‘You are fat and you will die a lonely man’
AMBER Heard blasted Johnny Depp during a Christmas holiday trip, calling him “washed-up” and “fat”, his estate manager has claimed.
In her witness statement, Tara Roberts said she had seen Heard, 34, screaming at the actor as he yelled at her to “go away”, while in the Bahamas.
Tara added she saw a “red, swelling gash” on his nose and he had told her Heard had thrown a can of lacquer thinner into his face.
The High Court, in London, also heard Depp called his wife a “malicious, evil and vindictive c***” who probably “acquired” him for “success and fame”.
He told his private doctor in a text: “Here’s the real deal, mate… Her obsession with herself..?? Is far more important… She is SO F***IN’ AMBITIOUS!!!
“She’s so desperate for success and fame… That’s probably why I was acquired, mate.”
The Pirates of the Caribbean star, 57, is suing News Group Newspapers over the publication of a 2018 article in which he was described as a “wife beater”.
Tara went on to say Depp was an
“unusually kind man”, adding she had never seen him be “violent or aggressive” with Heard, or anyone else.
She also alleged she saw Heard “lunge violently at Johnny, pull his hair, and commit other aggressive physical acts against him”.
In her statement yesterday, she said: “While I could not hear what caused the fight, Amber repeatedly berated him with increasing ferocity.
“She was insulting him, calling him names and, in the middle of this onslaught, I heard her say specifically ‘your career is over’, ‘no one is going to hire you’, ‘you’re washed up’, ‘fat’, ‘you will die a lonely man’, and also screaming things that were incomprehensible.”
Tara claimed Depp tried to leave, repeatedly asking for the key to a vehicle, which Heard refused to give back.
She said during the entire incident, she “never saw” Depp hit or push Heard
“nor did he physically react to the attacks”.
She said on walking Depp to a cafe later on, she saw he had “a red, swelling gash on the bridge of his nose”.
“Amber, Johnny then told me, had thrown a quart-sized can of lacquer thinner into Johnny’s face, causing a gash,” her witness statement said.
The court heard one of Depp’s security team said he was “in emotional distress and panicking” after his fingertip was severed during anincident in Australia.
The episode, in March 2015, is one of 14 allegations of violent behaviour Heard has made against her former husband which are at the centre of his libel claim against The Sun newspaper. Malcolm Connolly, who has worked for Depp and his family for about 16 years, said in a witness statement that when he and another security guard arrived at the property, the Hollywood star told him: “Look at my finger. She’s cut my f***ing finger off. She’s smashed my hand with a vodka bottle.”
Malcolm said the actor also told him Heard had put a cigarette out on his face and he saw a mark. The security officer said Heard’s account of the incident bore “no resemblance” to his recollection and that when he arrived at the house, the actress “did not have any marks on her face or arms”. Heard claims that during the incident in Australia, she was subjected to a “three-day hostage situation” during which Depp drank to excess and took pills.
NGN is defending the article and said Depp was, “controlling and verbally and physically abusive towards Heard, particularly when he was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs”.
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Tara roberTs IN STATEMENT TO COURT