Amber x Depp: Sister of actress says she was assaulted by ex-brother-in-law

The defamation trial filed by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife and actress Amber Heard gained yet another controversial character this Wednesday (18). Amber’s younger sister, Whitney Henriquez, was one of the witnesses who testified in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, and revealed details about the former couple’s troubled relationship.

When asked about Depp’s drug use, Whitney said that when she was with her sister and ex-brother-in-law she saw Johnny Depp “consume a ziplock bag full of pills”.

Amber’s sister also reported that at the beginning of the relationship, the two seemed to be very much in love, but, little by little, the actor was revealing himself to be a controlling man. “It started with light jokes about what clothes she should and shouldn’t wear. It just got more intense and Amber started to have a more conservative style,” recalled Whitney, adding that the two had the same stylist for a while, and he came to control even more what she would wear at events.

Whitney also pointed out that whenever the ex-couple fought, some electronic device Amber Heard ended up being smashed by Depp. Fury attacks would be frequent and, because of them, the actress would have lost “a cell phone, a tablet and a laptop”.

Johnny, according to his former sister-in-law, was jealous and possessive. He was suspicious of “anything” on his sister’s cell phone, and she ended up being involved in a fight between the two at the ex-couple’s penthouse in Los Angeles. According to Whitney, she would have been woken up by her sister in the middle of the night. Amber accused Johnny of cheating and the two exchanged insults such as “used garbage bag” and “old and fat”.

Tempers were even more heated and Whitney claimed to have been hit in the back by Depp while trying to calm the situation. Amber Heard took sides and punched her ex-husband: “Don’t fucking hurt my sister.” He reacted: “he grabbed Amber by the hair and hit her several times”.

Whitney said he left the penthouse shortly thereafter and a plea for his silence was proposed to him by the actor’s lawyer. She said she didn’t want to sign and even ended up being accused soon after by Depp of selling stories to the press, which she denies.