, between Amber and
Blair Berk, one of
Pirates of the Caribbean star's divorce attorneys, the
Aquaman star makes a shocking Jekyll-and-Hyde claim.
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"Johnny and I refer to his other personality, the part of him that is present when he beats me up — we call that the monster and have called [that] the monster for many years," Amber said. "I was petrified of the monster."
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The uncovered documents will figure in the defamation lawsuit Johnny's attorney's filed against the U.K. tabloid The Sun. The suit came in response to an April 2018 story headlined: "How can J.K. Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife-beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?"
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The story focused on a May 21, 2016 altercation as a turning point for Amber in the couple's troubled relationship, and said the actress "recounted a detailed history of domestic abuse incidents, some of which had led to her fearing for her life."
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In a July 2018 filing in The Sun defamation lawsuit, the actor claimed an an "aggressive and violent" Heard had punched him in the face twice the night of April 21, 2016. The night of May 21, he said he'd brought two security guards with him because he "was concerned about what Ms. Heard might do."
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With regard to the photos submitted to back up the disputed abuse claim, Depp's lawyers noted that while "hardcopy photographs were put in evidence...neither the original images nor the associated metadata were produced."
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As readers of The ENQUIRER know, the divorce has long played out in a series
Amber charges and
Johnny counter-charges. With a hearing in the U.K. on Depp's case against The Sun scheduled for Feb 22, the 15-month marriage's nasty afterburn is assured of continuing into a third year!
In one deposition exchange from Aug. 13, 2016, between Amber and
Blair Berk, one of
Pirates of the Caribbean star's divorce attorneys, the
Aquaman star makes a shocking Jekyll-and-Hyde claim.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"Johnny and I refer to his other personality, the part of him that is present when he beats me up — we call that the monster and have called [that] the monster for many years," Amber said. "I was petrified of the monster."
Photo credit: Getty Images
The uncovered documents will figure in the defamation lawsuit Johnny's attorney's filed against the U.K. tabloid The Sun. The suit came in response to an April 2018 story headlined: "How can J.K. Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife-beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?"
Photo credit: Getty Images
The story focused on a May 21, 2016 altercation as a turning point for Amber in the couple's troubled relationship, and said the actress "recounted a detailed history of domestic abuse incidents, some of which had led to her fearing for her life."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Photo credit: NatENQ Files
Photo credit: NatENQ Files
In a July 2018 filing in The Sun defamation lawsuit, the actor claimed an an "aggressive and violent" Heard had punched him in the face twice the night of April 21, 2016. The night of May 21, he said he'd brought two security guards with him because he "was concerned about what Ms. Heard might do."
Photo credit: Getty Images
With regard to the photos submitted to back up the disputed abuse claim, Depp's lawyers noted that while "hardcopy photographs were put in evidence...neither the original images nor the associated metadata were produced."
Photo credit: Getty Images
As readers of The ENQUIRER know, the divorce has long played out in a series
Amber charges and
Johnny counter-charges. With a hearing in the U.K. on Depp's case against The Sun scheduled for Feb 22, the 15-month marriage's nasty afterburn is assured of continuing into a third year!
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