Johnny Depp and Amber Heard ‘used safe word during arguments’

On Monday, Heard, 36, returned to the stand to proceed her testimony on the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia.

She mentioned: ‘Sadly, the violence turned virtually regular, particularly in direction of the tip.’

Underneath questioning from her legal professional, Elaine Bredehoft, she additionally mentioned that they used the phrase ‘sofa’ as a protected phrase, signalling a ‘truce’, saying that they need to ‘put down the proverbial weapons and say “we’re not preventing anymore.”‘

Depp, 58, beforehand provided a distinct clarification.

In a earlier audio clip performed to the court docket, Heard mentioned: ‘I need sofa. By the way in which, you simply threw a f**king cigarette on me.’

When Depp was requested what the change meant, he responded: ‘It’s fairly clear she’s ordering me on the sofa.’

Heard claimed the pair had a protected phrase throughout their arguments (Image: POOL/AFP through Getty Pictures)

Throughout her testimony, Heard went on to assert that Depp punched her and put cigarettes out on her pores and skin.

She mentioned the pair started recording their conversations to assist them cope with communication issues.

Heard added that she would cope with ‘totally different variations’ of Depp, claiming one model wouldn’t bear in mind what the opposite had mentioned, resulting from his drug use.

Depp beforehand spoke about his drug use (Image: AFP)

Depp beforehand spoke about his drug use, claiming he was extra inclined to make use of medication and alcohol resulting from his fixed clashes with Heard.

‘It breaks you down, the fixed haranguing breaks you down,’ he advised the court docket.

‘Sure, I used to be extra impressed by Ms Heard to achieve out for a numbing agent due to the fixed clashes.

‘There wasn’t a day that she would get up and also you’d anticipate one thing would hit the fan, and just about like clockwork it did.

‘I needed to have one thing to distance me and distance my coronary heart from these verbal assaults, I needed to have one thing to have the ability to preserve me.’

The Pirates of the Caribbean star is suing ex-wife Heard after she wrote an op-ed within the Washington Publish, discussing her experiences with home abuse, and is searching for $50million (£39million) in damages. 

Depp was not named within the article, which was printed in 2018, however his attorneys argued that it falsely implies  after they had been married. Heard is countersuing.