Amber Heard admits to hitting Johnny Depp in leaked audio clip

Actress Amber Heard opened up about 'hitting' former husband and actor Johnny Depp, in an audiotape that revealed conversations between the ex-couple in 2015.

In the audio tape, exclusively obtained by Daily Mail, Heard can be heard admitting to her violent behaviour towards Depp. Heard had filed for divorce on 2016 and publicly accused Depp of physically abusing her. Things took a drastic turn when in March last year when Depp sued Amber for $50 million for defamation after Heard published an op-ed in the Washington Post in 2018, accusing him of domestic abuse.

In the audio tape, the couple can be heard discussing an incident that got physically violent. At one point, Heard says: "Babe, you're not punched ... I don't know what the motion of my actual hand was, but you're fine. I did not hurt you, I did not punch you, I was hitting you."

At another point, Depp can be heard saying: "I do not want to leave you. I do not want a divorce, I do not want you out of my life. I just want peace. If things get physical, we have to separate." To this, Heard replied that she can't promise she won't be perfect. “I can't promise you I won't get physical again,” she said.

Depp's lawyer Adam Waldman, who confirmed to USA TODAY that it is a real recording from 2015, said in a statement: “The first confessional tape she made reveals a conversation any real abuse victim will recognize all too well. It exposes that Ms. Heard perpetrated serial violence against Mr. Depp, and then concocted an elaborate abuse hoax to cover it up. Ms. Heard gives a motive for her violence: Mr. Depp was always trying to 'split' to escape her abuse.”