'I'm NOT lying': Amber Heard begs Johnny Depp to stop smear campaign in emotional court audio
On Monday, May 16, during Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's multimillion-dollar defamation trial, the court heard dramatic recordings in which the 'Aquaman' actress said she begged her then-husband to stop calling her "a liar" regarding his assault allegations. She is heard chatting to Depp in a taped conversation in June 2016, one month after filing for divorce from the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' actor.
Heard is overheard saying, "I'm being called a liar and a gold-digger. I'm not lying about any of this s***, and I'm not after any of your money." She told the court that she wanted him to cease calling her a "liar" and to end his claimed "smear campaign" against her. "I was attempting to persuade Johnny to cease his smear campaign," she explained.
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Depp allegedly told Heard that he would "ruin" her and her career, according to Heard. "Johnny told me that he would ruin me. That no one would ever touch me - professionally that no one would ever work with me again," she stated. "That I would never work again. That he would ruin my career."
Heard claimed that her ex-husband "refused" to speak to the press about their split. "He was calling me a liar and he was forcing me to prove it and I knew that wasn't going to be good for him and I kept saying don't make me prove it... but he was calling me a liar," she stated.
WATCH: Heard tells jurors she attempted to dissuade Depp from continuing a "smear campaign" or pursuing legal action. She testifies, "I was begging not to deal with this, to be where I'm sitting today."#JohnnyDepp #AmberHeard @LawCrimeNetwork pic.twitter.com/4CcT22l0dW
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The actress is heard crying and telling him, "I'm just trying to point out the facts," in other audio recordings handed to the court. She informs him in one tape that his own security guards informed her "that I was going to get killed." Heard told the court that she never wanted to have to disclose anyone about the alleged abuse, but she did want him to stop accusing her of lying about it.
"I was begging Johnny to not make me prove what I've had to sit on this stand and had to sit in front of you all to prove and talk about," she stated. "I didn't want this, I dont want to be here. I didn't want to be there then. I was trying to get him to not call me a liar as everything I have said to date and everything I have said now is the truth."
Heard sobbed on the witness stand as she described her attempts to persuade Depp. "Just don't call me a liar. Just don't say that this isn't real because I am the walking proof of it," she stated of her interaction with him.
After a one-week break, Heard returned to the stand for a third day of testimony on Monday in Fairfax, Virginia. Depp sued his ex-wife for defamation after she wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post in 2018 in which she portrayed herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." The article, headlined "I spoke up against sexual violence – and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change," does not mention the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' actor.
Depp, on the other hand, believes that it inaccurately indicates that he is a domestic abuser, which he fiercely rejects, and that it has made it difficult for him to obtain gigs in Hollywood. He is seeking $50 million in damages. Heard has filed a countersuit for $100 million, accusing Depp of waging a "smear campaign" against her and calling his case as "abuse and harassment."
