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from TMZ below...
Amber Heard just showed up in court
with a bruise on her face claiming Johnny
Depp physically assaulted her and she's
the victim of repeated domestic violence
... TMZ has learned, but sources
connected to Johnny are calling BS,
saying Amber "is an affront to real
victims of domestic violence."
Heard showed up with her lawyer, Samantha
Spector , armed with photos showing various
bruises ... she claims Depp inflicted various
times during their marriage. We obtained this pic
... showing Amber with a bruise around her eye,
which she says Depp inflicted Saturday night.
Heard claims the pic was taken shortly after she
was allegedly struck.
She claims Depp smashed his iPhone on her
face.
Amber claims during the alleged attack, Johnny
shattered various objects in the apartment. She
says she was on the phone with a friend during
the fight, and when Johnny grabbed her phone
she screamed to her friend, "Call the cops!" The
friend called 911 and cops came to the
residence.
Amber says when cops arrived Johnny had
already fled, so they took a report.
We're told cops told Amber they would find
Johnny and arrest him if she gave a statement
about the alleged violence, but she refused.
Officers told her if she changed her mind she
could call them.
Cops gave Amber this business card and told
her to call if she wants to press charges. As far
as we know, she has not gone back to the cops.
Heard claims after he allegedly hit her he
offered her money to stay quiet, but instead she
filed for divorce first thing Monday morning.
Amber says she has video of one of the
beatings.
It's interesting ... she's asking for a temporary
restraining order claiming there's an immediate
threat of harm, but Depp has been out of town
since Wednesday promoting his new movie.
Depp's lawyer, Laura Wasser , appeared on his
behalf.
TMZ broke the story ... 3 days after Depp's
mom died, Amber filed for divorce. And one
week after his mom died, she's claiming
domestic violence.
As for why Depp and his people are calling BS
... first she never filed a police report, and she
posted Instagram pics after the alleged beating
and never showed any injury.
Update:
The judge just granted a temporary restraining
order, requiring Johnny to stay 100 yards away
from Amber, at least until a hearing next month.
That's not a real problem since Johnny is in
Europe promoting his movie.
The judge also gave her the right to live in the
family home. The judge rejected many other
requests by Amber ... notably, the judge said no
to an order keeping Johnny away from at least
one of their dogs, saying there was "an
insufficient showing to protect the pet dog." It's
unclear why the judge didn't reference the
second dog.
And Amber also got shut down when it came to
awarding spousal support
per month -- and attorney's fees. The judge also
rejected her request for possession of their
Range Rover and another request to force
Johnny into anger management.
Update:
Amber Heard claims in legal docs ... during their
entire relationship Johnny Depp was verbally
and physically abusive, and she lays part of the
blame on drug and alcohol abuse. TMZ has
obtained the legal docs Amber filed to support
her claim that Johnny smashed an iPhone
against her face Saturday night, which she
claims triggered her move to file for divorce.
As we reported, cops came but she declined to
file a report. Amber claims, before the alleged
incident over the weekend
party at home last month ... Johnny showed up
"inebriated and high." She says after the guests
left, they argued and he threw a magnum-sized
bottle of champagne at the wall and a wine
glass at her. She says he grabbed her by the
shoulders and pushed her onto the bed. She also
says he grabbed her by the hair and shoved her
to the floor.
Amber says she didn't see Johnny again for a
month, until Saturday night. She says he was
drunk and high again and they were talking
about his mom's passing the day before. She
says he "suddenly began obsessing" about
something, got mad, grabbed the phone, "wound
up his arm like a baseball pitcher and threw the
cell phone at me striking my cheek and eye." She
claims he also pulled her hair and struck her,
then she says he grabbed a magnum-sized
bottle of wine, chugged some and then used the
bottle to break objects around the house.
Amber Heard had no evidence of any injuries
when cops came to her home Saturday night
after getting a 911 call ... this according to
LAPD law enforcement sources.
As we reported, when cops arrived Amber
refused to file a police report. She now claims
Johnny hurled a cell phone at her face, badly
bruising her eye, but our law enforcement
sources say they saw no injury at all. In fact,
we're told she never alleged any brutality ... just
that they had an argument.
Our sources say she refused to offer any more
information, so they left.
As we reported, sources connected with Johnny
say Amber is lying ... making up the domestic
violence story. One of the things Johnny points
to is Instagram ... Amber was tagged in a pic
showing she was partying with friends Sunday,
the day after the alleged attack.
The LAPD says they had no reason to believe
Johnny Depp struck Amber Heard with his phone
when they were called to the couple's
apartment.
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