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Amber will be Heard vs. Johnny today

- Kate Sheehy, withAP

Amber Heard is expected to testify Monday in the libel case brought by her ex Johnny Depp against a British newspaper.

Over the past two weeks, Heard has been ripped from the witness box by everyone from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star to his former and current employees, who have accused her of being the physical aggressor in the pair’s twisted, short-lived marriage.

As Depp’s camp has fought to disprove The Sun’s claim that he was a

“wife-beater,” as alleged in a 2018 article, tales about the couple’s bizarre, destructiv­e antics both in and out of the bedroom have taken center stage in the London court drama.

Heard’s testimony will kick off the third week in the case.

Her younger sister, Whitney, is among those also expected to testify. Whitney was present during a March 23, 2015, fight in which Depp is accused of grabbing Heard’s hair and hitting her.

Depp was the first on the stand — and testified about wild, sickening and sometimes violent stories about his “sociopathi­c’’ wife.

Meanwhile, Heard has previously said Depp threw objects at her, slapped her, grabbed her around the throat and threatened to kill her.

She has made public photos that she claims show the abuse she suffered at the hands of the actor, including a black eye.

Two of Depp’s other exes — actress Winona Ryder and French singer Vanessa Paradis, the mother of their daughter, Lily Rose, and their son, Jack — submitted statements to the court last week in his defense.

“I was absolutely shocked, confused and upset when I heard the accusation­s against him,” Ryder wrote.

Paradis added, “This is nothing like the true Johnny I have known . . . This is so upsetting, as he has helped so many persons in his personal and profession­al life, with kindness and generosity.”

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