Amber Heard was accused in court Wednesday of perpetrating a hoax by faking photos showing her with a badly bruised face despite having no marks when she first reported being attacked by husband Johnny Depp.
Property manager Kevin Murphy told Londons High Court that Heard immediately called out to him when he arrived at her Los Angeles home in Dec. 2015 and tearfully claimed Depp had hit her in the face several times and pulled out her hair, the Evening Standard said.
I remember standing roughly four feet away and becoming suspicious, Murphy told the court, according to the London paper.
There were no marks, bruises, cuts, redness or swelling to Ms. Heards face, nor was there any area on her head where her hair appeared to have been pulled out, he said of the makeup-free actress.
He was shown a photo of Heard dated Dec. 16 the day after his encounter that features Heard with clear marks on her face from what the court had been told was a litany of violence by Depp.
When I saw her, I saw no bruises, no redness, no scratches, no signs of any physical abuse or confrontation, he insisted from the witness stand.
He also claimed that a photo Heards team released supposedly showing hair pulled out in the attack was looked quite different to a photo he took at the time of a clump of hair the actress showed him.
Murphy confirmed texting Depp about his concerns over conflicting evidence in the photos, telling the court he believed they were fraud.
Asked if he was suggesting a conspiracy, he told the court, Well, I am not suggesting I think that it is a hoax.