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"description": "Day 14 began with Wayne Dennison's cross-examination of defense forensic psychologist Dr. Dawn Hughes, systematically challenging her gender-biased framing, non-standard CAPS-5 administration, and selective sourcing; a recorded audio clip of Heard admitting to hitting Depp and starting physical fights was played for the jury, and Hughes ultimately conceded that physical and psychological violence had been perpetrated against Depp. On redirect, Bredehoft rehabilitated Hughes by playing additional segments of the same June 2016 audio recording in which Depp described the relationship as \"a crime scene waiting to happen,\" partially offsetting the cross's damage; Hughes confirmed her opinions unchanged. The day's most consequential development came when Amber Heard took the stand in her own defense, walking the jury through her Texas upbringing and the arc of her relationship with Depp from the 2009 Rum Diary set through escalating alleged violence. Heard recounted a first slap in 2012, a backhand at the Eastern Columbia Building in March 2013, an alleged sexual assault at a Hicksville trailer park in May 2013, a physical altercation on a Moscow-bound flight, and a strangulation incident on a Bahamas yacht involving Depp's daughter Lily-Rose Depp.",
"path": "/trial/day/14/",
"publishedAt": "2022-05-04T00:00:00.000Z",
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"title": "Day 14 — Depp v. Heard",
"updatedAt": "2026-06-08T13:28:18.946Z"
}