10h 7min, may 27, 2016 y - DAILY MAIL Amber Heard smiling hours after 'attack' - image deleted before court appearance

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Amber Heard is pictured smiling hours after Depp's 'iPhone attack': Actress claims 'cocaine and booze binges turned Johnny into an abusive monster who left her fearing for her life' - but why was this image deleted before court appearance?
- Amber Heard, 30, was granted a temporary restraining order against her estranged husband Johnny Depp
- The actress submitted a photo, reportedly from Saturday, of a large bruise around her eye as evidence he hit her
- Heard claims Depp offered to buy her silence but she instead made the decision to file for divorce two days later
- She also claimed her estranged husband was frequently physically and emotionally abusive towards her
- Police who responded to a 911 call during the latest alleged incident said they'd found 'no evidence of any crime'
- Depp did not appear in court on Friday as he was in Portugal perform with his band Hollywood Vampires at a festival

A photograph of Amber Heard smiling with friends hours after her now estranged husband Johnny Depp allegedly launched an iPhone at her face has emerged, but was deleted before she appeared in court filing for a domestic violence restraining order.

Heard has claimed cocaine and booze turned Depp into a violent monster, and in court documents she states she was the victim of multiple domestic incidents during their 15-month marriage.

But sources connected to Depp have told TMZ Amber is lying and point to Instagram where Heard was tagged in a picture with Amanda de Cadenet and model Amber Valletta at de Cadenet's birthday party on Sunday, the day after he allegedly attacked her.

The actresses' hair covered the areas of her face which appeared to have been bruised the day before. The photograph was posted on Instagram by British TV show host de Cadenet on Monday. But it has since been deleted.

Heard, 30, and her lawyer Samantha Spector appeared at the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles on Friday, where she filed for a domestic violence restraining order.

In her declaration of petition for a restraining order, seen by DailyMail.com, Heard said: 'Johnny has a long-held and widely acknowledged public and private history of drug and alcohol abuse. He has a short fuse.

'He is often paranoid and his temper is exceptionally scary for me as it has proven many times to be physically dangerous and/or life threatening to me.’

Last Saturday, during a heated row, Heard said an 'inebriated and high' Depp had grabbed her cellphone, 'wound up his arm like a baseball pitcher and threw the cell phone at me striking my cheek and eye with great force,' the court filing states.

But police officers found 'no evidence of any crime’, despite Heard appearing bruised in a picture she claims was taken after the alleged attack.

After allegedly having a phone thrown off her face last Saturday, Heard stated that Depp continued to attack her.

She said: 'He then forcibly pulled back my hair as I attempted to stand up from the sofa.

'Johnny continued screaming at me, pulling my hair, striking me and violently grabbing my face.'

She said the attack only ended when a friend, who Heard had texted asking for help, arrived to their Broadway condominium. Depp left the property - but not before he picked up a magnum bottle of champagne and used it as a baseball bat to 'smash everything he could,' the documents state.

Depp had already left by time police arrived to the apartment after a friend of the couple called 911.

But LAPD Sgt. Marlon Marrache told PEOPLE that officers found 'no evidence of any crime'.

'A crime did not occur so the officers left the scene and left a business card,' he said, adding that Heard had not made an official complaint.

Marrache adds that if there had been any signs of abuse, police would still have conducted an investigation even if Heard had not wanted to press charges.

Photographs of a smashed photo frame, broken glass, a discarded wine bottle and what appeared to be wine stains were included as exhibits in the restraining order Heard filed.

Heard was ultimately granted a temporary order by the judge, who ruled that Depp must remain at least 100 yards away from Heard until their next hearing, which is scheduled for late June.

She was also granted the right to live in the family home, but failed in her bid for sole custody of one of the couple's dogs.

The judge ruled against Heard however in her attempt to collect spousal support from Depp and have him cover her attorney fees.

Heard looked stoic as she left the courthouse on Friday, dressed down in a black dress and wearing no make-up.

The bruise that she alleges was the result of Depp's attack could still be seen on her face.

She did not stop to speak with reporters or members of the public and instead rushed into her waiting car.

Her lawyer briefly stopped to tell the crowd that her client was 'being very brave'.

Once she got into the car however cameras captured her as she broke down in tears and began to sob in the backseat of the vehicle.

Heard claims that Depp, 52, offered her money to keep the incident that occurred on Saturday quiet, but she instead made the decision to file for divorce that Monday. But Heard insists that May 21 was not an isolated incident.

Heard said that Depp had turned up late to the gathering at their Broadway home 'inebriated and high'. After the guests left, she said they began to disagree about his late arrival which 'deteriorated into a bad argument'.

She said Depp had hurled a bottle of champagne at the wall before throwing 'a wine glass on me, and the floor, both which shattered.'

'Johnny then grabbed me by the shoulders and pushed me onto the bed, blocking the bedroom door. He them grabbed me by the hair and violently shoved me to the floor.

'Johnny was also screaming and threatening me, taunting me to stand up. After several minutes, Johnny stormed out of the condominium, but not before tossing aside and breaking nearly everything in his path.'

That would be the last time she saw her husband for a month. She also has a video that allegedly shows Depp beating her according to TMZ.

Depp was not present in court on Friday as he is off promoting his new film Alice Through the Looking Glass and preparing for a performance with his band Hollywood Vampires at the Rock in Rio Lisboa concert in Portugal.

He was represented during the proceedings on Friday by his attorney Laura Wasser.

During Saturday's incident, Heard said that she had been having a 'peaceful conversation' with Depp as she tried to comfort him about the loss of his mother.

'Suddenly he began obsessing about something that was untrue and his demeanor changed dramatically,' she claimed in her filing. 'He became extremely angry.'

As she became increasingly concerned for her safety, Heard called down members of Depp's security team and texted her friend who lived next door.

Meanwhile, the Hollywood star had 'continued to rant in an aggressive and incoherent manner' before demanding Heard called their mutual friend Tilet Wright (iO) 'to prove his paranoid and irrational accusations about some delusional idea he was having.'

'As my call to iO went through on speakerphone, Johnny ripped the cellphone from my hand and began screaming profanities and insults at iO. I heard iO yell at me to get out of the house.'

At that point, she says Depp grabbed her cellphone and threw it at her face.

TMZ reports that Depp 'shattered various objects' during the incident on Saturday, which occurred at the couple's apartment.

Depp was gone by the time the police arrived but investigators did take a statement from Heard and write up a report.

The alleged fight occurred just one day after the death of Depp's mother Betty Sue Palmer, who passed away last Friday.

Heard filed for divorce after just 15 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split in her petition.

Depp responded to Heard's petition on Wednesday asking that the court rule he should not be required to pay spousal support and requesting that his estranged wife pay her own attorney fees.

The couple does not appear to have a prenuptial agreement.

A representative for Depp said in a statement on Thursday; 'Given the brevity of this marriage and the most recent and tragic loss of his mother, Johnny will not respond to any of the salacious false stories, gossip, misinformation and lies about his personal life.

'Hopefully the dissolution of this short marriage will be resolved quickly.'

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UK Court Documents:
- UK Core Trial Bundle Item 174

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