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Amber Heard’s former make-up artist Melanie Inglessis defined how she helped the actress cover-up bruises and different accidents that she allegedly obtained after bodily altercations along with her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Specifically, she detailed how she helped Amber conceal bruising earlier than she appeared on The Late Late Present With James Corden, in a deposition for the defamation trial between the 2 actors.
Amber’s legal professionals confirmed photographs of Amber, exhibiting the accidents that the actress had forward of the looks on James Corden’s present. She stated that the photographs did mirror the accidents that she witnessed on Amber earlier than showing on the present on December 16, 2015. She defined that it appeared like Amber had been “head-butted frivolously,” and Melanie stated, “She had discoloration round her eyes, on her nostril,” in addition to a “slit lip.” She later defined the accidents in additional element when questioned by Johnny’s legal professionals.
In the course of the deposition, Melanie defined what she did for Amber to cover the bruises, together with utilizing a distinct kind of concealer. “I simply did make-up however just a bit heavier when wanted. So we lined the discoloration or the bruises with just a little, barely heavier concealer. One which has just a little extra of a peach undertone, which I might usually don’t use on Amber, however the peach [does] cancel blue. So I did that below the eyes, and though Amber at all times has a crimson lip as one of many signature appears to be like, I bear in mind clearly speaking that we had no different choice that evening, however then to make use of a red-blood—like a very crimson—to verify we might cowl up the accidents on the lip.”
Amber’s legal professionals requested what the actress’s temper was like earlier than showing on the present, and he or she described her as “Indignant, unhappy, [and] just a little erratic.”
When Johnny’s legal professionals questioned Melanie, they requested if she’d ever seen Johnny be abusive in the direction of Amber, and he or she stated that she had not, and that any allegations of abuse in opposition to the Pirates of the Caribbean star had come from Amber. “It was at all times some battle, some fights: some bodily fights, some verbal fights, some form of issues,” she stated, earlier than describing the friendship as “consuming.” She did say that she didn’t witness any fights between Amber and Johnny. The lawyer additionally made some extent to ask that she didn’t know the way the accidents had been triggered, which the make-up artist stated was right.
The pre-recorded deposition (taken on February 2, 2021) was proven to the courtroom on Wednesday, Might 18. All through the questioning, Melanie defined her relationship with Amber, saying that the 2 obtained shut whereas she was working along with her, however she additionally stated that ultimately, she broke off the connection each as a buddy and make-up artist, however that she wished her “properly.”
