Editing Amber Heard (section)

==Abuse allegations==
In 2016, Heard initiated divorce proceedings against her husband, actor Johnny Depp. During the divorce proceedings, which lasted until January 2017, Heard accused Depp of abusing her throughout the marriage, usually while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Although Depp denied the allegations, Heard was ultimately paid a settlement of $7 million, which she pledged to donate to the ACLU and the LA Children's Hospital.

In 2018, during the below-mentioned lawsuit ''Depp v News Group Newspapers LTD'', Depp claimed that Heard had falsely accused him and that she had in fact been the abuser. Depp listed multiple occasions on which he claimed Heard had attacked him, most notably in March 2015 when she allegedly threw vodka bottles at him and severed his finger on the set of ''Pirates of the Caribbean''. The case continued until 2020. During the case, leaked audio surfaced of a phone call between the two in which Heard admitted to attempting to overpower Depp during a fight and mocked him for thinking that people would believe a man could be an abuse victim. She also admitted throwing a mineral can at his head during the same fight and did not deny that she had started most of the physical incidents between them. Around this time, it surfaced that Heard had been arrested in 2009 for assaulting her then-girlfriend Tasya Van Ree at an airport, although Van Ree later spoke out in support of Heard. Heard's former assistant Kate James also accused her of verbal abuse and repeated drug use. Despite this, Depp still lost the case as the judge ruled that Depp had abused Heard (it should be noted that just because Heard abused Depp, that does not mean that Depp did not abuse her). Despite this ruling, Heard's public image was severely damaged.

In 2019, Depp sued Heard over her claims. During the proceedings in 2022, witnesses described searching for Depp's severed finger after it was sliced off. A recording was also played of an argument between Heard and Depp in which Heard admitted to hitting Depp and called him a "baby" for crying. Former security agent Sean Bett stated that he had seen Depp sustain multiple facial injuries, photos of which were presented to the court.