Her father taught her to ride horses “aggressively” and drive pick-up trucks, and scared off potential suitors with his penchant for shotguns. They were fishing, camping and hunting companions (hunting is their bonding activity to this day), and Heard, though a self-described “girly-girl”, was raised to be tenacious. A keen hunter and horse broker, he liked to treat middle daughter Amber as the son he never had. Their mother Patricia worked in telecommunications for the state and their father David ran a small construction firm. It was a conservative area, “a very monotone presentation of society”, and she still recalls the first time she saw a Muslim woman in a hijab. Heard, 34, and her sister Whitney, 31, were raised in Texas, about 40 miles outside of the state capital Austin. Heard has detailed instances of “disgusting” verbal and physical abuse she has allegedly suffered at the hands of Johnny Depp while giving evidence. The court has heard her side of the case, brought by Depp over a Washington Post article in which his ex-wife claimed she was a victim of domestic violence. This week, though, it has been Heard’s chance to speak for herself. Johnny Depp: ‘I am a southern gentleman’ as violent text messages shown in court.Johnny Depp’s texts read out in court as actor wrote about wanting to ‘drown then burn Amber’.Johnny Depp secretly recorded smashing kitchen cabinets and pouring ‘mega-pint of wine’.Meanwhile Heard has stayed silent, awaiting her turn - though some have accused her of copying Depp’s courtroom outfits and hairstyles in an attempt to “play mind games” (they’ve both been seen in grey suits and wearing ties with bees on).
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So far the jury has heard a series of explosive details from a string of witnesses including the couple’s former marriage counsellor, friends and Depp himself.
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Over the last few weeks, Heard has been seen smiling but silent as she arrives at the court in Fairfax, Virginia for the latest stage of her five-week, $50m defamation trial brought by ex-husband Johnny Depp. For the Hollywood actress whose career includes The Danish Girl and box office record-breaker Aquaman, the coming weeks will be her greatest starring role to date.
The woman at the centre of the decade’s most salacious defamation trial has taken the witness stand - and the world is watching Amber Heard.