Real reason why Johnny Depp didn’t look at Amber Heard once during entire trial

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's 2022 defamation court case was one that captured attention around the world.

During the case, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor never appeared to look at his former wife or meet her eye.

Now the real reason for the lack of eye contact has been explained, as part of the Netflix documentary Depp v. Heard.

The feature length documentary, told in three episodes, focuses on the case after Depp sued Heard for $50 million over a 2018 article she wrote in the Washington Post, titled: "I spoke up against sexual violence - and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change."

Depp's legal team put forward the case that while the article never mentioned him explicitly, it inferred that he was the offender behind the sexual violence that Heard claimed to have suffered.

During the defamation trial, which lasted several weeks, Heard accused Depp of physical abuse and claimed he left her with bruises after altercations.

Yet during the entire case, Depp never appeared to look at Heard - something his lawyer Camille Vasquez pointed out while examining Heard on the stand.

In court, Vasquez said: "Mr. Depp hasn't looked at you once this entire trial, has he?"

Heard then responded: "Not that I've noticed, no."

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp faced off in a highly publicised defamation trial in 2022. (STEVE HELBER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Vasquez highlighted that Heard had looked over at her former husband many times, yet received no interaction back as she then explained: "You know exactly why Mr. Depp won't look back at you, don't you? He promised you would never see his eyes again, isn't that true?"

While Heard struggled to recollect if that was ever said, Vasquez then played a clip from the pair's last meeting in 2016.

Depp could be heard in the recording as he said: "We won't have to see each other again. You will not see my eyes again."

Despite the promise, which Depp seemingly kept, Heard pointed out that he 'could not' look at her as she replied: "As far as I know, he cannot look at me."

Vasquez replied: "He won't look at you, right Ms. Heard?"

Depp won the 2022 defamation trial. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

To which Heard insisted: "He can’t."

During the trial, Depp's body language was highly analysed with many speculating that the actor's refusal to look at his former partner could be a sign of guilt.

Julie Grant, lawyer and host of Court TV, told Good Morning Britain: "Him looking down most of the time was concerning."

However, the case eventually concluded when the jury sided with Depp and ordered Heard to pay him $15 million in damages.

Depp v. Heard is available to stream on Netflix now.

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