She also said that borderline personality disorder “seems to be a predictive factor for women who implement violence against their partner.” Depp has said he is the one who was a victim of domestic violence,and that Heard hit him on multiple occasions and threw items like paint cans and vodka bottles at him.
Histrionic personality disorder,Curry said,is associated with “drama and shallowness,” and a need to be the centre of attention.
She said there’s a correlation in the disorder with people who are physically attractive and “utilise their looks to get that attention”.
On cross-examination,Heard’s lawyers questioned Curry for potential bias,noting that she had dinner and drinks with Depp and his lawyers at Depp’s house before she was hired. Curry said it was just part of the interview process.
And Heard’s lawyers called attention to evidence that Heard reported abuse contemporaneously to her therapist and to the couple’s marriage counsellor.
While the libel lawsuit is supposed to centre on whether Depp was defamed in the article,most of the trial has focused on ugly details of the couple’s brief marriage. Depp has denied ever striking Heard. Heard’s attorneys say Depp physically and sexually abused her and that Depp’s denials lack merit because he was often drunk and high to the point of blacking out.
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Earlier on Tuesday,Washington DC time,jurors heard testimony from Tara Roberts,who managed Depp’s private island in the Bahamas. She testified that she never saw Heard with any kind of bruises. Her testimony also provided another window into some of the extravagances of Depp’s lifestyle.
She said she was paid $US120,000 to manage the island,where Depp tooled around on a John Deere utility vehicle. The island had a four-person staff,including Roberts,though Depp was only there a few times a year. One section of shoreline on the island was dubbed Brando Beach,for the actor with whom Depp had collaborated in the past.
Roberts also testified about an incident that occurred when Depp and his family had a final excursion on a yacht before it was to be sold to author J.K. Rowling. On cross-examination,Roberts acknowledged that Depp passed out face-first in the sand,and that she arranged for a helicopter to take some passengers away after the yacht trip turned unpleasant.
Earlier testimony has centred on activities that occurred in the five penthouses Depp owned atop the Eastern Columbia Building in Los Angeles.
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The final witness Tuesday,Los Angeles police officer Melissa Saenz,testified about her visit to the building in May 2016,just days before Heard filed for divorce and showed up at a courthouse to seek a restraining order with a large mark on her face that she says came from a fight with Depp that night.
The officer,testifying through a recorded deposition,said she saw that Heard had been crying but saw no evidence of an injury — Depp’s lawyers say Saenz’s testimony is evidence that Heard faked her injury to damage Depp’s reputation.
Saenz could not recall many details of her interactions with Heard that night,but she did “remember being impressed by the penthouse,how big and beautiful it was”.
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