Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: the painful end of mad love
The romance of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard began in 2010 and became a complete surprise for many. 46-year-old Depp lived 12 years married to Vanessa Paradis and the couple were considered one of the strongest in Hollywood, and 24-year-old Heard did not show any interest in men at all and lived in a civil marriage with a woman photographer Tasia Van Ri.
The relationship between the mega-star and the starlet began on the set of the film "Rum Diary" and their development could hardly be called rapid. The couple then converged, then ran away and legalized their relationship only after 5 years. Many believe that this moment was the beginning of the end of the stellar romance, which ended with a series of grandiose scandals.
Immediately after the marriage, Amber Heard's career took off and the main roles finally appeared in her portfolio. Depp, on the contrary, began to give up a lot and became addicted to alcohol again, which Vanessa once helped him fight. The actor disrupted the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean several times, and several of his new films failed miserably at the box office.
At the same time, the relationship with Amber seemed cloudless — the couple appeared together at events, walked by the hand and looked happy. It all ended in 2016 — Heard celebrated her birthday on April 22 with her friends, and a month later filed for divorce.
At the same time, the actress told the press that 15 months of marriage with Depp were a nightmare for her and during this time Johnny beat her at least three times. Amber appeared in court with a bruise on her face, which her husband allegedly made her by throwing a phone in her face. From that moment, the tragicomic story of the divorce of two stars began. The fact is that in 2015, blinded by feelings, Depp did not bother to conclude a prenuptial agreement and this negligence came out sideways to him.
Heard demanded from the actor 50 thousand dollars of alimony monthly, which was twice as much as her husband usually gave her for expenses. The main trump card of the woman was, of course, domestic violence. But Depp also turned out to be not a fool and connected the best lawyers to the case.
After numerous court hearings, Amber had to agree to a one-time compensation from her ex-husband in the amount of several million dollars, which the actress promised to immediately transfer to the charity account. Johnny turned out to be another troll and transferred the amount owed to Hurd directly to the account of the fund, which she told reporters about.
After Amber was presented with a receipt and informed that she was owed nothing more, she tried to sue the same amount again, but to no avail. After a while, the greedy lady was a little distracted by an affair with Elon Musk, which was short-lived. Finding herself with nothing again, Amber returned to the idea of turning out Depp's pockets and started very far away.
On December 18, 2018, Hurd publishes an article in The Washington Post in which he positions himself as a defender of the rights of women who suffer domestic violence. In the text, the author emphasized her own bitter experience in this matter and called herself "a public figure showing family violence." Depp's name was not mentioned in the article, but the very fact of her appearance was the last straw of Johnny's patience.
The actor is suing his ex-wife for $ 50 million, claiming that for all 15 months of their life together, not she, but he was the victim of domestic violence. This was followed by a whole year of juggling mutual accusations of assault and inadequacy, which amused the audience a lot.
Depp did not hesitate to tell how Amber hit him in the face, threw dishes at him, put out cigarettes on him, and therefore he did not feel safe in family life even at night. Johnny even told that he had to repeatedly run away from home at night to escape from the anger of his wife. One of the episodes of a troubled family life the man described as follows:
On February 1, 2020, Johnny Depp's lawyers presented evidence in the form of recordings of telephone conversations between the spouses, from which it became clear that Hurd really was not a defenseless victim defending herself from a domestic tyrant. Several times she herself admitted that she still struck her husband in a fit of rage:
Amber's behavior very soon turned her from a victim to an aggressor in the eyes of netizens. It got to the point that a special tag #JusticeForJohnnyDepp ("Justice for Johnny Depp") appeared on social networks, dedicated to protecting the actor from the attacks of the insidious Heard.
Users began to recall all the cases when Depp got from an evil wife, without sparing colors and imagination.
The end of the trials between Depp and Heard is not yet visible and one can only assume that the former spouses will still remember to prove their innocence and the aggression of the opponent. And we can only follow the events and "root" for one of the parties.
Johnny Depp himself is not in the best physical shape right now and continues to lean on alcohol and drugs. In his interview with Rolling Stone, he talked about how he came to such a life and what role his relationship with Heard played in this.
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