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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Edward Helmore

Depp v Heard: second week of trial takes sheen off celebrity glamor

Amber Heard is seen in court in Fairfax, Virginia, on 28 April.
Amber Heard is seen in court in Fairfax, Virginia, on 28 April. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Amber Heard has sat impassively through 10 days of Johnny Depp’s $50m defamation against her stemming from their volatile 15 month marriage. Next week, the 36-year-old actor will get to present her version of events in support of a $100m counter claim for nuisance.

Whoever prevails in the end, and perhaps neither, the trial between the pair has been an unedifying spectacle of a horrifying relationship that so far only Depp has had the opportunity to present to the court.

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