Amber Heard’s youthful sister Whitney Henriquez testified Wednesday that Johnny Depp as soon as hit her and referred to as her a “whore” throughout a blowout battle.
Henriquez, 34, advised the jury in Fairfax, Virginia, that Heard was pressured to step in and inform Depp, “Don’t hit my f—ing sister.”
She additionally make clear the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star’s alleged controlling habits, testifying that he managed her sister’s cellphone, remedy and wardrobe.
Recalling the alleged occasions of March 23, 2015, Henriquez mentioned she awoke in the course of the evening within the pair’s Los Angeles pad to Heard in her room saying, “Are you able to imagine he’s dishonest on me?”
“Your f—ing brother is dishonest on me,” she recalled Heard telling her, referring to Depp, who Henriquez used to name “brother.”
She tried to consolation her sister, however the argument spilled out into the house’s mezzanine space, with Depp, 58, and Heard, 36, “screaming horrible issues at one another,” Henriquez mentioned.
“He referred to as her a ‘used-up trash bag,’ she referred to as him ‘outdated and fats.’ “
Henriquez alleged Depp struck her within the again whereas spewing profanities.
“‘Don’t hit my f—ing sister,'” Heard allegedly replied.
Henriquez testified that Heard then “landed” a slap on Depp.
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Heard has beforehand testified that she hit Depp as soon as within the face, throughout the penthouse battle, as a result of she feared for her sister’s security.
Depp responded by grabbing Heard by the hair and placing her repeatedly throughout the face, Henriquez testified.
The sisters ultimately sought refuge in a locked bed room.
“We may listening to Johnny screaming, ‘I f—ing hate you, you f—ing whores,’ ” Henriquez mentioned. “And we may hear smashing.”
The subsequent morning, Henriquez woke as much as discover Heard’s closet destroyed, with clothes racks thrown downstairs and artwork off of the partitions.
To start with of their relationship, nonetheless, Henriquez mentioned the couple “appeared actually in love.”
Over time, Henriquez alleged, Depp grew to become extra controlling and violent — beginning with him maintaining a tally of what Heard wore or what roles she took on.
“It began with gentle jokes,” she mentioned of Depp’s consideration to her sister’s clothes. “Then it intensified. Ultimately they'd the identical stylist, and he was primarily controlling what she wore to occasions.”
Beneath Depp’s watch, Henriquez claimed, her sister’s type grew to become “an increasing number of conservative.”
Depp regarded on from the courtroom as his former sister-in-law went on to inform the jury how he additionally managed Heard’s medical care by assigning her a non-public nurse to manage medicines.
“I didn’t assume Amber wanted remedy on the day by day,” Henriquez mentioned.
Each time they fought, Henriquez alleged, “some gadget of Amber’s would get smashed.” She added that her sister, “misplaced a cellphone, a pill, a laptop computer.”
Henriquez mentioned the couple’s fights typically began due to one thing Depp noticed on Heard’s cellphone.
Ultimately, Henriquez mentioned, her sister was not allowed to have a password on her cellphone. If she did use a code, it needed to be one thing easy that “[Depp] memorized.”
Henriquez’s newest statements come after her extra intensive testimony in Depp’s explosive 2020 libel trial within the UK, which he misplaced.
Throughout her earlier testimony, Henriquez claimed that she “begged” her sister not marry Depp. She additionally denied allegations that Heard assaulted her previously, saying the studies have been attempting “create a narrative and a story that wasn’t there.”
Henriquez was briefly cross-examined by Depp’s legal professional Rebecca Lecaroz earlier than leaving the stand. Her testimony was the newest within the trial that's now getting into its fifth week.
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