Amber Heard’s friend said she saw bruises from Johnny Depp’s punches

New chapter of the judicial event of the year. Now a friend of Amber heard testified that the bruises and cuts who remained with the actress after several incidents of abuse made by his ex -wife, Johnny Depp.

In a statement recorded and played on Wednesday May 18 for the jury, the friend in question, Rachel Penningtonsaid he did not personally see Depp hurt Heard, but he did see the injuries and Heard’s face was photographed in December 2015 after a fight in which Heard said – as he testified in court – that Depp had headbutted him and likely broke his nose.

In the photos circulating in front of the jurors, the actress was shown with a swollen nose, broken lips and eyes. medium purple. Also the friend in question took a picture of the strands of hair that he said Depp, in a rage, had removed from Heard.

The friend said

Raquel Pennington said the following: “She often covers bruises and injuries to her face with makeup,” Pennington detailed in the affidavit released today.

But time seems to have passed and Pennington clarified that he currently does not consider himself a “friend” of Heard, and the two separated last year. At this point, no further statement was requested.

The source of judgment

Depp sued Heard at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia for a December 2018 op-ed by Heard Daily Washington Postwhere the actress described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”. Depp’s lawyers said the article defamed the actor despite not mentioning his name. The trial is now in its fifth week.

Depp said he didn’t hurt Heard and that he had abused her.

The fight in December 2015 was one of several that took place. While the jurors looked at photos taken by Pennington documenting the injuries, they also watched video of Heard’s appearance in a late night talk show tomorrow where those injuries are not visible.

Heard reiterated that the injuries were covered up with makeup.

Pennington’s testimony came after Heard concluded his testimony after two grueling days of questioning in which Depp’s attorneys asked him about the veracity of his allegations of physical and sexual abuse.

New data and evidence

Pennington’s statement provides corroborating evidence for some of the alleged attacks. In addition to the December 2015 incident, Pennington said he saw cuts on Heard’s leg when he returned from a trip to Australia in March 2015. Heard testified that Depp sexually assaulted him with a bottle of alcohol on that trip and that he cut his feet in the glass during the attack.

And Pennington, who lived in a penthouse suite for a while with Depp and Heard, said he was the first person to see Heard in a last battle between the couple in May 2016 which led to the divorce.

Source AP Agency

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