Johnny Depp Accused of Sexual Assault By Amber Heard

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During the ongoing explosive trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Heard's lawyers accuse the Fantastic Beastsstar of sexual assault. Depp is currently suing the Aquaman actress over claims of defamation from an op-ed Heard wrote for The Washington Post back in 2018, in which she claimed she was the victim of domestic abuse. As a result of the op-ed, Depp claims his reputation has been tarnished, resulting in a massive blow to his A-list movie star status, which he is currently looking to fight against in the trial being held at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia.

Heard and Depp were married back in 2015, but they split a year later in a messy divorce that sparked international headlines. Although Heard never explicitly mentioned Depp by name in her op-ed, she left little ambiguity as to whom she was referencing in the piece and created a timeline that lined up with the allegations she first made back in 2016 during the couple's divorce proceedings. Those original allegations included Heard accusing Depp of physically abusing her during their relationship, which she claims was usually while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The couple's divorce was finalized in 2017; however, it seems the fallout of their relationship is not quite finished.

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Rolling Stone reports that Heard's lawyers accused Depp of sexual assault in court Tuesday. The new explosive claims, which were never made public before, were referenced in the opening statements of the couple's defamation trial. In their opening statement, Heard's lawyers called the incident a "three-day blackout in which [Depp] abused and sexually assaulted Amber." They went on to foreshadow