Amber Heard admitted to smashing a door into Johnny Depp's head in an explosive tape recording, exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com

The audio has never been aired publicly, but Depp's lawyers played it out loud to Heard, 33, while she was giving a deposition in their bitter 2016 divorce case

The actress claims she didn't mean to slam the door into Depp's face - but says of the punch to her then-husband's jaw: 'I just reacted and I'm sorry. It's below me'

She told Depp's lawyers that the taped conversation 'misrepresents what actually happened,' disputing whether it was a punch or a push

The latest tape emerged today as the warring A-listers prepare to square up again in two separate defamation lawsuits on either side of the Atlantic

In 2016, Heard yielded to Depp's plea to settle out of court for $7m, but their truce crumbled in 2018 with Heard's domestic violence victim op-ed

Depp hit her with a $50m defamation suit, saying she implied he was the abuser, which caused him to lose his prized role of Captain Jack Sparrow

In their legal battle, both accused the other of domestic violence and DailyMail.com published a recording in which Heard confessed to 'hitting' Depp

Amber Heard admits to smashing a door into Johnny Depp's head before 'clocking' him in the jaw in the latest bombshell in a series of explosive audio recordings obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.

The shocking tape suggests the Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 56, was hit so hard by the bathroom door that it knocked him off his feet.

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'I then stood up, I don't even know if I said, I mean, I might've said like, what the f**k, you know, whatever. Cause I'd just been hit in the head with a f**king corner of the door,' Depp protests.

'And then I stood up and then you f**king clock me.'

Heard claims she didn't mean to slam the door into Depp's face - but says of the punch to her then-husband's jaw: 'I just reacted and I'm sorry. It's below me.'

The shocking audio has never been aired publicly, but Depp's lawyers played it out loud to the 33-year-old actress while she was giving a deposition in their bitter 2016 divorce case.

She told his attorneys that the taped conversation 'misrepresents what actually happened,' disputing whether it was a punch or a push, before adding: 'I mean, he was just very dramatic about everything.'

Amber Heard admits to smashing a door into Johnny Depp's head before 'clocking' him in the jaw in the latest series of explosive audio recordings obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com

As part of Depp's $50m defamation case against Heard, he included images of his own bruised and battered face (pictured ) following Heard's alleged attacks

Depp bruised

Timeline of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's relationship February 3, 2015 Johnny Depp and Amber Heard marry in a private civil ceremony at their LA home, four years after they met as co-stars on the set of The Rum Diary. They celebrate with a lavish reception on a private island in the Bahamas that Depp bought in 2004 for $3.6 million. April 21, 2015 Heard breaches Australia's biosecurity laws after she and Depp fail to declare their two Yorkshire Terriers when they arrive on a private jet for the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Charges of illegally importing animals are dropped but Heard admits falsifying quarantine documents and is placed on a $1k one month good behavior bond. May 23, 2016 Heard files for divorce after 15 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. Four days later a judge issues a temporary restraining order against Depp over domestic violence allegations. Pictures of Heard's alleged injuries hit the tabloids but the LAPD finds no evidence of a crime. August 16, 2016 Heard retracts her allegations as she and Depp reach a $7 million divorce settlement. Their marriage was 'intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love,' the former actors say in a statement. 'There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm'. December 18, 2018 The Washington Post publishes an op-ed by Heard, an ambassador for women's rights at for the American Civil Liberties Union, urging support for women who suffer domestic violence. 'Two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture's wrath for women who speak out,' Heard writes. March 1, 2019 Despite not being named in the article, Depp files a $50 million defamation suit in Fairfax Circuit Court, Virginia saying it insinuated he was an abuser and got him fired from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Depp dismisses Heard's allegations as a 'hoax' and claims he was actually the victim of her violence. April 10, 2019 Heard files a motion to dismiss the complaint, cataloging more than a dozen instances of abuse between 2012, when she moved in with Depp, and the May 2016 bust up that preceded their divorce. She refers to him as 'the monster' in the 300-plus page filing. May 20, 2019 Depp hits back against the motion to dismiss claiming Heard painted bruises on her face, scrubbed metadata and fabricated evidence against him. He denies ever abusing any woman and says of her allegations: 'I will continue to deny them for the rest of my life.' January 31, 2020 #JusticeforJohnnyDepp becomes a top trending hashtag on Twitter after DailyMail.com publishes audio of Heard admitting she hit Depp and threw pots, pans and vases. Online petition urging Warner Brothers and DC Entertainment to ax Heard from the upcoming Aquaman 2 hits 130,000 signatures.

Depp's supporters, however, say it is just one of several taped 'confessions' that prove Heard was the domestic abuser in their toxic 18-month marriage - the precise opposite of what she claims.

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In a previous exchange, published exclusively by DailyMail.com in January, Heard admitted to 'hitting' the Oscar nominee, and pelting him with pots, pans and vases.

Weeks later, DailyMail.com published a further clip in which Heard, an ambassador for women's rights and an outspoken domestic violence advocate, taunted Depp for fleeing a violent confrontation, telling him: 'You are such a baby. Grow the f**k up Johnny.'

The latest tape emerged today as the warring A-listers prepare to square up again in two separate defamation lawsuits on either side of the Atlantic.

On March 23, Depp will take on News Group Newspapers in London over a 2018 article in The Sun newspaper that described him as 'wife beater' and allegedly damaged his standing as a globally famed movie star, with Heard scheduled to give testimony.

And, later this year, hostilities will switch to Virginia where Depp has filed a $50 million suit over a Washington Post op-ed in which Heard lamented her experiences as a domestic violence victim, an article that didn't mention her ex by name but allegedly led to him losing his role of Captain Jack Sparrow.

It's not known when or where the latest audio was made, however the pair had a habit of recording their arguments, often consensually, as a form of DIY marriage guidance so they could play the tapes back later.

'I opened the bathroom door when you were knocking on it,' Depp begins in the near-three minute clip.

'After a few times I opened and you know, you just kept coming, you just kept going, you just kept going, kept going.

'I tried to close the door three times, you know, please, please, just do you know.

'And then, wait and then, then I, I, I, I accidentally, I swear when I was trying to close the door, I guess it scraped your toes.

'I didn't, you know, I didn't mean to do that. I don't know. I bent down and you either pushed or you kicked.

'I think you kicked the door open. I mean the door. Yeah, more open so that it would hit me and it hit me.'

Heard insists that she didn't mean to slam the door into father-of-two Depp - but he protests: 'It hit me in the f**king head.'

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Heard responds: 'I did not do anything to, I did not kick a door or push a door so that it would hit you. I did not, I swear that I don't even, that did not, it was not my intention.

'I think I remember when the door scraped my toes. I, um, I, I reacted, but this whole, the door thing, I, I remember I never did that. That wasn't on purpose. I might've done it on accident.'

Depp is prepared to accept that the door smashing part of his accusation could have been unintentional.

But as for the alleged punch: 'I then stood up, I don't even know if I said, I mean, I might've said like, what the f**k, you know, whatever. Cause I'd just been hit in the head with a f**king corner of the door.

'And then I stood up and then you f**king clock me.'

Heard replies: 'I remember hitting you as a response to the door thing. And I'm really sorry about hitting you with the door or hitting your head, I did not mean to.'

Finally Depp asks: 'You didn't mean to hit me in the head with the door but you meant to punch me in the jaw?'

His ex-wife, admits: 'I did mean, I meant to hit you, and I did not do this thing with the door, I do remember, I did mean to hit you.'

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In a previous exchange, published exclusively by DailyMail.com in January, Heard admitted to 'hitting' the Oscar nominee, and pelting him with pots, pans and vases. The fighting pair seem to refer to a violent incident that took place in Australia one month into their marriage in which Depp suffered a severed finger (pictured)

Depp has claimed in other audio tapes that Heard 'went berserk' when he asked her to sign a 'post-nup' agreement, hurling a Vodka bottle at him which shattered and ripped off the tip of his finger (pictured after surgery)

She adds: 'Okay. I'm sorry I hit you. I didn't mean to hit you but it was in response. I just reacted in response to my foot. I just reacted and I'm sorry. It's below me.'

When confronted with the same audio tape during her 2016 divorce disposition, Heard insisted she was the one trapped and on the defensive, not Depp.

'It also misrepresents what actually happened, which is him trying to get into a room,' she said, according to a transcript obtained by DailyMail.com.

'I'm trying to keep him out of, and then he runs the door over my toes trying to get into the room. I tried to push him out of it, which is what the hit is that is referred to.

'And Johnny, whenever he was hit or touched at all, referred to it in these ways of punching or clocked or whatever.

'And whether you discussed it with him or not, the last thing you do in talking to him afterwards or trying to reconcile with him is to get into what the definition of those words mean to him.'

Depp and Heard met on the set of The Rum Diary, back in 2011 and married in February 2015.

However they split less than two years later when Heard filed for divorce and obtained a temporary restraining order against Depp for allegedly beating her up, an accusation he has repeatedly denied.

Heard cataloged the 'horrific' abuse she claims to have suffered at Depp's hands, describing him as 'the monster' and recalling many of the allegations she made during their divorce. The filing included photos of bruises

Heard with bruises

Amid a torrent of headlines and blood-curdling allegations, the pair agreed to a $7 million divorce settlement in August 2016 - which Heard says she donated to charity.

However their back-and-forth feud reignited when she wrote in her December 2018 op-ed: 'I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture's wrath for women who speak out.'

The article didn't mention Depp by name but he sued regardless, arguing he was the victim of an 'elaborate hoax' instigated by Heard to generate positive publicity and advance her career.

'Ms. Heard is not a victim of domestic abuse; she is a perpetrator,' the lawsuit alleges.

'She hit, punched and kicked me. She also repeatedly and frequently threw objects into my body and head, including heavy bottles, soda cans, burning candles, television remote controls and paint thinner cans, which severely injured me.'

Heard responded with a lurid 300-page filing of her own, cataloging the 'horrific' abuse she claimed to have suffered at Depp's hands, describing him as 'the monster' and recalling many of the allegations she made during their divorce.

A spokesman for Heard's legal team said: 'Ms. Heard's testimony is clear that, in the incident described, she was attempting to escape an assault at the hands of Mr. Depp.

'It is unfortunately common for men who have committed domestic abuse to present themselves as the ''victim'' when nothing could be further from the truth.'

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The case is due to be heard in August.