Johnny Depp’s Daughter Lily-Rose Responds to Abuse Claims

Johnny Depp’s Daughter Lily-Rose Responds to Abuse Claims
Jack Phillips
5/31/2016
Updated:
6/1/2016

The daughter of Johnny Depp, Lily-Rose Depp, has defended her father amid allegations that he abused his wife, Amber Heard.

“My dad is the sweetest most loving person I know,” model and actress Lily-Rose said on Instagram over Memorial Day weekend. “He’s been nothing but a wonderful father to my little brother and I, and everyone who knows him would say the same.”

Lily-Rose---the 17-year-old daughter of Depp and French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis---also included a photo of her and her father from when she was a child.

It comes days after Heard, 30, accused Depp, 52, of throwing his iPhone at her face, leaving bruises her right eye. TMZ published a photo of her face on Friday, and after she left a courtroom Friday, apparent facial bruises were visible.

Lily-Rose posted another Instagram post, which wasn’t captioned. The photo appears to have been a screenshot of a People magazine report saying the Los Angeles Police Department investigated Heard’s domestic abuse claim against Depp on May 21, but they found no proof of a crime. It also includes quotes from an LAPD spokesman.

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Heard and Depp have been married for 15 months. Days before the abuse allegations, Heard filed for divorce from Depp.

In a complaint filed with a Los Angeles court, Heard alleged, “During the entirety of our relationship, Johnny has been verbally and physically abusive to me.”

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“Johnny has had a long-held and widely-acknowledged public and private history of drug and alcohol abuse,” she added. “He has a short fuse.”

Depp filed a memorandum with the court, saying he rejected her claims of domestic violence.

“Amber is attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse,” the memorandum read.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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