Amber Heard ‘threatened Johnny Depp if he did not let her dwell lease free in three houses’

The jury have been proven paperwork from Amber Heard’s lawyer to Johnny Depp’s authorized group in Might 2016 on Thursday, which included a listing of economic calls for from the actress, days after she filed for divorce

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Heard filed restraining order in opposition to Depp with out discover says lawyer

Amber Heard threatened to serve Johnny Depp with a restraining order if he didn’t proceed to let her dwell lease free in three of his LA penthouses, Fairfax County Courtroom heard on Thursday.

The actor, 58, is suing his former companion for libel over a 2018 article she wrote in The Washington Submit, which his attorneys say falsely implies he bodily and sexually abused her.

The jury have been proven paperwork from Amber’s lawyer to Johnny’s authorized group in Might 2016, which included a listing of economic calls for from the actress, days after she filed for divorce.

A letter was despatched to Depp’s lawyer Jacob Bloom on Might 24 2016 – simply three days after the couple had an explosive argument, with Amber claiming her ex hit her with a cell phone, which he denies.

The letter from Heard’s lawyer on the time Samantha Spector, stated Amber had not filed for a restraining order in opposition to Johnny and was eager to search out “long run options out of the general public eye”.

Samantha requested for Amber to have “unique use and possession” of a black Vary Rover in addition to having the ability to dwell at three penthouses in West Hollywood with “Johnny to proceed to pay mortgage and utility payments”.

The letter additionally requested the actor for a $100,000 contribution in the direction of cheap lawyer’s charges and $25,000 forensic accounting prices to be paid by Might 27 – three days after the letter was despatched.

The letter addressed to Johnny’s lawyer learn: “As you possibly conscious your shopper and Amber’s husband, Johnny Depp, violently attacked and threated Amber on Saturday evening, Might twenty first, of their penthouse house.

“There are a number of witnesses to this specific incident and there are pictures depicting the property harm Johnny induced, in addition to the bodily accidents on Amber.

“Sadly, this isn’t the primary incident of home violence perpetrated by Johnny in opposition to Amber.

“The truth is, there have been two different incidents up to now six months.

“Though Amber is afraid of Johnny, she strongly insists that we do all the pieces potential to maintain this matter out of the media highlight, which is why she has not but sought a CLETS DV TRO and why we didn’t organize for Johnny to have been personally served eventually evening’s film premiere.”

Johnny vehemently denies Amber’s home abuse allegations.

Amber’s lawyer went on to say the Aquaman star needed to work “shortly in the direction of a personal and amicable decision”, earlier than issuing a listing of requests on “Amber’s behalf”.

It’s not clear how Depp’s attorneys responded however Amber utilized for a brief restraining order in opposition to the Pirates of the Caribbean star on Might 27.

Additionally on Thursday, the courtroom heard Amber’s billionaire ex boyfriend Elon Musk paid almost half of the actress’ donation to American Civil Liberties Union.

The actress had pledged to provide the charity her $3.5million divorce settlement.

The jury heard how the Tesla founder, 50, who was in a relationship with Amber from 2016-2017, gave a $500,000 donation on behalf of the actress.

Terence Dougherty, the ACLU Chief Working Officer and Normal Counsel, testified the charity has thus far obtained $1.3million, with Amber contributing $350,000, Johnny donating $100,000 and $350,000 from funding firm Constancy.

He stated $500,000 got here from funding agency Vanguard, which he believed was a “fund arrange by Elon Musk”.

Terrence stated in emails with the billionaire, the charity thought of Amber’s donation a ‘pledge’ to be given over 10 years.

Heard’s attorneys have beforehand advised the courtroom Amber intends to provide the charity the donation in full however is utilizing her divorce settlement to pay her authorized charges.

Johnny’s safety guard additionally testified on Thursday as he appeared through video hyperlink from him Essex house.

Malcolm Connelly, who initially labored for the actor, his kids, and his ex Vanessa Paradis earlier than assembly Amber in 2010, described how the actress was “lovey-dovey” initially of the Hollywood stars’ relationship.

Nevertheless, he claimed she quickly turned “feisty” and “demanding”.

He stated: “I might see that Amber needed to put on the pants within the relationship, that was fairly apparent.”

Malcolm described a number of incidents he stated he witnessed, claiming to have seen the actress would throw issues at her companion, together with a lighter or a can of pop. He additionally stated Johnny would generally have scratches to his face.

The guard went on to testify how he felt Johnny was “not completely happy” on his honeymoon, earlier than including how his accidents would seemingly develop into extra frequent.

When the courtroom was proven a picture from the previous couple’s honeymoon on the Orient Categorical from Bangkok to Singapore – a snap which was allegedly taken by the safety guard – it was famous Johnny appeared to have swelling underneath his eye.

“He’s walked right into a door, or a door’s walked into him,” Malcolm stated.

He then mentioned the incident which left Johnny with a severed finger in 2015, explaining the “chaos” he discovered as Johnny’s finger was “flapping round”.

He urged the actor to go away however defined how after they received exterior Amber shouted: “F*** off, you f****** coward,” and he claimed her behaviour was “loopy”.

Throughout cross examination he admitted he was loyal to Johnny however insisted: “I’d be loyal to you if I used to be working for you.”

The trial continues.

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