Amber Heard's Ex Assistant: She Twisted My Sexual Assault Story For Her Own Use
Amber Heard's former personal assistant Kate James gave testimony in favour of Johnny Depp during the hearing in his libel trial against a British tabloid newspaper, The Sun
Amber
Heard's
former
personal
assistant
Kate
James
gave
testimony
in
favour
of
Johnny
Depp
during
the
hearing
in
his
libel
trial
against
a
British
tabloid
newspaper,
that
accused
the
actor
of
abusing
ex-wife
Heard
during
their
relationship.
Depp
is
suing
News
Group
Newspapers,
publisher
of
The
Sun,
and
the
paper's
executive
editor
Dan
Wootton,
over
an
April
2018
article
that
called
him
a
"wife-beater."
The
Pirates
of
the
Caribbean
actor
has
strongly
denied
abusing
Heard.
In
the
previous
hearing,
Depp's
security
guard
Malcolm
Connolly
claimed
that
Johnny
Depp
was
bullied
as
opposed
to
The
Sun's
statement
in
the
paper.
On
Wednesday,
Heard's
former
assistant
Kate
James
said
that
she
was
shocked
to
hear
Amber
twist
her
(James)
own
story
of
sexual
abuse
in
court
as
hers.
James
via
a
video
link
from
Los
Angeles
told
the
court
that
she
had
shared
the
26-year-old
incident
with
Amber
while
working
for
her
between
2012
and
2015.
"She
referred
directly
to
a
violent
rape
that
occurred
to
me
26
years
ago
and
she
twisted
it
into
her
own
story
and
she
used
it
for
her
own
use," James
said.
"I
am
a
sexual
violence
survivor
and
that's
very,
very
serious
to
take
that
stance
if
you
are
not
one," she
added.
According
to
reports,
Heard
is
due
to
give
evidence
in
the
case
later
this
week.
The
actress
and
model
has
made
14
allegations
of
violence
against
Depp
between
2013
and
2016.
Depp
and
Heard
first
met
on
the
set
of
the
2011
comedy
The
Rum
Diary
and
later
married
in
Los
Angeles
in
February
2015.
Amber
Heard
filed
for
divorce
the
following
year,
and
it
was
finalized
in
2017.