She further claimed that Heard experienced PTSD during filming aquaman 2 Depp." Dawn Hughes testified in the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation trial Wednesday. Amber Heard's first witness was Dr. Dawn Hughes, a clinical psychologist hired by Amber Heard's legal team in her defamation trial against actor Johnny Depp, faced intense cross-examination fro. In fact, he said, the evidence shows that "Ms. Heard physically abused him. But the psychologist said that even though Heard engaged in acts of psychological and physical abuse, she did not believe Heard was a perpetrator of intimate partner violence. The psychologist said Heard reported a number of physically violent. Earlier in the trial, the jury was shown text messages between Heard and her former agent, Christian Carino, where she confirmed that she never loved Musk. Hughes said she based her testimony on 29 hours of interviews with Heard, as well as interviews with her therapists and a review of court documents. The doctor also testified that Heard showed no signs of feigning or malingering her mental health. Depp v Heard David Krae ~ notthecartoonvillaininyourhead (@DavidKrae) May 4, 2022 Dawn Hughes is an American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) certified forensic psychologist based in New York City. Depp and his lead lawyer, Benjamin Chew, patted each other on the back after the judge ruled the case can proceed. Dawn Hughes to the stand on Tuesday before Heard. Dr. Hughes'diagnosis comes after a forensic psychological evaluation, held over the course of 29 hours, in which she conducted a clinical interview with Heard and asked her about her life both before and after her marriage to Depp. Hughes went into further detail about the kind of abuse both Heard and Depp committed, per her sessions with Heard. After considering the data, Dr. Hughes arrived at a few expert opinions, including that "intimate partner violence" occurred between Heard and Depp. A psychological testing component also allowedHughes to conduct a "broad scan" of different symptomatologiesthat people may havein their lives, allowing her to give herindicatorsas to how theAquamanactress approached the test. Amber Heard Wanted Johnny Depp to Know 'That I Am Sorry' One Year After Split, Texts Reveal, STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty; EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty, Johnny Depp Kicked Amber Heard During Fight Over James Franco, Psychologist Testifies, Johnny Depp Did 'Cavity Search' on Amber Heard, Penetrated Her with Bottle, Psychologist Testifies, Doctor Who Evaluated Amber Heard for 12 Hours Says Actress Showed Signs of Personality Disorders, Amber Heard Says She 'Felt So Lonely' After Alleged Johnny Depp Sexual Assault: 'No One Knew', Johnny Depp v. 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After Depp's lawyers finished calling their witnesses on Tuesday, Heard's team tried to get the case thrown out for lack of evidence, but the judge denied that request. Watch the video for some of the highlights from his testimony. Laurel Anderson, a marriage therapist for the celebrity couple, used the term to describe the relationship in earlier testimony for the trial. During the defamation trial on Tuesday, Amber Heard's legal team called Dr. McGivern claimed Heard hit Depp with a "closed fist" during the dispute. The trial finally started on April 11 and is expected to last five weeks. And she testified, in her opinion as an expert witness in the case, that "mutual abuse" was an oversimplified concept in relationships. "She knew that people who hurt her also can love her. Updated on: May 4, 2022 / 7:14 AM Dawn Hughes, a forensic psychologist, reviewed records related to Heard's mental health, had her complete lengthy questionnaires, and interviewed her over several appointments in person and over Zoom in 2019 and 2021. The abuser apologizes and swears never to do it again, and the cycle begins again. The psychologist, Dawn Hughes, testified she conducted a 29-hour evaluation with Heard. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Never miss a story sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "This is all evidence that has come in while plaintiff controls the playing field.". NOW WATCH: Johnny Depp testifies on his ex-wife's 'need for violence'. He said Depp had once torn her clothes and attempted to have intercourse with her. Ahead of the trial, Heard said in a statement that "hopefully when this case concludes, I can move on and so can Johnny. Dr Dawn Hughes is Amber Heard's clinical psychologist. The tests Curry used were misapplied, she said, and Hughes used three tests that she testified had the expected scores for someone who had PTSD. Contact Paige Skinner at paige.skinner@buzzfeed.com. She said the PTSD diagnosis isspecifically tied to Heard's relationship with Depp. "There are indications, as I've mentioned before, of the sexual assault and the sexual abuse, and how he would, when he was angry and when he was drunk it was mostly drug- and alcohol-fueled rage when he would throw her on the bed and try to have sex with her," Dr. Hughes said. https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterWatch Law\u0026Crime Network NOW on YouTubeTV!https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/?utm_servlet=prod\u0026zipcode=99202OTHER WAYS TO WATCH LAW\u0026CRIME NETWORK IN YOUR AREA:https://lawandcrime.com/where-to-watch/READ MORE GREAT ARTICLES FROM LAW\u0026CRIME NETWORK HERE:https://lawandcrime.comLAW\u0026CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkLAW\u0026CRIME NETWORK PODCASTS:Coptales\u0026Cocktails Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coptales-and-cocktails/id1561611947Law\u0026Crime Sidebar: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-crime-sidebar/id1620223164SUBSCRIBE TO ALL OF LAW\u0026CRIME NETWORK YOUTUBE CHANNELS:Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz8K1occVvDTYDfFo7N5EZwChannel B: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVXOqoOCYbi-iXChKAl6DTQChannel C: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXCLaaClAWQiTkl3pw9ZdLwChannel D https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMV3pzWIhJGLYzoHyxBjjNw Heard suffered post-traumatic stress disorder from violence she suffered at the hands of Depp, including multiple acts of sexual assault, psychologist Dawn Hughes testified May 3. Thus a personality disorder, she said, "is some sort of dysfunction in those enduring traits.". And said that the actress informed her about Johnny Depp's alleged sexual abuse. I have always maintained a love for Johnny and it brings me great pain to have to live out the details of our past life together in front of the world.". Dr. "The etiology is the cause. The actor's talent manager, Jack Whigham, testified via video link that Depp had a $22.5 million deal with Disney to star in a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean film. It was through this evaluation that she diagnosed Heard with post traumaticstress disorder, or PTSD, as a result of the alleged intimate partner violence she claimsto have suffered at the hands of Depp. In addition, Dr. Hughes revieweda number of documents, including Heard's medical records as well as the audio and text messages presented during the course of the trial. Depp's lawyers focused on the evidence Hughes considered and ignored when forming her opinion.Subscribe to LiveNOW from FOX! Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, both renowned actors in America, got married in 2015. Hughes said Depp called almost every male and female actor Heard worked with and said he had eyes on set. Dr. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. All calls are toll-free and confidential. Dr. Hughes testified on what Heard reported to her during her marriage with Johnny Depp. Amber Heard at the 2016 Met Gala on the left and Elon Musk at the 2022 Met Gala on the right. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Dawn Hughes testifies as the first defense witness for actress Amber Heard at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Tuesday May 3, 2022. I transcribed and analyzed Dr Hughes' testimony to . 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Dawn Hughes, who was called to the stand by Heard's legal team, testified that she diagnosed Heard with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of what she described as intimate. One of the notes addressed relationships she had with other men, including billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Tune in to the Law\u0026Crime Network for daily coverage of this high-profile trial. Monday. People who are observing them will feel like it's almost play-acting She never really indicated a vulnerable feeling of her own. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Heard blinked back tears, and her lips and chin quivered at times as Hughes described the abuse. Dr. Curry described the term personality as "the way we think, we feel and we act that make us who we are." For more on the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. Heard told Hughes that her "soul was broken" when she started dating Elon Musk in May 2016. Her team, led by Elaine Bredehoft and Ben Rottenborn, will call psychologist Dr. Hughes was the first witness to take the stand on Heard's behalf after Depp's lawyers rested their case Tuesday morning. As for her second main opinion, Dr. Hughes told the court that Heard demonstrated"very clear psychological and traumatic effects" from three statements Depp made through his attorney. Hughes said she did not diagnose Heard with a personality disorder and confirmed that neither did two of Heard's previous therapists. Hughes said she also met with Heard for 29 hours over four visits in September 2019 and January 2021 for the evaluation. The sexual assaults included being forced to perform oral sex and having Depp penetrate her with a liquor bottle, the psychologist, Dawn Hughes, told jurors at Depp's libel trial against Heard. "She truly, truly believed she could fix Mr. Depp and rid him of his substance abuse problems, but that did not work," Hughes added. "You're stuck in this vicious cycle of how can I be with this man who hurts me yet I love him so much," Hughes testified. "When we have a personality disorder, there are going to be disturbances in several different areas that are visible in almost all different facets of their life," she said. Hughes' testimony contradicts that of a psychologist hired by Depp's lawyers, who said Heard was faking her symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and suffered from borderline and histrionic personality disorders. As for the violence Dr. Hughes said Heard suffered, she claimed that Depp "pushed, shoved, slapped, choked andkicked" Heard as well as "slammed her into a wall," causing the actress to sustain injuries that ranged from "bruising" and "pain" to some "cuts" and a "loss of consciousnesses" following an alleged incident between the pair. But his obsessiveness would mean the fight "would always come back," Hughes continued. My soul was dead. Dawn Hughes, a forensic psychologist, reviewed records related to Heard's mental health, had her complete lengthy questionnaires, and interviewed her over several appointments in person and over Zoom in 2019 and 2021. Dr Hughes is president-elect of the trauma division of the American. Hughes said Depp on one occasion manually penetrated Heard in anger after witnessing Heard's interactions with a woman. Hughes testified it was clear that Heard suffered from "intimate partner violence" characterized by coercive control, surveillance, and other factors. Dr. "I diagnosed Ms. Heard with post traumatic stress disorder," Dr. Hughes said. Hughes said Depp pushed, shoved, slapped, and kicked Heard, and also sexually assaulted her including forcing her to perform sex acts and penetrating her with an alcohol bottle. Heard was subjected to "significantly higher and more severe" injuries than Mr. Depp, and she was subjected to sexual violence while Depp was not, Hughes testified. But the judge, Penney Azcarate, said the standard for dismissing a case at this point in the trial is exceedingly high, and that the case should be allowed to move forward if Depp has provided even a "scintilla" of evidence backing up his claims. Dawn Hughes, a clinical and forensic psychologist and expert in interpersonal violence, abuse, and traumatic stress, will testify about Heard's post-traumatic stress disorder and other forms . And finally, when it cameto the diagnosis of PTSD, Curry on the other hand,said that she didnot believe that Heard has PTSD as both the actress and Dr. Hughes have claimed. Heard's attorney asked Hughes how she had corroborated the reported incidents, and Hughes offered the example during a 2014 incident when Depp allegedly kicked Heard in the back after accusing her of having an affair with actor James Franco. Dawn Hughes, who was called to the stand by Heard's legal team, testified that she diagnosed Heard with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of what she described as intimate partner. "Ms. Heard's report of intimate partner violence and the records that I reviewed, is consistentwith what we know in the field aboutintimate partner violence -- characterized by physicalviolence, psychologicalaggression, sexual violence,coercive control and surveillance behaviors," Dr. Hughes explained. Hughes also said Heard was subjected to sexual violence and Depp, based on Heard's reports, was subjected to none. Hughes said she corroborated the event because Heard told several friends about it after it happened. Both Depp and Amber Heard have continually testified in the defamation case. Depp.". Dawn Hughes to the stand. Dawn Hughes, a forensic psychologist who conducted an evaluation of Heard after spending about 29 hours with her in late 2019 and early 2021, told the court she did not believe that Heard has borderline personality disorder or histrionic personality disorder, which had been the determinations of Shannon Curry, the psychologist who was previously called to the stand by Depp's attorneys. Heard also reported bruising, cuts, and vaginal pain from sexual assaults, Hughes said. Heard told Hughes that the relationship with Musk ended in March 2018. She concluded that Heard had PTSD and that Depp was to blame. ", She continued, "That was what was pushing the symptoms, that was what was related to the intrusive phenomena, that was related to her avoidance, that was related to her differences inher mood, that was related to her avoidance efforts, so the cause was the intimate partner violence by Mr. When Depp was drunk or high, he threw Heard on the bed and ripped off her nightgown and had sex with her, Hughes said. Dr. He insisted she avoid nude scenes, if she worked at all, and accused her of affairs with actors Billy Bob Thornton and James Franco. Heard reported to Hughes that she dissociated during the alleged incident and the "only thing she was thinking was, 'Oh, god, I hope it's not the broken one,'" Hughes said. As a counselor and author of several books about partner abuse, I have been following the Depp/Heard case for a long time. After complaining to Carino about the press coverage over her breakup with Musk, Carino wrote back: "You weren't in love with him and you told me a thousand times you were just filling space.". Dr. Hughes also stated she disagrees with the findings of Dr. Shannon Curry, the psychologist called to the stand by Depp's legal team. "She would suddenly be one way, and then she would become very animated or very sad," Dr. Curry said of Heard. In 2020, Heard counter-sued Depp for $100 million. Dr. Hughes said there is corroboration of many of the instances of abuse, including apologies and admissions made by Depp to Heard and admissions he made to friends in text messages about his bad behavior when he drinks. However, she said the childhood abuse is part of what contributed to Heard putting up with Depp's behavior. Johnny Depp's spokesperson issues heartbreaking statement about the last few days of trial. ", Paige Skinner is a breaking news reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles. Heard's lawyers argued that Depp had failed to make his case as a matter of law and that no reasonable jury could find in his favor. Hughes is cited as an expert in "treating victims of intimate partner violence." Although she did not name Depp in the piece, she wrote about being a domestic violence survivor. "Amber got accused of women hitting her, and she got accused of men hitting on her," Hughes said. Limited commentary. "She never felt safe to be an actress in these films or productions because she would have to come home and then endure his anger at her for doing something or not doing something," Hughes testified. "The second main opinion was that Ms. Heard demonstrated, very clear, psychological and traumatic effects or the exacerbation of trauma, from those statements that Mr. Depp made through his attorney," she continued. 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