Los Angeles United States.
Los Angeles Police Department did not consider actress Amber Heard a victim of domestic violence when she went to the apartment she shared with the actor. Johnny Depp After a discussion in 2016.
In a new day of litigation between the two actors, the district court Fairfaix, Virginia, USA shown a video explanation of the agent, Melissa Saenzwho went into the apartment after receiving an emergency call.
“I did not identify her as a victim of domestic violence‘ the police responded when asked why they didn’t activate the Domestic Violence Protocol (a term also used in the US for sexist violence).
According to Sáenz, it’s about the authorities’ visit to the apartment the couple shared in downtown Los Angeles lasted less than 20 minutes and occurred on the night of May 21, 2016, a date Heard had previously said was hit by Depp.
After the visit, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) closed the case on the grounds that it was not committed.no crime‘ said the interrogated agent, adding that no photos were taken of the crime scene.
In the interrogation recorded on March 31, 2021, Heard’s attorneys showed some photos in which the actress came out with a red face and that they supposedly corresponded to that night, but the agent insisted she didn’t verify it”signs of violence“.
“It matches her crying, her face is flushedsaid Saenz.
The statement comes a day after Depp ended his four-day oral statement in which he argued that “He has never hit a woman‘ and presented herself as a domestic abuse victim being assaulted by Heard.
deptShe, who went to court in a suit and sunglasses, was cheered on several times by the public present in the hall. mostly fans of the actorArrivals from places as remote as Australia, they told local press.
Also present was Heard, whose testimony is expected in the coming weeks.
In a lawsuit, Depp is accusing his ex-wife of defamation for an article she published in the newspaper Washington Post in 2018, following his divorce, during which he claimed to have suffered”domestic violence“.
The actor is demanding $50 million in damages from his ex-partner.
For his part, Heard has responded with a counterclaim in which he alleges that Depp started a smear campaign against him and demands $100 million.
It is the first time the two celebrities have faced each other in court: at the trial, which took place in London in 2020, and that Depp lost, the actress came as a witnesssince the accusation was directed against the British newspaper The sun for an article that described the actor as “aggressor of women“.