Johnny Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard is hiding a deep and dark family secret: her father ran an illegal dog fighting ring that led to his incarceration.
That’s the revelation from Paul Barresi, who was once hired by Heard's legal team to find evidence against Depp.
Barresi, a Hollywood 'fixer,’ uncovered that the father of Heard, a self-proclaimed animal lover, was once arrested, convicted, and served jail time for animal cruelty by orchestrating a cruel, heartless, torturous pit bull ring in Texas in the 1980s.
David Clinton Heard — who Amber has described as having “struggled with alcohol and drug abuse issues his whole life” — ran an unspeakable animal abuse ring involving no less than seven pit bulls on his property of 10 acres of land.
Law enforcement also found narcotics and professional poker equipment on the property.
David pleaded guilty and was jailed briefly —15 days — getting off relatively scot-free on the charge of “cruelty to animals” by pleading “nolo contendere".
Ironically, it was Depp who was portrayed to be an animal abuser in his scandalous High Court of London legal battle.
The court heard Depp was traveling in a car with Heard and her Yorkshire terrier, Pistol, as well as her sister, his assistant Holmes, and a driver when he allegedly dangled the dog out the window.
Depp described this claim as an "absolute utter falsity" and "fraudulent,".
"I had previously read that Amber's father was an abusive alcoholic. Through my years of working in Hollywood, I know women often enter into relationships with men who are like their father."
“I found however that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I can’t help but ask, whether Amber and members of her family knew that her father was the ring leader of barbaric dog fights that rendered pit bulls maimed or dead.”