Amber Heard files domestic violence restraining order against Johnny Depp
A judge ordered Johnny Depp to stay away from his estranged wife Amber Heard after she filed a domestic violence restraining order against the actor on Friday. Heard accused her husband of hitting her and leaving her face bruised, reports the AP.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl H. Moor also ruled that Depp shouldn't try to contact Heard until after a scheduled June 17 hearing. Heard said in a sworn declaration that Depp hit her with her cell phone on her cheek and eye during a fight on Saturday. She also said Depp pulled her hair, screamed at her, hit her and grabbed her face and that he was high and drunk during the assault.
"I live in fear that Johnny will return to (our house) unannounced to terrorize me, physically and emotionally," Heard wrote in a sworn declaration.
Moor, however, rejected Heard's request that Depp attend anger management classes for a year and that the protective order extend to their dogs. Heard stated that there was another incident in April during which Depp showed up unannounced at her birthday party and pushed her on the floor. She wrote that she did not see her estranged husband for a month after the altercation.
Heard filed for divorce on Monday, after a year of marriage, saying they had separated the day before. The two actors cited irreconcilable differences for the breakup. On Friday, she appeared in court in Los Angeles with her lawyer, Samantha Spector, claiming that Depp attacked her several times during her marriage, CBS News can confirm. She submitted a picture of her bruised face when she applied for a restraining order Friday.
Depp's attorney, Laura Wasser, declined to comment, but wrote in a court filing that Depp was out of the country and would agree to a mutual stay-away order.
Heard submitted the photo below of her bruised face along with the filing.
The split has become increasingly messy. Depp asked the court determine that he should not pay spousal support to Heard. He also wants the actress to pay her own attorney fees and requested separation of certain assets, including "miscellaneous jewelry," earnings made after their separation and, as stipulated in the response, "additional separate property assets and obligations of the parties, the exact nature and extent of which are not presently known."
