The drama surrounding Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's tempestuous relationship continues. After Depp reflected in British GQ's November issue on the abuse allegations Heard made ahead of their divorce's completion, the actress's team came forward to slam the publication and her former spouse Wednesday.
In Depp's feature with British GQ, he denied the Aquaman star's claims of abuse. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor suggested the "truth" will eventually surface on the matter as well.
"To harm someone you love? As a kind of bully? No it didn't, it couldn't even sound like me," Depp, 55, explained to British GQ. "So initially, I just kept my mouth shut. I know it was going to stick on me and it would get weirder. Keep going, you know? Go nuts. I ain't going to get into a pissing contest with someone about it. Spit out what you need to spit out, my attorneys will take care of the rest. I never went and spoke about the s—t."
Added Depp, "...The only thing that I could do was know what I still know. Ultimately, the truth will come out in all of this and I will be standing on the right side of the roaring rapids. I hope other people will be too."
Heard's team got wind of Depp's comments. With this, they swiftly rejected the publication for not properly investigating her abuse accusations before publishing their story Wednesday. Heard's team denied Depp's claims as well.
"It is outrageous that GQ never spoke to any of the multiple witnesses to Mr. Depp's physical abuse of Ms. Heard prior to publishing its article," Heard's representatives said in a statement issued to Page Six on Wednesday. "If GQ had done even a basic investigation into Mr. Depp's claims, it would have quickly realized that his statements are entirely untrue."
Heard's camp added, "Mr. Depp has blatantly disregarded the parties' confidentiality agreement and yet has refused to allow Ms. Heard to respond to his baseless allegations, despite repeated requests that she be allowed to do so."
Depp and Heard first met while working on 2011's The Rum Diary. The couple would later tie the knot in February 2015. By 2016, Heard filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for separating. Her divorce settlement of $7 million was donated to two charitable organizations of her choosing, which were the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Ahead of the former couple's divorce, Heard's friend iO Tillett Wright wrote a nameless story about Depp's apparent abusive acts via Refinery29 in 2016. Wright shared she allegedly "called 911 because she never would." Also in 2016, TMZ obtained video footage that apparently depicted Depp throwing a glass of wine. This was in addition to a picture TMZ published of the Pineapple Express star with a bruised face.
Heard was slated to obtain a restraining order against her former spouse, but this was later dropped.
Depp's decision to speak on Heard's accusation led her camp to additionally suggest he's relentlessly perpetuating abusive behaviors despite their relationship being terminated, telling Page Six: "Mr. Depp is shamefully continuing his psychological abuse of Ms. Heard, who has attempted to put a very painful part of her life firmly in her past. One need only look at the physical evidence to draw the proper conclusion."
Representatives for Depp and Heard didn't immediately return Newsweek's request for comment.
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