Amber Heardbelieves one particular piece of evidence that was not allowed in the courtroom during her defamation trial with ex-husbandJohnny Deppcould’ve changed the verdict.
“Her notes represented years — years — of real-time explanations of what was going on,” Heard claimed, after Guthrie, 50, asked whether there was any evidence that wasn’t presentedthat would’ve made all the difference.
Shared onDateline, the notes stated that theAquamanactress told her therapist Depp “hit her” and “threw her on the floor” in January 2012 and, eight months later, “ripped her nightgown” and “threw her on the bed.” Heard further alleged that thePirates of the Caribbeanactor, 59, “threw her against a wall and threatened to kill her” in 2013, per the notes.
Johnny Depp; Amber Heard.JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP/Getty; ELIZABETH FRANTZ/POOL/AFP/Getty
“The judge ruled those notes were hearsay and inadmissible,” Guthrie — whose husbandMichael Feldmanhas done consulting work for Depp’s legal team, though not in connection with Guthrie’s interview — says in a voiceover in the special, from which a preview is available now on Peacock.
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Additionally, the jury awarded Heard $2 million in damages, finding Depp defamed her via his lawyer, one of the three claims she brought in her countersuit. Sheplans to appeal the verdict.
In a prerecorded deposition played for the court in April, Los Angeles–based therapist Dr. Laurel Anderson recalled marriage counseling she led with Depp and Heard back in 2015.
When asked if there was “violence from Mr. Depp toward Amber,” Anderson replied, “Yes, you’re right. He had been well-controlled, I think, for almost, I don’t know, 20, 30 years. Both werevictims of abuse in their homes, but I thought he had been well-controlled for decades. And then with Ms. Heard, he was triggered, and they engagedin what I saw as mutual abuse.”
She also claimed Heard would sometimes initiate the fights in order to “keep him with her” because “abandonment was her worst nightmare.”
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On Friday, a spokesperson for Heard added in an emailed statement of the actress’sDatelineinterview, “If Mr. Depp or his team have a problem with this, we recommend that Johnny himselfsit down with Savannah Guthrie for an hourand answer all her questions.”
Watch the fullDatelinespecial Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, or stream it on Peacock the next day.
source: people.com
