
TARA ROBERTS
Appearing via video, Tara Roberts spoke about the incident during cross examination by Amber Heard's lawyer Elaine Bredehoft.
Bredehoft said: 'Do you recall Mr. Depp passing out in the sand face first?'
Roberts said: 'I recall he was passed out on the beach, he was out on the beach.'
Bredehot said: 'Do you have a recollection of Jack being present when Mr. Depp was passed out face first in the sand?'
Roberts said: 'Yes.'
Asked by one of Depp's lawyers to elaborate on the incident where he passed out on the beach, Roberts said: 'He was passed out, I picked him up, brushed him off. He was in a hammock. I believe he'd fallen asleep and the hammock overturned. I picked him up and left him underneath the (inaudible) with Jack'.
Roberts described a visit by Depp and Heard to the island in December 2015 - Depp has previously testified that Heard threw a can of mineral spirits at him on the trip.
Roberts said one evening she and another island employee named CJ were in the office of the island and Depp came into 'agitated, walking back and forth.'
They talked for a few minutes and then Heard came in telling Depp 'please come back, I'm sorry come back.'
Roberts said: 'He stood here reluctant to go, didn't want to go, (there was a) little exchange back and forth.
'He left the office and got into his vehicle and started it up and Amber went outside and stood in front of the vehicle. He didn't drive away.
'She was asking him, don't leave, I'm sorry, come back to the house. After a couple of minutes she got in the vehicle and they left to go back to the house.'
Roberts said she and CJ decided to follow them in a golf cart to the house to make sure the couple were okay.
When they arrived 'you could hear them inside the house yelling,' Roberts said.
She said: 'Amber was yelling and Johnny answered back, you could hear what was being said. We stood there for a couple of minutes.
'Then you started to hear Amber telling him he was a washed up actor, he was going to die a fat, lonely old man.
'Johnny said you hit me with a can of mineral spirits. Johnny came down the steps, Amber was behind him, she had a bottle in her hand. There was a pause of initial shock, neither Johnny nor Amber knew we were there.
'He proceeded to walk back to the John Deere (4x4 vehicle). Amber came up to him, saying she was sorry, please come back in the house.
'She was hugging and kissing him, telling him I love you. Johnny didn't react, eventually got out of the John Deere and walked away.
'Amber started to grab at him, trying to pull him back to the house and yelling at him.'
Roberts said that at that point she was between Depp and Heard and was 'worried what was going to happen' so she took Depp away to another building where he passed out and fell asleep on the sofa.
Asked to describe how Heard was trying to pull Depp back, Roberts said: 'It was clawing, grabbing his clothes, grabbing his hair, like an angry - he was leaving. He couldn't leave in the vehicle because the keys had been taken out.
'The only way to (leave) was for him to walk away. It wasn't a pleasant situation.'
Asked how Depp reacted, Roberts said: 'He didn't. He stood there with his arms by his side. He didn't do anything.'
While in the other building Roberts said that she noticed that Depp had a mark across the bridge of his nose.
She got a bag of ice and put it over the mark and checked it wasn't bleeding.
The following morning Roberts did not notice any injuries on Heard, she told the court.
Roberts told the court she was there when British actor Paul Bettany, his wife and children visited the island in the summer of 2013.
In his testimony Depp described how Heard was so rude to actor Paul Bettany's 18-year-old son that the boy broke down in tears. Depp said that he asked Heard to leave the island afterwards..'
Roberts drew a smile from Depp when asked how often she had seen him drunk.
She replied that he had a 'huge tolerance for alcohol' and had never seen him passed out from drinking.
Depp and Heard got married on the island in February 2015 and Roberts said that there was a detailed schedule with what was happening each day: 'dinner, dancing, drugs, music' -
Depp has previously testified that Heard and her friends were all on MDMA.
Roberts said that she ordered Dr. Pepper and sugar free Red Bull for the event as that was what Depp was drinking at the time.
OFFICER MELISSA SAENZ
Officer Melissa Saenz appeared via a pre-taped video deposition on Tuesday. She was asked about the visit to the penthouse apartment that Depp and Heard shared on May 21, 2016.
Under questioning from Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft, Saenz said, 'I did not identify her as a victim of domestic violence,' adding that she did not see any evidence of a crime, including broken glass or mess in the penthouse.
It was the last argument between Depp and Heard before she filed for a divorce and a restraining order, which she did a week later.
In request for the restraining order, Heard claimed that Depp hit her with a cell phone during that encounter, leaving her with a bruise on the right side of her face.
Bredehoft showed the photo of Amber's face to Saenz and asked ,'Do you perceive there to be an injury or evidence of injury on amber's face in this photo?'
Saenz responded, 'No I do not.'
Bredehoft asked, 'What is your perception of the redness on the cheek and the eyelid and above the eyebrow?'
Saenz responded, 'Its consistent with her crying - she's fair skin, her face is flushed.'
Bredehoft asked, 'You don't think it's consistent with a cell phone being thrown at her?'
Saenz responded, 'Correct, it does not look like an injury caused from a cell phone. It's consistent with someone crying.'
Bredehoft asked, 'If you saw any signs of injury on Amber Heard or even just damage to the property, would you have been duty bound to make a report?'
'Correct.'
Bredehoft asked, 'Now, your recollection is that there was damage to the flat, you searched the entire flat and there was no damage, no broken glass, or anything out of the ordinary, would you agree?'
'Correct'
Bredehoft asked, 'When you got back to the elevator is there anything you remember thinking?'
Saenz responded, 'I remember being impressed by the penthouse, how big and beautiful it was yes.'
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DR SHANNON CURRY
Her testimony followed expert witness Dr. Shannon Curry to the stand. The clinical and forensic psychologist told the court she concluded Heard had traits consistent with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD) - two conditions found in people with patterns of emotional instability and attention-seeking behavior.
Dr. Curry testified that she was initially hired by Depp's lawyers early last year to review files in the legal battle between the two feuding exes and identify behavior in their relationship that may be consistent with 'intimate partner violence'.
The psychology expert, however, revealed her role would shift several months later in October, when she was asked to provide a psychological evaluation of Heard.
She concluded that Heard 'grossly exaggerated' her post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after her relationship with Depp and said that in the actress's eyes, the actor went from being 'idealized to the dumpster.'
Dr. Curry noted that Heard's BPD was marked by an 'underlying terror of abandonment', added that as a result of these disorders, somebody like Heard could appear charming at the start of a friendship or relationship but could then turn dark easily.
Somebody with BPD is usually 'very, very interested in looks and utilizes their looks to get the respect they're looking for,' she added.
According to her diagnosis, Heard was a 'sophisticated' and 'calculated' case of BPD, somebody who would 'tend to hit you where it hurts a bit more' and be 'very, very destructive'.