New witnesses on the Depp’s side
According to legal documents obtained by The Blast, a woman named Laura Divenere has filed a declaration in the ongoing defamation case in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Divenere says she "worked for Johnny Depp and Amber Heard as their interior decorator in downtown LA in the Eastern Columbia Building from July 2014 to sometime in 2016. Thereafter, I worked for Amber and still do to this day. I have been and continue to consider myself a friend of Amber's. I remain in regular contact with Amber.
It is an interesting ally in this case for Johnny Depp as she is the first person in the case to identify as a friend of Heard's but give testimony in support of Depp.
I was with Amber and interacted with her frequently on the several days immediately following her abuse allegation...including at least on May 23, 24, 25. On those days, I worked with Amber, retrieved packages for her, rode elevators with her, and saw her up close and in person. On none of those days immediately following the abuse claims did I observe any signs of physical abuse or injury, including redness, swelling, cuts, bruising, or damage of any kind.
"In all of my many interactions with Amber over a period of years, she did not ever mention any allegation of violence or other abuse to me. I do not recall any allegation of violence or other abuse to me in the days following May 21. I knew and interacted with Amber's close friends Rocky Pennington, io Tillett Wright, and her sister Whitney Heard. None of them ever mentioned any accusation of violence or other abuse against Amber by Mr. Depp,"
The declaration goes on, "I witnessed Amber being verbally abusive towards her former assistant Kate, screaming at her on the phone. Her then-assistant Kate called me several times in tears, very upset, regarding the treatment she received from Amber."