Why everybody’s talking about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

Accusations of affairs and domestic abuse claimed by both sides

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Accusations of affairs and domestic abuse claimed by both sides
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Amber Heard has denied having multiple affairs while married to Johnny Depp, and claimed that the Hollywood actor “beat me up for years”.

Heard is giving evidence for a second day during Depp’s libel case against The Sun newspaper, with the hearing now in its third week.

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