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Actor Amber Heard is expected to take the stand in her own defense in a libel suit filed by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp

Actor says trial is ‘hardest thing’ she has ever had to go through

Actress Amber Heard suffers from post traumatic stress disorder as a result of "intimate partner violence" from her former husband, "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp, a psychologist testified on Tuesday. Dawn Hughes, a clinical and forensic psychologist, also said that Depp suffered from "obsessive control" and "obsessive jealousy"…

Johnny Depp is suing his ex-wife Amber Heard over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she describes herself as a victim of violence

Trial began with jury selection on 11 April in Virginia

Proceedings began on 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia

As Depp’s $50m defamation lawsuit plays out in court in Virginia, Clémence Michallon looks at the former couple’s legal history

Hughes claims Depp perpetrated multiple acts of sexual and physical violence against Heard

Dr Dawn Hughes said that the acts of sexual violence, which she detailed to the court, were often a result of the actor’s ‘drug fuelled rage’.

A forensic psychologist has testified that Johnny Depp allegedly subjected his ex-wife Amber Heard to “sexual violence”, including claims he penetrated the actress with a vodka bottle.

Dr Dawn Hughes says Heard ‘demonstrated very clear psychological and traumatic effects’