Amber Heard was 'petrified' of Johnny Depp's 'other personality', legal document states

Heard and Depp finalised their divorce in January 2017

Actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp attend The Art of Elysium 2016 HEAVEN Gala presented by Vivienne Westwood & Andreas Kronthaler at 3LABS on 9 January, 2016 in Culver City, California. ((Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Art of Elysium))

Amid her divorce with Johnny Depp, Amber Heard once said she was “petrified” of her husband’s “other personality”, which was called “the monster”, according to previously unpublished documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

Among the documents the website says it is in possession of is a deposition given by Heard to Depp’s attorney in August 2016 as part of their divorce proceedings.

“Johnny and I refer to his other personality, the part of him that is present when he beats me up — we call that the monster and have called [that] the monster for many years,” Heard said according to The Hollywood Reporter.

She added, according to the website: “I was petrified of the monster.”

Heard and Depp's divorce was finalised in January 2017. Heard has accused her former husband of domestic violence, which Depp has denied.

In addition to a 471-page deposition transcript, The Hollywood Reporter says it has obtained a "trove" of documents related to Heard and Depp's relationship.

The deposition transcripts also include a description by Heard of an incident she says happened on 21 May, 2016 at an LA penthouse. According to the documents, Heard said Depp threw her phone "as hard as he could" and the phone hit her in the face. Heard said Depp grabbed her by the hair and "broke a lot of glass things that left glass on the floor" during the incident.

Per the transcript, Heard's friend Raquel Pennington came in and saw Depp "swinging around" a bottle of wine, knocking items off a counter.

LAPD officers Melissa Saenz, one of two who responded to a 911 call on that date, said she saw Heard crying but didn't spot any signs of injury on the actor's face. Saenz also said she didn't see any signs that there was shattered glass or broken objects in the apartment, and that there was no probable cause to think a crime had occurred. Tyler Hadden, another LAPD officer who responded to the call, testified similarly.

Depp has previously said, as part of a defamation lawsuit against The Sun that he tossed the phone but it didn't hit Heard, and that he didn't touch her. He said that on 21 May, 2016, he came to the LA home to get some of his belongings and brought security guards because he was "concerned about what Ms. Heard might do".

Depp has denied accusations of domestic violence, including in a GQ profile published in October 2018, in which he said: “To harm someone you love? As a kind of bully? No, it didn’t, it couldn’t even sound like me."

A lawyer for Heard told The Hollywood Reporter in response that Depp's statements are "entirely untrue", adding: "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."

The Independent has reached out to Depp's team for more information.