Benjamin Chew, one of Depp’s lawyers, rejected the accusations of abuse and said the actor had never struck Heard — or any other woman.

“No one had ever in five decades accused Johnny Depp of being violent with a woman,” Chew said.

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Camille Vasquez, another lawyer for Depp, alleged it was Heard who could be violent, “throwing things at him, hitting him.”

“She would tell him he was a coward, tell him he wasn’t man enough because he wouldn’t stay and fight with her,” Vasquez said.

Christi Dembrowski, Depp’s sister and personal manager, was the first witness to testify, telling the court she was “scared” when he decided to marry Heard because they did not have a prenuptial agreement.

Dembrowski said the couple frequently argued, and she would book an extra room for Depp when he traveled with his wife so he would have somewhere to go and “hide.”

Heard frequently insulted to Depp, calling him an “old fat man” and belittling him, for example, when she was told that Dior planned to use him in an advertising campaign, Dembrowski said.

“She said, ‘Dior, why would Dior want to do business with you? They’re about class and they’re about style and you don’t have style,'” she said.

Dembrowski also testified that Heard had a tendency to “exaggerate” her brother’s issues with drugs and alcohol and she had never seen him go on a “bender.

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