Amber Heard claims Johnny Depp wants to kill her

The actress defended herself against allegations that she cheated when she claimed she was abused by ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Heard remained calm when Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez accused her of lying and said she was the real abuser. Vasquez played a tape recording of the couple’s argument and read aloud the love letters Heard had written to Depp after the alleged assault.

“You weren’t scared of him at all, were you?” Vasquez asked Amber Heard.

“This is a man who tried to kill me. Of course it’s scary. He’s also my husband,” Heard replied.

Heard is defending himself from Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit. Depp’s team alleges that Heard destroyed his career with false accusations of physical and sexual assault. Depp gave his own account of their relationship over the course of four days at the end of April. The outcome of the trial will largely depend on which of the two jurors trusts more.

Heard’s side presented therapy notes, photos of Heard’s bruised face and videos of Depp screaming and smashing things, as well as trying to corroborate her testimony about her trauma.

In the incident, most disturbingly, Heard testified that Depp sexually assaulted her with a bottle during an altercation in Australia in March 2015. Depp denied it and accused Heard of throwing a bottle at him during the argument, severing the tip of his finger.

Vasquez played a tape recording of the couple’s conversation after the fight, in which Depp said he tried to escape the argument by locking himself in the bathroom, but Heard continued “to come to take me.”

“Johnny is not a historian to be able to remember well what happened at that time,” Heard said, referring to Johnny Depp’s drug and alcohol abuse, which causes memory loss.

Heard also said that Depp likely cut his own fingertip when he smashed a wall phone.

“You’re the one who assaulted someone with a bottle in Australia, aren’t you, Miss Heard?” Vasquez asked Amber Heard.

Heard said: “I don’t assault Johnny in Australia. I’ve never assaulted Johnny. I can’t do that.” Vasquez played an audio recording in which Heard admitted to “hit” Depp. Heard says that sometimes she has to use her body to defend herself.

Johnny Depp is jealous of James Franco

Vasquez broadcast a security camera video showing Heard and actor James Franco taking the elevator to Heard’s apartment on May 22, 2016. One night after the final fight between Heard and Depp in which Depp allegedly threw a phone in Heard’s face and the police were called to the apartment. Heard filed for divorce and asked for a restraining order in the following days.

“You’re putting him up in the penthouses, aren’t you?” Vasquez asked.

“That’s where I lived,” Heard said.

Heard previously testified that Depp was jealous of Franco after she filmed a love scene with him in the movie The Adderall Diaries in 2014.

“He hates, really hates James Franco,” Heard said at the trial. Depp has said that he suspects Franco and Heard are romantically involved.

Amber Heard gives a knife to her ex-husband

On the last day Amber Heard testified, Vasquez showed the jurors a knife Heard gave Depp as a gift for their relationship. She asked Heard why would she make such a gift for a man whom she hinted was always drunk and violent.

“I’m not worried he’ll stab me with that knife,” she said.

Heard was paid $7 million in their divorce, part of which she donated to charity. Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft noted that Depp made $65 million in 2015 and Heard would be entitled to half of that, or $32.5 million.

“I don’t want it,” Heard said. “I realize that’s what I’m entitled to, but I don’t need it.” The trial is expected to end on May 27, after which it will move to the deliberation of the trial panel.