Melanie Inglessis spoke about serving to the 'Aquaman' actress conceal bruises earlier than a public TV look in a pre-recorded deposition.
Amber Heard’s former make-up artist Melanie Inglessis defined how she helped the actress cover-up bruises and different accidents that she allegedly acquired after bodily altercations with her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Specifically, she detailed how she helped Amber conceal bruising earlier than she appeared on The Late Late Present With James Corden, in a deposition for the defamation trial between the 2 actors.
Amber’s legal professionals confirmed images of Amber, exhibiting the accidents that the actress had forward of the looks on James Corden’s present. She stated that the images did replicate the accidents that she witnessed on Amber earlier than showing on the present on December 16, 2015. She defined that it appeared like Amber had been “head-butted flippantly,” and Melanie stated, “She had discoloration round her eyes, on her nostril,” in addition to a “slit lip.” She later defined the accidents in additional element when questioned by Johnny’s legal professionals. Johnny has denied head-butting Amber through the December 2015 incident.
In the course of the deposition, Melanie defined what she did for Amber to cover the bruises, together with utilizing a unique sort of concealer. “I simply did make-up however just a bit heavier when wanted. So we lined the discoloration or the bruises with a bit of, barely heavier concealer. One which has a bit of extra of a peach undertone, which I'd usually don’t use on Amber, however the peach [does] cancel blue. So I did that underneath the eyes, and though Amber all the time has a pink lip as one of many signature seems, I keep in mind clearly speaking that we had no different possibility that evening, however then to make use of a red-blood—like a very pink—to verify we may cowl up the accidents on the lip.”
Amber’s legal professionals requested what the actress’s temper was like earlier than showing on the present, and he or she described her as “Offended, unhappy, [and] a bit of erratic.”
When Johnny’s legal professionals questioned Melanie, they requested if she’d ever seen Johnny be abusive in the direction of Amber, and he or she stated that she had not, and that any allegations of abuse in opposition to the Pirates of the Caribbean star had come from Amber. “It was all the time some battle, some fights: some bodily fights, some verbal fights, some sort of issues,” she stated, earlier than describing the friendship as “consuming.” She did say that she didn’t witness any fights between Amber and Johnny. The lawyer additionally made some extent to ask that she didn’t understand how the accidents have been precipitated, which the make-up artist stated was appropriate.
The pre-recorded deposition (taken on February 2, 2021) was proven to the courtroom on Wednesday, Could 18. All through the questioning, Melanie defined her relationship with Amber, saying that the 2 obtained shut whereas she was working together with her, however she additionally stated that finally, she broke off the connection each as a good friend and make-up artist, however that she wished her “nicely.”