Tense scenes as Johnny Depp, Amber Heard separated in courtroom

Court officials were forced to step in as Amber Heard appeared to recoil after being surprised when Johnny Depp began walking towards her.

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp almost came face-to-face in court after her harrowing testimony Thursday.

Heard, 36, was getting off the stand for a court recess after she broke down in sobs as she attempted to describe Depp, 58, allegedly abusing her with a bottle.

Depp, who is blind in his left eye and near-sighted in his right, seemed to walk up to the stand in Heard’s direction — when the former couple appeared to nearly make eye contact.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard appeared to almost make eye contact after Heard’s testimony on May 5, 2022. Reuters

Heard, looking frightened, took a step back from her ex-husband before a court officer put his hand toward Depp’s chest.

The Edward Scissorhands actor appeared to shrug and turn away as a female court officer escorted Heard back to her seat, while Depp went out the back of the courthouse for a smoke during a 15-minute break.

Depp approached the stand as the court went to recess. Reuters

The Pirates of the Caribbean star has been keeping his eyes away from Heard since their bombshell defamation trial began on April 11.

Depp has been taking notes throughout the trial, and was spotted holding a notebook that read, Built To Last with a drawing of a green figure with a crown on its head.

He is suing Heard for defamation over her 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post in which she described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”

US actress Amber Heard testifies at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse. (Photo by Jim LO SCALZO / POOL / AFP)

Depp was never mentioned by name in the piece, however he claims it clearly referenced him.

During Heard’s direct examination, she described a traumatic fight in March 2015 while the then-married couple was staying in Australia as Depp worked on the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film.

Heard said in her dramatic testimony the couple argued over Depp’s drinking before he held a broken bottle of booze to her face and threatened to cut her up. She said he ripped off her clothes and penetrated her with a bottle in the massive fight.

US actor Johnny Depp leaves for a recess. (Photo by JIM LO SCALZO / POOL / POOL / AFP)

Depp, who was left with a severed finger after the incident, trashed the mansion while never going to sleep that night, writing on the walls of the home with blood from his fingertip, Heard told the jury.

“As Mr. Depp’s counsel correctly predicted in their opening statements last month, Ms. Heard did indeed deliver ‘the performance of her life’ in her direct examination,” a spokesperson for Depp told The Post in a statement.

This article was originally published by the New York Post and reproduced with permission