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Amber Heard reveals photos of blood spattered furniture in Johnny Depp’s house

Grusome photos of blood-stained furniture inside Johnny Depp’s Australia mansion have been shown in court.

Johnny Depp alleged to have kicked Amber Heard over James Franco claims

Amber Heard has wrapped her second day of testimony in ex-husband Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against her by offering more harrowing details of his alleged abuse.

Earlier in her day-long testimony, Heard gave sordid details about the couple’s ill-fated 2015 Australian visit, making shocking claims about what was really going on behind closed doors during their stay in this country.

Before that, Heard detailed acts of violence she allegedly suffered at Depp’s hands and claimed he warned her the “only way out is death”.

In her final hours on the stand today, Heard explained her reason for punching Depp during one violent altercation, and claimed that she once discovered her ex-husband was cheating on her right after their wedding.

After a dramatic two days in the stand for Heard, the trial will now take a break, returning on May 16, when she will be back on the stand.

Court shown pics of blood-stained furniture

The court was shown photos on blood stains all over the house Amber Heard and Johnny Depp rented in Australia in March 2015 — after a vicious fight where the actor was left with a severed finger.

The images showed blood on a duvet cover, on a sofa, on white sheets and one one of the guitars Depp tried to play.

Blood-spattered items in Depp's house. Picture: Supplied
Blood-spattered items in Depp's house. Picture: Supplied

Other photos also showed a broken lamp and an area where Depp allegedly slammed the end of a bottle into a wall.

Heard: I punched Depp to protect my sister

Heard told the court her reasons for punching Depp in one violent altercation. Picture: AFP
Heard told the court her reasons for punching Depp in one violent altercation. Picture: AFP

Amber Heard told the court she punched Johnny Depp square in the face out of fear he was about to push her sister Whitney down the stairs.

Heard said she and her then-husband had been fighting on the mezzanine of the staircase in one his many penthouses and her sister got in between them.

“I remembered what happened to Kate Moss,” she said, referencing the claim that Depp once pushed the model down a flight of stairs.

The actress said it was the first time she had ever “landed” a hit on Depp, and after she punched him he just started laughing. Security ultimately intervened.

Depp’s witnesses and the actor himself testified about the same moment a few weeks earlier, claiming Heard instigated the attack and Depp did nothing in return.

Heard: Depp cheated on me with an old flame

US actor Johnny Depp leaves for a recess at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse. Picture: AFP
US actor Johnny Depp leaves for a recess at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse. Picture: AFP

When Johnny Depp passed out with his iPad on his lap, Amber Heard discovered texts on the tablet to another woman he was cheating on her with, she testified.

“He was texting this woman that he had a relationship on and off … The date was right after our wedding. I had seen that he had gone to her house after our wedding.” Heard said.

“I freaked out,” Heard said, after finding the texts. “I immediately confront him about it …. I didn't care in this moment if he did kill me.”

It is unclear who is the other woman Depp was apparently seeing.

‘This is how I die,’ Heard thought

Pictures shown in court of Heard’s injured face. Picture: AFP
Pictures shown in court of Heard’s injured face. Picture: AFP
Another picture shown in court. Picture: AFP
Another picture shown in court. Picture: AFP

Johnny Depp allegedly beat Amber Heard so sadly in December 2015 she remembers thinking she was going to die, the actress told the jury.

“I thought this is how I die,” Heard testified. “He is going to kill me and he wont even have realised it.”

“I just could hear myself scream until I couldn’t hear myself anymore. I could just hear him say he was going to kill me,” she said. “And that he sounded like an animal in pain when he was saying … he f**king hated me.”

Court shown photos of Heard’s ‘ripped out hair chunks’

Evidence shown to the court. Picture: AFP
Evidence shown to the court. Picture: AFP
Evidence showing pictures of Heard’s hair that had been ripped out. Picture: AFP
Evidence showing pictures of Heard’s hair that had been ripped out. Picture: AFP

Amber Heard said Johnny Depp ripped out chunks of her hair during a fight in December 2015, dragging her and punching her.

“My head was bleeding from the ripped out hair chunks of hair on the floor all over the place” she said.

The court was presented a photo of Heard with a busted lip and two black eyes in the aftermath of the alleged attack.

“He busted my lip when he punched me,” she told the jury.

Heard: Depp broke our bed while beating me up

Amber Heard testifies as Johnny Depp looks on. Picture: AFP
Amber Heard testifies as Johnny Depp looks on. Picture: AFP

Johnny Depp broke the bed that the couple slept on while “beating me up,” Amber Heard said Thursday.

The incident, she said, took place during a Dec. 15 2015 fight where he allegedly busted her lip, gave her two black eyes and pulled out chunks of her hair.

“That’s the bed that Johnny broke while on top of me,” Heard said after she was shown a photo of the bed in court.

Heard: Depp threatened to kill me over Christmas

Amber Heard told the jury that Johnny Depp threatened to kill her when she was on his island in the Bahamas spending Christmas 2015 with him and his kids.

“If you ever embarrass me in front of my kids I’ll f***ing kill you,” Heard recalled Depp telling her.

“I knew I needed to get away from him,” she continued, “and at some point I ran.”

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp lock eyes in court

A video posted from inside the Fairfax, Va. courtroom seems to show Amber Heard and Johnny Depp locking eyes for what might be the first time in all four weeks of the trial.

‘I lost a piece of myself’: Heard tells the jury of abuse

“I lost a piece of myself,” a sombre Amber Heard told the jury toward the end of her daylong testimony.

The actress said “a piece of my self-confidence” was taken by Depp’s alleged abuse “for every single time I went back or allowed him back.”

“It was easier to stay,” Heard added. “I didn’t want to stay in the violence, I wanted to stay in the good Johnny that I loved.”

She said Depp claimed he would get sober again after a particularly brutal Dec. 15, 2015 fight.

“I just decided to believe him,” she said. “This time was the last time because it couldn’t be worse than this, right?”

Court wrapped a little after 5:30pm after Amber Heard’s daylong testimony.

The trial will be on break from Friday through May 16, when Heard will be back on the stand.

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.

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