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Amber Heard admits punching ex-husband Johnny Depp in self-defense; denies defecating in the bed

Hollywood actress Amber Heard is currently giving her evidence in her former husband Johnny Depp’s libel trial against a British tabloid that accused him of assaulting her during their tumultuous relationship. On Tuesday, Amber told the London High Court that she did punch Johnny as she feared that he would push her sister down the stairs and alleged he had done the same to her rumoured ex-girlfriend Kate Moss. Amber, while giving evidence, told that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor attacked her on 14 different occasions and also threatened to kill her. Not just this, she claimed that he 'slapped, punched, head-butted, throttled and kicked' her. She said he had become a monster whose alter ego fuelled by excessive drinking or drug-taking.

Amber, on the second day, was questioned about the incident wherein she hit Johnny at their Los Angeles penthouse post an argument in 2015. In response to this, she said it was the first time she did so. She added that she believed Johnny would push her sister down the stairs and told, "the moment that happened I remembered information I had heard that he pushed a former girlfriend – I believe it was Kate Moss – down the stairs."

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After Amber put forth her statements, Johnny's lawyer Eleanor Laws hit back at her and said this was the first time when she mentioned about the alleged staircase incident. The lawyer, with respect to another incident in Australia, said it was impossible for Johnny to hold onto her hair and punch her with the other as one of his hand was in a cast. In response to this, Amber said her former husband had 'struck her with the cast'. The lawyer, reportedly continued the discussion by asking, "You are just making this up as you go along." In her defense, Amber reportedly told, "I didn't include every detail or every thought."

Recalling the time when Johnny forced her, naked, against a kitchen counter covered with glass, Amber reportedly said she held her tears back and pushed him back after repeatedly asking him to stop. Claiming that she injured her feet and arms, Amber said whenever she became voilent, it was in self-defense.  

Amber further denied that neither she nor her friends were responsible for leaving faeces in the bed of the penthouse the day after a row following her 30th birthday celebration. "Of course not, it's absolutely disgusting," Amber said stating that Depp's dog might be to blame because of a bowel problem caused after consuming a bag of cannabis as a puppy.

(Source: Reuters)

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