Amber Heard’s attorneys claimed Johnny Depp suffers from erectile dysfunction in newly unsealed court docket paperwork following the previous couple’s latest televised trial.
Depp, 59, had emerged victorious after a six-week trial starting in April, after suing his ex-wife, 36, for $50million (£40million) for defamation over an op-ed she wrote in 2018 about her experiences with home violence.
Though Depp was not named within the article, his workforce argued that it implied he was sexually and bodily abusive over the course of their relationship, which the Pirates of the Caribbean star vehemently denied.
In newly unsealed court docket paperwork through Web page Six, Heard, who was married to Depp between 2015 and 2017, alleged that the actor had suffered from erectile dysfunction, which she claims led to him sexually assaulting her with a bottle.
The submitting, from March 28, alleged: ‘Although Mr. Depp would quite not disclose his erectile dysfunction situation, such situation completely is related to sexual violence, together with Mr. Depp’s anger and use of a bottle to rape Amber Heard.’
Heard’s attorneys claimed the situation would make it ‘extra possible’ that Depp could get ‘indignant or agitated’ with Heard.
The Aquaman actress had been questioned in regards to the alleged incident in court docket by Depp’s legal professional and admitted she hadn’t sought medical consideration.
In keeping with court docket paperwork, the alleged incident occurred throughout the identical battle in Australia in March 2015 during which Depp was left with the tip of his finger severed, a month after the pair acquired married.
Depp had instructed the court docket that Heard had allegedly thrown a vodka bottle at him, which smashed in opposition to a counter he was leaning on, severing a part of his finger.
Unsealed paperwork additional declare that Jennifer Howell, a former buddy and boss of Heard’s sister Whitney Henriquez, stated in her deposition that Henriquez had instructed her Heard had severed Depp’s finger – which Heard had claimed Depp had performed to himself whereas drunk.
Howell claimed Henriquez took a name whereas they have been within the workplace collectively, screaming: ‘She’s lower off his goddamn finger’.
She instructed Depp’s legal professional Camille Vasquez throughout her deposition: ‘She simply screamed, “She’s performed it now. She’s lower off his goddamn finger”’ and made this enormous proclamation. And I pushed my chair again. I used to be like, “What?”
‘And she or he goes, “She lower off his finger. She lower off his finger.” After which she bolted out the door and was like, “I acquired to name anyone. I acquired to name anyone.”
‘And she or he went out the door and he or she referred to as somebody. I don’t know who she referred to as. That’s what was stated.’
Following the trial, the jury confirmed that that they had unanimously reached a verdict and awarded Depp $10million (£8.1million) in compensatory damages, and an extra $5million (£4million) in punitive damages. Heard received one in all her three defamation countersuit claims in opposition to Depp and was awarded $2million (£1.6million).
Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Johnny Depp for remark.
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