Johnny Depp, Amber Heard trial: Star’s late-night visit caught on CCTV

Amber Heard has been confronted in court with CCTV footage of her intimate moment with another star while then-husband Johnny Depp was out of town.

Jurors have been shown a video of Amber Heard escorting James Franco into an elevator up to the penthouse apartment she shared with then-husband Johnny Depp one day before she filed for divorce.

The May 22, 2016, visit at about 11pm was one day after Heard alleges that Depp bashed her in the face with a mobile phone. They both have their backs to the camera and their heads bowed in the footage. At one point, Franco affectionately rested his head on her neck.

Depp has accused Heard and Franco of having an affair during their marriage – an allegation they’ve both denied.

Heard, 36, confirmed that it was Franco in the video and that the two former “Pineapple Express” co-stars were going to her penthouse. “That’s where I lived, yes,” she testified.

Amber Heard had James Franco over to her home the night before she filed for divorce from Johnny Depp, according to footage shown in court.

Amber Heard confirmed it was Franco at her apartment.

Franco appears to rest his head on Heard in an intimate moment.

Heard is being sued by Depp for $US50million ($A67m) for implying he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed. Although she did not name him, he claims her allegations are false and cost him lucrative movie roles.

Heard has countersued, asking for $US100 million ($A134m) and claiming she suffered “rampant physical violence and abuse” at his hands.

During Heard’s cross-examination on Tuesday Fairfax County Court House in Virginia, Depp’s lawyer Camille Vasquez suggested that it was odd she would invite Franco to the apartment she shared with her husband who she has described as violent and jealous.

Heard testified that she was so scared of Depp returning to the apartment in a rage that five days after Franco’s visit she got a restraining order against her ex-husband.

“You knew that Mr. Depp was out of town May 22, 2016, didn’t you?” Vasquez asked Heard.

“I didn’t know his schedule,” she replied.

Vasquez said that Heard knew Depp was out of town and that she wasn’t in any imminent danger when she went to a Los Angeles courthouse May 27, 2016, to obtain the restraining order.

“I’m not sure what I understood of his schedule at that time,” Heard replied calmly.

Heard was cross-examined during Tuesday’s court proceedings. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP

Depp has reportedly refused to look at his ex-wife during the trial. Picture: Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP

Damning evidence shown from Heard’s past relationship

During the gruelling cross-examination, Vasquez also questioned Heard about her arrest for allegedly hitting her ex-girlfriend Tasya van Ree in 2009.

“You committed domestic violence against Ms. van Ree during your relationship didn’t you?” asked Vasquez.

“No, I did not,” she replied.

“You assaulted her at a Seattle airport in 2009 didn’t you?” the lawyer pressed.

“That’s not true,” Heard insisted. Vasquez went on to read a news article about the incident.

Two officers allegedly witnessed Heard smack van Ree in the arm and yank her necklace off, and she was arrested.

But prosecutors declined to pursue the case. News of the altercation didn’t emerge in the press until 2016, and van Ree publicly defended Heard who accused Depp of planting the article.

“So Mr. Depp is not the only domestic partner you’ve assaulted?” Vasquez inquired.

“I’ve never assaulted Mr. Depp or any other person I was romantically linked to, ever,” Heard replied.

“No further questions, your Honour,” Vasquez said, wrapping up a day and a half of cross-examination.

Bizarre gift to Depp

Vasquez asked Heard about the large knife with a teal handle that she gifted her ex-husband for his birthday in 2012 – the same year she testified that he started hitting her.

The gift Heard gave Depp.

“It was during this cycles of violence that you gave Mr. Depp a knife?”

“I gave him a knife,” she replied, as a court deputy pulled the blade from the sheath and showed it to jurors. “I wasn’t worried he was going to stab me with it,” Heard added.

This article originally appeared in Fox News and was reproduced with permission.