Johnny Depp's security guard has testified against Amber Heard, telling the jury that she "punched" and "spat" at the Pirates of the Caribbean star when the two were married.
The celebrity exes are currently entering the fourth week of a $50 million defamation trial, in which Depp is suing his former wife for claiming to be a victim of domestic abuse in a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post.
Depp, 58, maintains that he was the real victim in their short-lived marriage. Heard, meanwhile, is countersuing for $100 million and citing multiple occasions when she alleges he abused her while they were together.
However, it looks like one of the people closest to the couple has weighed in on Depp's side. His security guard Travis McGivern appeared to the jury in Fairfax County Court, Virginia, via video link to testify in the blockbuster trial.
During his testimony, McGivern recalled an occasion on which he allegedly saw Heard, 36, hit her then-husband across the face. He told jurors that he "heard and saw a closed fist contact Mr. Depp in the left side of his face" - adding that it was Heard's fist.
"The initial look on [Depp's] face kind of mirrored mine, kind of a look of shock," McGivern continued, adding: "My job is [to] ensure the safety and wellbeing of my clients, and I felt like I hadn’t done that."
He went on to say that Depp had a "nice little shiner" from the punch and that his face was red and swollen. However, that wasn't the end of Heard's supposed physical assault - during the same argument, the security guard claims she threw a can of Red Bull at him and spat at him, saying "at one point she spit".
While Depp purportedly did not retaliate physically, he did hurl abuse at his then-wife during the argument. "The verbal onslaught continued, from both of them," McGivern recalled, adding that Heard referred to Depp as a "f***ing deadbeat dad", "f***ing washed up" and a "f***ing c***", which "[Depp] called her as well."
Depp has already testified in the trial, and Heard is due to give the court her testimony this week.