Bodycam Footage Shown At Johnny Depp Trial Shows How The Actor's Relationship With Amber Heard Marked Its End

The cops involved in the altercation between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard that ultimately marked the end of the former couple's relationship - testified in court and shared that they saw no sign of abuse. 

The defamation trial yesterday focused on the night of Saturday, May 21, 2016 — the night the former couple supposedly split for good.

It is reported that on that night, there were two separate calls made to 911 LAPD and alleged claims of domestic dispute were made at a luxury penthouse apartment on Broadway, which the couple shared.

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Recently in the court, two police officers who reported to the callouts testified in court and told the judge that they never saw Johnny Depp and that there was no physical evidence that anyone had been physically abused.

During an in-depth investigation with repetitive questions asked, Officers Melissa Saenz, Tyler Hadden, and William Gatlin were forced to pore over the details of the very brief and otherwise unremarkable call-outs from five years ago.

All three police officers were forced to recall that night multiple times to ensure why they did not investigate the crime and all three repeatedly claimed that there was no evidence to investigate. 

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Apart from this, the three police officers shared that on night neither Amber Heard nor her friends were cooperative and provided officers no information and it was obvious that they didn't want the officers to be present there. 

Officer Saenz, who testified first, was asked why she never filled in the supplemental domestic violence report she carried in her vest.

She insisted none of the criteria — smashed furniture, evidence of injuries, statements regarding threats, suspects possibly possessing firearms — were present.

"We met with the victim. We checked the location, the husband wasn't there, and the victim advised us that she'd just had an argument and that she wasn't going to give us any further information," said Saenz. "Because we didn't identify a crime, we issued her a business card, letting her know that she could reach out to us later if she wanted to cooperate."

Like her colleagues, Saenz said she was not aware the apartment belonged to Johnny Depp, nor did she know he was the one supposedly involved.

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It is reported that even though the officers were aware of Johnny Depp, they were not familiar with Amber Heard's name at the time.

All officers agreed they had been told there was an argument — which is not a crime — so all they could do was hand over a business card and leave.

Officer Saenz said none of the people present would provide any names.

"That's unusual, is it not?" counsel asked.

"No it's not," she replied, deadpan. "A lot of people do not like us."

Her partner Officer Hadden confirmed Heard appeared crying and red-faced when they got there, but he believed the redness was merely from the tears, and not an injury.

While Saenz and Hadden did not record on body cam, the officer who arrived for the second 911 call that night —Officer Gatlin — did.

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The footage that was played in the court shows officer Gatlin and his partner greeted at the door by a man, identified as Josh Drew — the ex-husband of Heard's best friend of Raquel "Rocky" Pennington — who appears reluctant to let them inside.

"We need to talk to your wife to make sure..." the officer begins before Drew interrupts: "Oh it's not my wife."

"Well whoever it is, can we have you step out, we just gotta check and make sure they're all good," the officer continues.

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Drew goes to close the door on them and "fetch the business card" left by the earlier officers, but the two attending police insist on following him into the apartment.

They find Heard on the couch flanked by two female friends. The officers ask who Amber is, and she raises a hand.

"And 'Johnny?'" the officer asks (the other party is listed as 'Johnny Heard' on the incident report).

"...is definitely not here," Drew finishes for him.

"He left probably like two hours ago," one of the women offers.

And after exactly 50 seconds of entering, the officers leave the apartment.

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Depp is suing Amber Heard for $50m in a defamation trial after Heard wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post in which she claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse. According to Depp, even though his name was not mentioned in the article but his career and reputation were ruined due to these allegations.

She countersued Depp for $100 million.

The actor has already lost an earlier lawsuit he took in the UK over the same article that appeared in The Sun.

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