‘Monster Depp beat & strangled ex-wife Amber’
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JOHNNY Depp became a “monster” on drink and drugs before beating and strangling his then wife Amber Heard, she has alleged in new court papers.
The actress, who was married to the Hollywood star for just over a year, claims in graphic detail how he repeatedly hit her, pulled out her hair, choked and nearly suffocated her.
Depp, 55, has accused his then bride of beginning an affair with billionaire Elon Musk “no later than one month after” they tied the knot.
The bombshell allegations have been made in a Virginia court filing in reply to the actor’s €44million defamation lawsuit against her.
Depp’s filed his claim following an article written by Heard, 32, last year for the Washington Post.
Although not naming her former husband, she describes being the victim of domestic abuse.
The actor insists Heard insinuates he was her abuser and her allegations are a “hoax”.
Within her court paperwork, she states the pair began dating in 2012.
Heard writes: “About a year into our relationship, I began to witness Johnny abusing drugs and alcohol …
“On some occasions, when Johnny used illegal narcotics and prescription medications I have had to get him medical attention. Whenever he was using, I worried for both of us.
“He would become a totally different person, often delusional and violent. We called that version of Johnny, ‘the Monster’.
“Johnny often would not remember his delusional and violent conduct after he came out of his drunk or medicated states. Because I loved Johnny, I had believed his multiple promises that he could and would get better. I was wrong.”
She then details a US flight they took in 2014 during which she claims Depp appeared to be already drunk and was clutching Champagne.
Heard said: “Johnny ordered the attendants to give him an oxygen tank, and drank heavily.
“Johnny’s handlers told me that he was upset that I was filming a movie with a romantic scene with James Franco the day before. Soon,
Johnny began to throw objects at me. He pushed a chair at me as I walked by, yelled at me, and taunted me by yelling ‘James Franco’. “I stood up and Johnny kicked me in the back. Johnny threw his boot at me while I was on the ground. Johnny continued to scream obscenities until he went into the plane bathroom and passed out.” Depp allegedly apologised in a later text message, writing, “Once again, I find myself in a place of shame and regret. Of course, I am sorry. I really don’t know why or what happened. But I will never do it again.”
The couple married in February 2015 yet just weeks into their marriage Heard alleges the Pirates Of The Caribbean star went on a three-day drugs bender in Australia.
She said: “Johnny told me that I had not explicitly forbidden him from taking ecstasy.
“The argument heated up, and Johnny pushed me, slapped me, and shoved me to the ground.”
The next morning she said the pair got into a fight and she barricaded herself in a room before he burst in.
Heard added: “By nightfall, Johnny had hit me multiple times, shoved and pushed me to the ground, choked me, and spit in my face.”
“Johnny then handed me a liquor bottle that he was drinking from, and asked me, ‘What are you going to do?’ I threw the bottle on the floor.
“Johnny responded by starting to throw cans and unopened glass bottles at me.
“That night, Johnny shoved me into a ping pong table that collapsed underneath me. Johnny threw bottles through the window panels of a glass door, leaving glass everywhere.
“Johnny then grabbed me, gripping my body and nightgown. He tore the nightgown off, and at some point, I was naked and barefoot, covered in alcohol and glass.”
The actress, who filed for divorce in May 2016, said during her alleged
three-day ordeal Depp choked her against the refrigerator and slammed me against the countertop.
Fearing for her life, she said he smashed a phone and cut off the tip of his finger and wrote messages around the house in oil paint and blood.
Heard also claimed her ex-husband urinated all over the house.
She stated the actor was finally hospitalised while she was left with “a busted lip, a swollen nose, and cuts all over my body... to this day, I still have scars on my arms and feet.” Heard also describes how in March 2015 she punched Depp, fearing he would push her younger sister Whitney down the stairs at his home in LA.
The couple settled their divorce out of court in 2017 and she was awarded a €6.2million settlement, which she donated to charity. She is now asking for his defamation suit to be thrown out.
Her lawyer said: “Since their divorce, Mr Depp has continued to publicly harass Ms Heard and attempted to gaslight the world by denying his abuse.”