An extended-time pal and next-door neighbour of Johnny Depp has testified Depp's ex-wife, Amber Heard, had advised him the film star threw a telephone at her and hit her contained in the couple's Los Angeles penthouse.
However Isaac Baruch stated he by no means observed any proof of abuse on Heard's face, each when he first noticed her within the hallway or the subsequent day within the sunlit foyer of their artwork deco-style constructing.
"She's obtained her face out like this to point out me, and I am trying, and I examine her face," Baruch stated of the encounter in Might 2016. "And I do not see something. ... I do not see a minimize, a bruise, swelling, redness."
Baruch is the second witness referred to as within the trial over Depp's allegations that Heard falsely portrayed him as a home abuser. Depp says that an opinion piece Heard wrote for The Washington Publish in 2018 not directly defamed him.
Heard refers to herself within the article as a "public determine representing home abuse." It would not identify Depp. However his attorneys argue that it clearly referenced a restraining order that Heard sought in Might 2016, proper after Depp advised her he needed a divorce.
Depp denies abusing Heard.
Baruch, a painter, has been pals with Depp since 1980. He additionally labored on the Viper Room when the Pirates of the Caribbean actor partly owned the famed Los Angeles membership. Baruch stated Depp has financially supported him, offering him with locations to dwell and giving him about A$130,000 through the years.
Baruch testified that he observed no make-up on Heard's face when she stated Depp hit her. However throughout cross-examination, Baruch conceded he did not know if Heard — who labored with cosmetics large L'Oreal — had utilized any concealer, basis, powder or tint.
At one level, Baruch obtained emotional, stating that Heard must "take accountability and transfer on".
He stated he by no means noticed violence from Depp.
"His household has been utterly wrecked by all of these items, and it is not honest," Baruch stated. "It is not proper, what she did. ... It is insane."
Heard's legal professionals have stated the proof will present that Depp bodily and sexually assaulted Heard on a number of events. They usually've argued that Depp's denials lack credibility as a result of he regularly drank and used medicine to the purpose of blacking out and failing to recollect something he did.
The primary witness referred to as for the trial was Depp's older sister, Christi Dembrowski, who confronted a barrage of questions from Heard's legal professionals about Depp's alcohol and drug use.
When she took the stand Tuesday, Dembrowski stated she and her brother endured a troublesome childhood through which Depp realized to cover from an abusive mom. Dembrowski, who additionally labored as Depp's private supervisor, stated she noticed the identical sample in Depp's relationship with Heard, including that she would guide an additional lodge room for Depp if Heard began a battle.
However Dembrowski struggled on cross-examination when requested why she despatched texts to Depp in February 2014 that stated: "Cease consuming. Cease coke. Cease capsules."
Heard's legal professionals requested comparable questions Wednesday, zeroing in on a textual content trade between Heard and Dembrowski in February 2014.
"Ms Heard says, 'JD is on a bender,' and your response is, 'The place are the youngsters?' — right?" J. Benjamin Rottenborn requested.
Dembrowski stated that was right. She additionally confirmed a 2014 e mail trade she had with a physician who handled Depp's dependancy to ache remedy.
"You imagine that your brother wanted assist with medicine and alcohol?" Rottenborn requested.
Dembrowski responded that she was involved about Depp's use of 1 remedy however did not imagine that he had an issue with medicine or alcohol general, or that he romanticised drug tradition.
Each Depp and Heard are anticipated to testify on the trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court docket, scheduled for six weeks, together with actors Paul Bettany and James Franco and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Heard's legal professionals had sought to have the case tried in California, the place the actors reside.
However a choose dominated that Depp was inside his rights to convey the case in Virginia as a result of The Washington Publish's laptop servers for its on-line version are situated within the county.
Depp's legal professionals have stated they introduced the case in Virginia partly as a result of the legal guidelines listed below are extra beneficial to their case.