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After more than a week off, the defamation trial brought by actor Johnny Depp against his ex-wife Amber Heard resumed Monday.

Heard said Depp called her a liar in the media and was “forcing” her to prove she wasn’t lying. When asked to explain what was happening in the clip, Heard told the jury she's referencing "the disparity" of the couple's physicality in their physical fights. Heard wrote about the incident in her diary the next morning, she said. While on the stand, Heard was asked about the end of her relationship and why she filed for divorce. Heard told the court that Depp returned and began screaming, eventually grabbing her phone and throwing it at her face. Heard said she did not want to include Depp's name in the matter. "I said that to the man who beat me up, yes," Heard said. "This is what I lived through and to say that it's a hoax, that these aren't even real things," Heard said. "Embarrassing, intimate details that I never wanted to be known, never wanted to be public ever, and to have them used every single day to call me a liar," Heard said. Heard said she didn't get into the specificity of her injuries or what happened to her. Heard said she had gone to the office for a concussion check. Vasquez characterized a photo of Depp asleep with ice cream spilled on him as "embarrassing" and asked whether Heard had sent it to anyone.

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“I realize we have much bigger fish to fry today, but SNL's cold open made fun of the Depp/Heard defamation trial and it repeated false claims that Heard cut off Depp's finger and defecated in his bed. The camera then cuts to a clip of Kenan Thompson as Depp’s property manager stumbling upon the “dookie,” looking around and saying, “Damn, it smell like boo-boo in here!” He also makes reference to the alleged 2015 incident when Depp’s finger was severed, adding: “You know she cut that joker's finger off? People are treating this like it’s the super bowl, something to fangirl over.” “This case absolutely never should’ve been available for public viewing. And, as was perhaps to be expected, the sketch didn’t go down all that well with viewers. "This phenomenon of openly mocking & sensationalising domestic violence & s*xual assault on social media is bleeding into every cultural space possible." But on the other hand, your constant little smirk lets me know this is not the first woman you've made so mad, she pooped in your bed.” He claims that the dispute was prompted by an argument that came after a dinner party for Heard’s 30th birthday on April 21, 2016. Vanity Fair reported that Court TV has doubled its daytime ratings since it began broadcasting the trial. The $50 million defamation lawsuit was filed in 2019 in Virginia — where the Washington Post is physically published — with Depp saying that Heard’s allegations are completely false. “This is fucking weird. That has to change.”

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"I tried to protect him," Heard said. "Johnny told me that he would ruin me," she said. "It's not about Johnny," she added. I defended Johnny," she told the jury. "I want Johnny to move on too. I want to move on," Heard added. "I just wanted him to leave me alone," she said. "I cleaned up. "I would very much like to," Heard answered. "You know why he won't look at you," the lawyer said. Depp attorney Camille Vasquez asked the actress at the start of cross-examination. "There's residue from that cocaine when your lips and hose touch the table, right?"

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Heard has told jurors she was physically and sexually abused by Depp on multiple occasions.

She said it was all he wanted to talk about during that final fight May 21, 2016, even though Depp's mother had just died and the couple hadn't spoken in a month. "It's not about Johnny," she said. During Monday's testimony, Heard also strongly denied an accusation from Depp that she left human fecal matter in the couple's bed after a fight. Heard also talked about the op-ed piece itself, saying staffers with the American Civil Liberties Union — for whom she had started work as an ambassador — wrote the first draft. She also discussed her makeup routine, using a color correction wheel that she called her "bruise kit" to cover up marks on her face. Vasquez also questioned Heard about her $7 million divorce settlement from Depp. Heard pledged to donate the full amount to charity but has so far only donated a portion of it. "I just wanted to get a good night's sleep." On cross-examination, Depp lawyer Camille Vasquez questioned Heard about multiple photos of her that appeared not to show bruises even they were taken within days of alleged abuse incidents. Depp is suing Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Court for libel over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." Witnesses also testified that they didn't see bruises on Heard's face in the immediate days after the fight. Earlier in the trial, jurors heard from police officers who responded to emergency calls during that final fight who said Heard's face looked red from crying but that they saw no visible bruises. The confrontation in May 2016 prompted Heard to file for divorce two days later.

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"When people think about the law, it sounds very boring, and not like an exciting TikTok you'd like to watch," Ashleigh said. "It's more like a political debate," she said, referring to the trial as a "pig v. He thinks his moment in the sun from the trial is probably worth three songs, and then that'll be it. "I wanted to draw attention to specific points that might be missed from the livestreams," he said. "Determining the truth of domestic violence allegations is invariably a challenging prospect. Ali, a 27-year-old digital artist and web developer, said he'd been a victim of domestic violence and believed sharing clips from the trial on YouTube might help other people who've also been in that situation. Her most popular video so far portrays Heard doodling while Depp's on the stand, until he accuses Heard or one of her friends of defecating in the couple's bed, at which point she's sweating and visibly uncomfortable. The creators seem to share the same story of growing interest in the trial over time. Millions of people are going online to dissect every moment trickling out of the trial's live feed from a courtroom in Fairfax County, Virginia. Some people are watching because it seems entertaining to them. "I thought it was ridiculous, and most people seem to agree," he said. Despite the criticism, SNL's video pulled in more than 4 million views in the first day after it was posted, more than any other video the show's posted in the past month. In between images of the ongoing Russian attack on Ukraine, the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, the national abortion debate sparking protests around the US, and rising inflation, it's video snippets coming from the same static, dark wood-paneled courtroom that are going viral.

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Amber Heard told the court that it was one of the couple's dogs. But Amber Heard also has legions of fans. What the f**k was I thinking?' he said. 'I was trying to get Johnny to stop the smear campaign... 'The monster had been this thing that was now the normal. The hope that I had had become less and less. 'I was losing hair, I was losing weight. I was so scared it was going to end badly for me. Depp's lawyer said it looked neat and staged, and that there was no residue on the table to suggest he had actually snorted the drugs. 'Elon, who was my boyfriend at the time, had his own charitable contributions that he made. I was begging him not to make me prove it. 'Friends and advisers told me I would never again work as an actress — that I would be blacklisted.

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