Amber Heard: Shocking photos show bruised face after Johnny Depp assault claim

Shocking: The image was submitted to Los Angeles Superior County Court by actress Amber Heard after claims she was assaulted by Johnny Depp
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Jamie Bullen28 May 2016
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Shocking pictures of Amber Heard's bruised face have been released after she claimed her estranged husband Johnny Depp threw a phone at her.

Photographs were submitted by the actress to Los Angeles Superior Court as a judge issued a restraining order against the Pirates of the Caribbean star.

Heard claimed in a statement her estranged partner hurled her mobile phone at her during a fight on Saturday, which struck her cheek and eye.

She said in her declaration at court that the actor was high and drunk when the incident happened.

Amber Heard leaves the Superior Court of Los Angeles in Los Angeles on Friday
Reuters

She added: "I live in fear that Johnny will return to (our house) unannounced to terrorise me, physically and emotionally."

Judge Carl H. Moor ordered Depp to stay 100 yards away from Ms Heard and also ruled he shouldn't try to contact her.

Split: Actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp
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However, a request for him to attend a year’s worth of anger management classes was rejected by the judge.

Heard's filing states the fight was preceded by an incident in April in which the actor skipped her birthday party and showed up later high and drunk and pushed her to the floor.

After that incident, Heard wrote she did not see the actor for another month. The filing came five days after Heard filed for divorce.

Depp's attorney, Laura Wasser, declined to comment. Depp is currently in Portugal for a performance with his band Hollywood Vampires.

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