Amber Heard testifies covering bruises with makeup in Johnny Depp defamation trial

Jurors in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos Monday of her with red marks and swelling on her face after ir final fight before ir divorce, and heard testimony about her expertise in covering up bruises with makeup.

Heard concluded her direct testimony in a Virginia courtroom with a third day that was centered on final months of her marri to Depp. His lawyers began ir cross-examination later in afteron.

trial is w in its fifth week, and jurors have seen multiple photos of Heard throughout trial that purport to document abuse she said she received during her relationship with Depp.

Several of photos shown Monday, though, h t previously been seen by jury and showed redness and swelling much more clearly than earlier photos.

Heard said marks came when Depp threw a phone at her face.

confrontation in May 2016 prompted Heard to file for divorce two days later. A few days after that, she obtained a temporary restraining order after a courthouse hearing and was widely photographed leaving courthouse with a clear red mark on her right cheek.

final fight has been a key point in couple’s ongoing dispute. Depp is suing Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Court for libel over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by article even though it never mentioned his name.

Depp says he never struck Heard and that she’s concocting claims she was abused. Earlier in trial, jurors heard from police officers who responded to emergency calls during that final fight who said Heard’s face looked red from crying but that y saw visible bruises. Witnesses also testified that y didn’t see bruises on Heard’s face in immediate days after fight.

Heard, in her testimony Monday, said she didn’t cooperate with officers who responded to couple’s penthouse and said her face-to-face interactions with officers were very limited.

She also discussed her makeup routine, using a color correction wheel that she called her “bruise kit” to cover up marks on her face. She said she learned over years to use green shes on first day of a bruise to cover up redness and switch more to orange shes as bruise turned blue and purple.

“I’m t going to walk around L.A. with bruises on my face,” she said.

On cross-examination, Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez questioned Heard about multiple photos of her that appeared t to show bruises even though y were taken within days of alleged abuse incidents. Heard said she used makeup to cover bruises and ice to reduce swelling.

“You should see what it looked like under makeup,” she said.

Vasquez also questioned Heard about her $7 million divorce settlement from Depp. Heard pledged to donate full amount to charity but has so far only donated a portion of it. She testified she’s been unable to fulfill her pledge yet because Depp sued her for $50 million. But on cross-examination, she ackwledged that she h received full $7 million from Depp months before he filed lawsuit.

In her direct testimony, Heard testified she did t want to publicly expose Depp as an abuser in her court proceedings but h to go to courthouse to provide testimony to obtain restraining order, and she was taken aback when she left courthouse surrounded by paparazzi.

“I just wanted to change my locks,” she said about why she went to court to get restraining order. “I just wanted to get a good night’s sleep.”

During Monday’s testimony, Heard also strongly denied an accusation from Depp that she left human fecal matter in couple’s bed after a fight. Heard said it was couple’s teacup Yorkshire terrier that messed bed and that it h a history of bowel problems ever since it h accidentally ingested Depp’s marijuana.

“Absolutely t,” she said about  alleged poop prank. “I don’t think that’s funny. I don’t kw what a grown woman does. I was t in a pranking mood.”

Heard said, though, that Depp became obsessed with idea that someone h pooped in his bed. She said it was all he wanted to talk about during that final fight on May 21, 2016, even though Depp’s mor h just died and couple hn’t spoken in a month.

poop allegation is one of several that Depp’s online fans have particularly latched onto in ir social media critiques of Heard.

Heard also talked about op-ed piece itself, saying staffers with American Civil Liberties Union — for whom she h started work as an ambassor — wrote first draft. She said she was happy to lend her voice to debate over domestic violence and wasn’t intending to reference Depp.

“It’s t about Johnny,” she said. “ only one who thought it was about Johnny was Johnny. It was about me, and my life after Johnny.”

Heard concluded her testimony by saying that accusations she receives on a daily basis from Depp supporters that she’s lying about abuse are “torture.”

“I want to move on with my life,” she said. “I want Johnny to move on. I want him to leave me alone.”

Im: AP