Amber
Heard
has
admitted
that
she
hit
Johnny
Depp
multiple
times
in
her
testimony
in
the
ongoing
defamation
trial.
The
actress
said
that
she
slapped
her
ex-husband
whilst
claiming
that
it
was
an
act
of
self-defence.
It
must
be
noted
that
the
two
actors
are
embroiled
in
a
multimillion-dollar
defamation
suit,
which
is
underway
in
a
Virginia
court
since
April
11
and
has
garnered
a
lot
of
public
interest
and
scrutiny.
Johnny
had
sued
his
ex-wife
Amber
Heard
in
2019
by
filing
a
libel
case
over
an
op-ed
piece
she
wrote
in
The
Washington
Post.
He
filed
a
defamation
suit
of
50
million
whilst
alleging
that
that
the
piece
she
wrote
was
harmful
for
his
career.
The
actress
had
countersued
him
for
$100
million
and
both
the
suits
are
being
tried
concurrently.
On
Wednesday,
Amber
took
the
stand
to
resume
her
testimony
for
the
fourth
day
and
talked
about
how,
at
times,
Johnny
would
allegedly
get
violent
and
she
had
to
'defend
herself’
by
hitting
him
back.
The
actress
said,
“There
are
many
times
I
had
to
use
my
body
to
defend
myself,
and
that
included
slapping
wherever
I
could.
If
it
meant
I
could
get
away,
absolutely,
or
the
difference
between
a
sore
face
and
a
broken
nose…
I
tried
to
defend
myself
when
I
could,
but
it
was
after
years
of
not
defending
myself.”
On
being
cross-questioned
about
an
earlier
domestic
violence
allegation
against
her,
Amber
told
Johnny’s
attorney,
“I’ve
never
assaulted
Mr
Depp
or
anyone
else
that
I’ve
been
romantically
linked
to,
ever.”
Amber,
in
turn,
has
alleged
that
she
has
been
physically
and
sexually
abused
by
Johnny
while
the
latter
has
vehemently
denied
these
allegations.
For
the
uninitiated,
the
verdict
of
the
ongoing
Amber
Heard
vs
Johnny
Depp
trial
is
expected
to
be
delivered
on
May
27.
The
two
actors
met
while
filming
The
Rum
Diary
over
a
decade
ago
and
got
married
in
2015
but
divorced
less
than
two
years
later.