Whitney Henriquez Testimony Aligns with Earlier Claims in Depp-Heard Drama
Whitney Henriquez, the sister of Amber Heard, provided additional testimony this week that supports Heard’s account of a heated confrontation with Johnny Depp. In a court in Fairfax, Virginia, where Depp’s defamation case against Heard has been resolved, Henriquez described an argument that allegedly happened in the couple’s shared loft in March 2015. She said she personally witnessed Depp strike Heard on the face on more than one occasion during that dispute, adding texture to the broader narrative surrounding the couple’s contentious split. This line of testimony aligns with Heard’s earlier descriptions of violence in their relationship and offers another perspective from within the inner circle of the couple’s life at that time, an element that the court weighed as it considered the broader defamation case. (Source: Fairfax County court records)
According to Henriquez, the altercation involved raised voices between Depp and Heard. She recounted that Heard defended her sister against Depp, and that the tension escalated to the point where a security guard had to intervene, allegedly as Depp directed strong language toward the group. The security timeline intersects with Depp’s own testimony about past incidents and his portrayal of himself as a target of aggression. The guard, Travis McGivern, later corroborated aspects of Depp’s narrative, while Heard testified that she reacted to protect her sister and that Depp responded by striking her in the head. This convergence of accounts, from both the defense and the defense’s witnesses, remains a focal point of the testimony in the legal proceedings that have followed the divorce and related lawsuits.
The episode isn’t new in the public record. It was also examined during a separate libel case involving Heard in the United Kingdom in 2020, where a judge evaluated witness statements and the broader pattern of accusations exchanged between the two parties. Henriquez repeated the same account in that context, which helped shape the court’s understanding of the sequence of events in the couple’s turbulent relationship. The broader legal action in the United States began with an accusation of defamation by Depp against Heard, seeking damages tied to a 2018 Washington Post opinion piece in which Heard described herself as a survivor of domestic violence. The case has attracted substantial media attention, with both sides presenting a mix of testimony, documentary evidence, and expert analysis as they argued their respective versions of what occurred and what those events signified in terms of credibility and accountability. The evolving narrative has kept the public closely watching how courts interpret personal relationships when serious allegations of violence become matters of public record and commercial consequence. (Source: UK libel proceedings and US defamation litigation records)