10h 10min, apr 14, 2022 y - Depp v Heard MEDIA: Day 4 Marriage counselor: She would strike him to keep him because having him leave was her worst nightmare

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's marriage counselor said Thursday that the actress initiated physical fights more than once, but that the couple engaged in 'mutual abuse.'

Dr. Laurel Anderson, a marriage counselor who worked with the former spouses for a total of 21 sessions beginning in October 2015, gave revealing video testimony during Depp's $100million defamation trial in Virginia.

'I know she led (the fights) on more than one occasion and started it to keep him with her because abandonment and having him leave was her worst nightmare,' Dr. Anderson said.

'Miss Heard reported that it was a point of pride to her, if she felt disrespected to initiate a fight. Her father had beaten her, she was not going to end.

'If he was going to leave she would strike him to keep him there. She would rather be in a fight than have him leave.'

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