9h 37min, jun 8, 2016 y - Benicio Del Toro on abuse claims: Amber Heard ‘sounds a little manipulative’

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FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:
Johnny Depp's pal Benicio Del Toro is skeptical of Amber Heard's bombshell domestic abuse allegations.

"What I know, there's a lot of trouble from the girl that sounds a little manipulative," the Oscar winner told the Daily News' Confidenti@l Tuesday at an event sponsored by Heineken. "It sounds a little bit like there's something really twisted about that girl ... but I don't know the specifics."

Heard filed for divorce May 23, three days after Depp's mother died. She won a temporary restraining order against him later that week, alleging he had "verbally and physically abused" her throughout their four years as a couple.

But Del Toro called his "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" co-star "a nice guy, very caring, very smart" — and seemed wary of the circumstances around Heard's abuse claims.

"It seems the fact that his mom passed away and she filed for divorce two days later and then she wants money and she's saying she got hit, it's almost like, wait, I saw them not too long ago. Maybe it was January, a dinner for the Oscars or something like that," Del Toro told Confidenti@l. "He was there with her and they were fine."

The actor joins several voices within Depp's inner circle — among them his ex-partner Vanessa Paradis, 17-year-old daughter Lily-Rose Depp and stand-up comic Doug Stanhope — defending the actor against his wife of 15 months.

His lawyer Laura Wasser has also suggested the 30-year-old actress, who requested $50,000 a month in spousal support, had alleged abuse to "secure premature financial resolution."

"The Rum Diary" star, for her part, has presented several photos of her alleged abuse at Depp's hands — including a shiner around her right eye from when he allegedly hurled a cell phone at her face last month — and received adamant support from her friend iO Tillett Wright, who was on the line during the alleged May 21 incident.

"I was on the f--king phone when he hit her. I HEARD HER SCREAM. I will testify. Here and in court. Under oath," Wright tweeted Monday. "WHAT ELSE DOES A WOMAN NEED?"

Amid the current domestic violence scandal, a 2009 arrest that stemmed from Heard allegedly grabbing and striking her then-girlfriend, Tasya van Ree, resurfaced Tuesday in a TMZ report. A source later told The News the Seattle incident had been "very minor."

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