Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard defamation trial: Johnny Depp's attorney Camille Vasquez cross examines Amber Heard
by Ana Walia | Tue, 17 May 2022 20:54:18 GMT
Camille Vasquez cross examined Amber Heard. Image Source: National World

The court resumed on Monday and Johnny Depp and Amber Heard returned to the Fairfax County Court, Virginia for the defamation trial where  Amber Heard was on the stand sharing her side of the story.

After Johnny Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez took over for the cross-examination of Amber Heard, the first question Camille asked Amber Heard was, "Is she aware that Johnny Depp has not made eye contact with her since she took the stand?" To which Amber Heard replied that she is aware that Johnny Depp has not looked at her, although she mentioned that she has tried to look at him but he has not looked at her once.

Camille Vasquez reminded Amber Heard that Johnny Depp had not looked at her once during her testimony even though she is sitting right across from him is because he had promised her that she would never see his eyes again because of the false allegations she put on him in 2016 and obtained a temporary restraining order and asked Amber Heard if she recalls any such thing to which she replied that she does not.

Camille goes ahead and plays an audio recording of the two from a San Francisco hotel room in 2016 after she had filed for divorce and obtained a restraining order against Johnny Depp. In the recording played at the courthouse, Amber Heard can be heard saying to Johnny Depp that she just wants to hug him and say goodbye, and Johnny Depp is heard replying to Amber Heard that he is nothing to her and he will always be nothing to her and she will never see his eyes again.

During the cross-examination, Camille asked Amber Heard about the $7 million she received after the settlement of the former couple’s divorce and announced that she had pledged to donate half of the amount to the nonprofit American Civil Liberties Union and a half to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Amber Heard admitted on the stand that she has not yet fulfilled her pledge which is to donate the amount to the mention charities and she said that Johnny Depp suing her is the reason why she has not been able to fulfill her pledge to donate the money.

But Camille pointed out that Amber Heard had claimed several times under oath in Johnny Depp’s trial against The Sun in the UK in 2020 that she had donated the entire amount that was pledged. She said that she fully intends to honor all of her pledges and would love for him to stop using her so that she could proceed with her fulfillment. While Amber Heard’s lawyer, Elaine Bredehoft, was asking her questions, she asked Amber the reason why she accepted the $7 million settlement, to which she replied that she did not care about the money and was told if she did not agree to a number, it could be overturned and they would never settle. Amber Heard said that she took far less than what they were offering and what she was entitled to. The actress added that she was never interested in the money but just needed her life back and wanted him to leave her alone, adding that she had been saying this to him since 2016. (Gina Deuters in her recent interview mentioned that Amber Heard had demanded a lot during the divorce settlement which was when refused she became angry.)

During an earlier testimony of the ACLU Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Terence Dougherty testified that only $1.3 million has been donated to the charity, out of which $350,000 was directly paid by Amber in 2018, $100,000 was paid by Johnny Depp, another $350,000 was paid from a fund at Fidelity, an investment company, and $500,000 was donated from an account at investment firm Vanguard, which is suspected to be related to Elon Musk.

Talking about Elon Musk, Amber Heard testified that she met Elon Musk at the Met Gala in 2016 after Johnny Depp stood her up. She explained that both she and Johnny Depp were invited to the Met Gala by designer Ralph Lauren, but Johnny Depp never showed up and she went to the Met Gala all by herself. She also explained that when she met Elon Musk, who seemed like a real gentleman to Amber Heard, the two of them started dating after being friends for a while and soon broke up.

Johnny Depp’s former agent, Christian Carino, testified last month where he mentioned that Amber Heard had started dating Elon Musk right after she broke up with Johnny Depp and wrote him several emails regarding the fact that she was just trying to fill the void and was still in love with Johnny Depp.

Amber Heard also testified during cross-examination about the fact that she used makeup to cover her bruises, bruises that she acquired from getting hit by Johnny Depp, who wore massive chunky rings all the time. She said that one time she thought she had a broken nose but did not seek any medical attention because ice reduced the swelling and makeup fixed it for her. Amber Heard said that no woman wants to walk around with a bruise on her face, but Arnica is a great remedy if one wants to cover it up with foundation, or concealer, on top of that she used a theatre makeup kit, which she called her "bruise kit." Amber Heard also admitted that she did not seek medical attention after the alleged sexual assault where a bottle was inserted into her vagina in Australia by Johnny Depp and she endured cuts and bled due to that. 

After explaining the process of how to cover a bruise, Amber Heard said that her lips are the hardest as they crack and bleed before stating that she noticed that the bruises on her face tend to heal a lot faster than the bruises on her body. There were pictures shown of Amber in which her face looked fine and no signs of bruises were seen. 

The jury was also shown a photo of cocaine lined up on the breakfast table Johnny Depp, which his lawyers claimed that the actress had staged perfectly to prove that Johnny Depp had a drug problem. Camille reminded the court and Amber that everything in the picture looked very neat and staged and there was no residue that he had snorted the drugs. Amber Heard said that Camille did not know how it worked but Johnny Depp would use a tampon applicator to sniff it.

The actress who claimed in her testimony that Johnny Depp had beat her around the time of the Met Gala in 2014, Camille showcased the pictures of Amber Heard during the same time in which she looked perfectly fine. Similarly, she testified that a day before Johnny Depp’s Mortdecai’s premiere in 2015, he had stood on her back and there were bruises on her back she had to wear a backless dress but the pictures showed no bruises.

Camille also asked Amber Heard on how did she feel when she clicked pictures of Johnny Depp sleeping (according to Amber, he'd be passed out due to drugs) which she replied that she felt awful and then Camille asked her why did she send those pictures of him to her friend if she felt awful and Amber said that she does not recall sending any pictures. As Camille was pulling up a proof and did not ask any question to Amber, the actress said that she was asking for support and Camille said that there was no question asked Ms. Heard. 

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