Amber Heard
and Johnny Depp have
announced that they are divorcing after 15 months of marriage, citing
irreconcilable differences as the reason. As the public still struggles to
understand what went wrong between these two celebrities, new details are emerging
that paint an incredibly disturbing picture of the state of their relationship
before they made this decision.
The Backstory
Reports of
domestic Violence (and
divorce) have surrounded Amber Heard and Johnny Depp since May, when she first
filed for divorce. After months of speculation and media coverage around their
union, they finally announced a decision to separate on Sept. 16. The news came
just weeks after Heard appeared in court accusing Depp of hitting her during an
altercation earlier that month. The 30-year-old actress said at a news
conference that he wasn’t himself and was under the influence of alcohol and
drugs when he hit her face with an iPhone that day.
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The Final Straw
It wasn’t
until after their marriage that Amber Heard
and Johnny Depp began to have
issues. The Hollywood power couple has been living separate lives for over a
year now. In fact, Amber was granted a restraining order against her husband
due to allegations of domestic Violence
just three days before filing for divorce. And in her statement against her
estranged husband, Amber wrote that he has been verbally and physically abusive
to me. Ouch. Seeing as how Violence
and abuse were a major part of their relationship from day one (and apparently
are continuing through their split), it’s understandable why Amber would want
to share details about what allegedly occurred throughout their four-year
marriage—just know that she’s not alone.
The Aftermath
Amber Heard
and Johnny Depp both said
goodbye to their spouses via divorce. Even though many have been quick to judge
Amber as a gold-digger for talking about abuse she faced in her marriage (with
no physical evidence at all), little do they know that she actually had enough
evidence to sue him for domestic Violence.
Amber obtained a restraining order against her husband, which claimed he was
extremely verbally and physically abusive towards her during their marriage.
Amber has also accused Johnney deep
and Amber Heard divorce Violence of having used drugs
throughout their relationship and he reportedly went crazy on more than one
occasion due to excessive drug use. This is such an unfortunate situation
because not only were two lives brought down by these two people's actions but
two children who now have to live with divorced parents.
How to Help
Violence
in a relationship doesn’t always mean a physical altercation. It also includes
threats of Violence. What started
out as playful teasing became abusive behavior when Johnney
deep and Amber Heard divorce Violence dragged her by her hair and hit
her head on a countertop during an argument over his cellphone. Amber told a
friend she had suffered through similar abuse before and was afraid if she
called law enforcement they wouldn’t take it seriously or would blame her. That
type of reaction to domestic Violence
is common; in fact, according to one survey, up to 75 percent of women who are
victims don’t report their abuse because they fear no one will believe them or
do anything about it.
More Details in the Media
Amber Heard
Alleges 'Extreme Acts of Violence'
in Divorce Settlement. In a new court filing, Amber
Heard alleges her estranged husband Johnny Depp physically
and emotionally abused her throughout their relationship. The alleged Violence included breaking bottles
during a fight while they were drinking and throwing an iPhone at her face. Amber
also says she was physically attacked by his friends at his home in Los
Angeles.
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