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Attorneys for Amber Heard filed a defamation lawsuit on Friday against comedian Doug Stanhope that included yet more details of alleged abuse against her husband Johnny Depp.
Heard’s new lawsuit came less than a week after the Stanhope, a longtime friend of the Pirates of the Caribbean star, accused Heard of blackmailing Depp in a column published in The Wrap on May 29.
“Depp has hit and kicked Heard on numerous occasions, has thrown objects at her, at one point nearly suffocated her to the point where she feared for her life,” Heard’s new lawsuit claims.
“Depp is an alcoholic and drug addict, and these violent episodes occurred mostly after Depp had relapsed into a cycle of substance abuse. His drug and alcohol abuse has increased dramatically in recent years, as has his violent behavior.”
“Heard repeatedly returned to Depp, despite his verbal and physical mistreatment of her, hoping optimistically that the man she married would change his behavior,” the lawsuit reportedly continues. “Each time Heard returned, however, within months, the cycle of substance abuse and violence repeated.”
In his column last month, Stanhope claimed that Heard was “threatening to lie about him publicly in any and every possible duplicitous way if he didn’t agree to her terms.”
The actress’s attorney called Stanhope’s blackmail claim “unequivocally false