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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 acquired after bodily altercations along with her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Particularly, 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 attorneys confirmed images of Amber, displaying the accidents that the actress had forward of the looks on James Corden’s present. She mentioned that the images 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 evenly,” and Melanie mentioned, “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 attorneys.
Through the deposition, Melanie defined what she did for Amber to cover the bruises, together with utilizing a special sort of concealer. “I simply did make-up however just a bit heavier when wanted. So we coated 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’d usually don’t use on Amber, however the peach [does] cancel blue. So I did that beneath the eyes, and though Amber all the time has a purple lip as one of many signature appears, I bear in mind clearly speaking that we had no different possibility that evening, however then to make use of a red-blood—like a very purple—to verify we may cowl up the accidents on the lip.”
Amber’s attorneys requested what the actress’s temper was like earlier than showing on the present, and she or he described her as “Indignant, unhappy, [and] just a little erratic.”
When Johnny’s attorneys questioned Melanie, they requested if she’d ever seen Johnny be abusive in the direction of Amber, and she or he mentioned that she had not, and that any allegations of abuse towards the Pirates of the Caribbean star had come from Amber. “It was all the time some battle, some fights: some bodily fights, some verbal fights, some type of issues,” she mentioned, 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 a degree to ask that she didn’t understand how the accidents had been induced, which the make-up artist mentioned was right.
The pre-recorded deposition (taken on February 2, 2021) was proven to the courtroom on Wednesday, Could 18. All through the questioning, Melanie defined her relationship with Amber, saying that the 2 bought shut whereas she was working along with her, however she additionally mentioned that ultimately, she broke off the connection each as a good friend and make-up artist, however that she wished her “properly.”
