Amber Heard accuses ‘monster’ Johnny Depp of sexual assault

Actor tells US court he hit her repeatedly in drug-induced rages and once carried out cavity search'

Amber Heard has accused Johnny Depp of being a self-described monster", hitting her repeatedly during jealous drug-induced rages, breaking furniture, and at one point sexually assaulting her in what she described as a cavity search" for cocaine he believed she had hidden from him.

Heard took the witness stand in a Virginia court on Wednesday afternoon during Depp's defamation lawsuit against her - a make-or-break moment for the actors in a four-week trial that had so far largely focused on Depp's version of events during their turbulent 15-month marriage.