Summary
Defense expert Dr. Dawn Hughes testified that Heard's reported abuse is consistent with intimate partner violence and that she suffers from PTSD attributed to Depp's conduct.
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“intimate partner violence is a pattern of manipulation, fear, and coercive control that happens within an intimate relationship”
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶“when you pair sort of this violent dynamic, physical violence, sexual violence, with love and attachment, it creates a trauma bond.”
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶“Ms. Heard's report of intimate partner violence, and the records that I reviewed, is consistent with what we know in the field about intimate partner violence, characterized by physical violence, psychological aggression, sexual violence, coercive control, and surveillance behaviors.”
Open in transcript → Watch this moment ▶“that is a very inaccurate way to describe that scale and that test.”
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“And this is the one thing that women are always afraid of, that no one's going to believe them.”
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