Amber Heard’s sister, Whitney Henriquez, alleged that Johnny Depp ‘joked about placing their canine within the microwave’, as she took the stand in his defamation trial.
Henriquez gave her testimony within the afternoon of day 18 of the bombshell case, held on the Fairfax County Courthouse and recalled an alleged argument the couple had.
She informed the court docket that the row lasted for hours earlier than he needed to depart to movie one thing for a Keith Richards documentary – and so they each joined him for the journey.
‘Amber and Johnny had been sitting within the again, I used to be within the entrance with Starling [Jenkins], the motive force,’ she informed the court docket.
‘In some unspecified time in the future I heard the again window open and Johnny is holding our canine out the window.
‘I froze, I used to be scared. I simply keep in mind pondering… I knew how inebriated he was and the canine was very small… I believed if she twitched or if he misplaced her by some means, she was simply going to exit the window.’
‘He introduced the canine again into the automobile and he was simply laughing this actually loud, scary… it was nearly like a cackle…,’ Henriquez continued.
‘He then made some joke about placing her within the microwave.
‘That was the joke after that, placing the canine within the microwave.’
Earlier in her testimony, Henriquez spoke of how properly she received on with Depp once they first met, and described the early levels of her sister’s romance with the Edward Scissorhands star as ‘fantastic’.
‘They had been extremely in love. I truly until at the present time have by no means seen my sister fall so madly for any individual and issues had been fantastic,’ the jury heard.
‘They appeared to actually perceive one another and get alongside properly however in a short time this sample emerged as their relationship went on.
‘When Johnny was utilizing there can be a combat, I noticed it first-hand.
‘There was all the time an argument, there was all the time a interval the place they weren’t getting alongside and it appeared to oscillate fairly shortly.
‘He can be sober for somewhat bit after which nearly as shortly fall off the wagon and begin to use or drink and there can be some blow out and it appeared to shuttle incessantly.’
The trial started final month, with closing arguments set to be heard quickly.
In the previous few weeks, Depp and Heard have each taken the stand to debate their relationship.
The Aquaman actress sobbed by her testimony when she alleged that he has ‘slapped’ her, and penetrated her with a bottle in a separate argument.
Whereas the Pirates of the Caribbean actor, who's suing his ex-wife for defamation and in search of $50million (£39m) in damages, insisted that he had by no means struck a girl.
Heard is countersuing for $100million, claiming he libeled her by calling her a liar.
The trial continues.
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