Elon Musk may have punched Amber Heard in the face and injured her, not Johnny Depp, say building staffers
Building staff members of Los Angeles Penthouse where Johny Depp and Amber Heard used to live have suggested that the cuts and bruises to Heard’s face were given by Elon Musk and not Depp. These bombshell statements have been made by Alejandro Romero and Trinity Esparza, who worked at the apartment block where the 57-year-old actor used to live with his ex-wife in a penthouse on the 13th floor.
Both the staff members have claimed in sworn video statements that they saw no signs of injuries on the 34-year-old’s face after Depp allegedly threw a mobile phone at her on May 21 as they argued over the “defecation incident” after Heard’s 30th party in April 2016. Esparza, who is the owner of the concierge company at the exclusive Eastern Columbia Building, said she saw the ‘Aquaman’ actress throughout the week following the alleged phone hurling assault and Heard, who was makeup-free, had no cuts and bruises to her face.
However, on May 27 that year, Esparza saw the actress “had a red cut underneath her right eye and red marks by her eye”. The concierge company owner also claimed that on June 4, two weeks after Depp left the penthouse, she saw more injuries on Heard, including a bruise on her left cheek and two on either side of her neck in the shape of fingers and “little less than quarters in size”. Esparza was when questioned by the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star’s legal team asking where Depp was during this period, she replied, “Out of the country.” She was also asked whom Heard interacted with during the time, Esparza said, “Elon Musk”, reported the Daily Mail.
Depp’s lawyer, Adam Waldman, reportedly said: “Johnny Depp left the country after Ms Heard's most notorious abuse hoax where she claimed he threw a phone into her right eye. Yet two weeks later, the head concierge at the building testified she saw Ms Heard with a bruise under her other eye, finger-shaped bruises on her throat, and a bandaged arm. It was Elon Musk who had been coming up to Mr Depp's penthouse during his two-week absence.”
Besides, Romero, the building’s security officer, said in his statement that Musk used to visit Heard late at night “several times a week” while Depp was not at home. The actor was reportedly shooting at the time, which prompted the staff to speculate whether Heard and the SpaceX CEO had an affair. In his testimony, Romero also said either on the Monday or Tuesday after the alleged attack, Heard asked him to come with her to the penthouse as she feared there had been an attempted break-in. To which, he agreed, and “throughout this interaction, Mr Romero said he got 'a full shot' of [her] face”, and saw no cuts and bruises. “‘We watched the news and we saw the pictures . . . and the next day I saw her, I was like, 'Come on, really?’,” Romero said in his statement. He claimed that the pictures he saw in the news showed ‘The Playboy Club’ star with a “big mark on her — on her eyes and her cheek” but in reality, there was nothing as such.
Both the staff members’ testimonies are due to present at the High Court this week as part of Depp's libel claim against The Sun over allegations that he is a “wife-beater”.
In addition to Esparza and Romero, Melissa Saenz, a police officer who attended the LA penthouse after the alleged incident, has also said she “did not see any injuries”, as heard by High Court. A concierge identified as Cornelius Harrell, who was working on the front desk in the afternoon after the alleged assault on May 21, also testified that Heard “did not have any bruises, cuts, scratches, or swelling on her face”. Harrell also reportedly thought that how “beautiful, radiant and refreshed” the 34-year-old looked.