
Amber Heard emerged from a four-hour meeting with her legal team in Los Angeles in a more cheerful mood, smiling with relief and hugging a female friend.

The actress, who has filed for divorce from Johnny Depp and accused him of domestic violence, was pictured apparently in good spirits as she left the office building laughing and walked to a waiting limousine.

Heard, who was clasping a laptop computer, arrived at the office at around 3.30pm on Saturday and did not leave until about 7.30pm.

In court documents, Heard details the alleged violence during their 15-month marriage, saying she 'lived in fear' of the Pirates of the Caribbean star and worried that he could return to the L.A. condominium they shared to 'terrorize me physically and emotionally.'

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The actress, who has filed for divorce from Johnny Depp and accused him of domestic violence, laughed loudly and hugged a female friend as they left the office building and walked to a waiting limo

Amber Heard is all smiles following a four-hour meeting with her legal team in Los Angeles, California

The actress and her lawyer Samantha Spector appeared at the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles on Friday, where she filed for a domestic violence restraining order

A long term friend and neighbor of Amber Heard has given evidence to support the young actress's claims that estranged husband Johnny Depp physically and emotionally abused her

The actress and her lawyer, Samantha Spector, appeared at the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles on Friday, where she filed for a domestic violence restraining order.

Depp was not in court for the filing. Instead, the star was playing with his band, the Hollywood Vampires, at the Rock in Rio Lisboa festival.

The first incident she documents in the court files is said to have occurred on her 30th birthday, on April 21 this year, after Depp turned up late to the gathering at their Broadway home 'inebriated and high.'

A representative for Depp said in a statement on Thursday; 'Given the brevity of this marriage and the most recent and tragic loss of his mother, Johnny will not respond to any of the salacious false stories, gossip, misinformation and lies about his personal life.

'Hopefully the dissolution of this short marriage will be resolved quickly.'

In court documents, where she details the alleged violence during their 15-month marriage, Heard said she 'lived in fear' of the Pirates of the Caribbean star and the idea he could return to the L.A. condominium they shared to 'terrorize me physically and emotionally'

Photographs of the bruising on Heard's face, which she claims was inflicted by Depp, were presented to Los Angeles Superior Court

Amber Heard was crying as she left a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Friday following a morning hearing for a restraining order petition against estranged husband Johnny Depp

Heard's face was bruised during her entry into a divorce court Friday. She says Depp caused the injury when he threw an iPhone into her face during the May 21 incident

A long term friend and neighbor of Amber Heard has given evidence to support the young actress's claims that estranged husband Johnny Depp physically and emotionally abused her.

Raquel Rose Pennington, who has known Heard for 13 years, filed court documents Friday that claimed she saw Depp 'screaming loudly at her' and wielding a wine bottle 'like a baseball bat'.

In her account, Pennington says that she received a text from the star asking her to come over, and upon arrival, found Heard 'by the couch, covering her head with her arms and hands, as Johnny was loudly screaming at her'.

The shocking statement continued: 'I ran over and stood in between Johnny and Amber, begging Johnny to stop yelling at her.

'I put my hands out in a defensive manner motioning him to stop. Johnny slapped my hands away and screamed foul obscenities at me.'

Pennington added that the Pirates of the Caribbean star then 'picked up a large bottle of wine and began swinging it like a baseball bat' in order to smash 'everything he could', according to the document seen by The Daily Mirror.

Following the incident she says she brought Heard back to her own home.

Pennington had been at the couple's home last Saturday May 21, along with friends Elizabeth Marz and Joshua Drew, when Depp came home 'drunk and high' at around 7.15 pm, according to The Daily Beast.

The group then left as Heard tried to comfort Depp over the passing of his mother the day before.

Depp, pictured here in Lisbon, where he was touring with band Hollywood Vampires Friday, lost his mother on May 20. Heard had been comforting him on May 21 when he turned nasty, she said

The couple are pictured here on February 15, 2015 two weeks after they were married. Heard says Depp has become difficult to handle due to a drug habit. She filed for divorce on May 22

The Friday Night Lights actress then claimed he suddenly began obsessing about 'something that was untrue' and his 'demeanor changed dramatically' and 'became extremely angry'.

Pennington was just next door when Heard texted her for help at around 8pm.

In her declaration of petition for a restraining order, seen by DailyMail.com, Heard said: 'Johnny has a long-held and widely acknowledged public and private history of drug and alcohol abuse. He has a short fuse.

'He is often paranoid and his temper is exceptionally scary for me as it has proven many times to be physically dangerous and/or life threatening to me.'

She also said: 'During the entirety of our relationship, Johnny has been verbally and physically abusive to me.

'I endured excessive emotional, verbal and physical abuse from Johnny, which has included angry, hostile, humiliating and threatening assaults to me whenever I questioned his authority or disagreed with him. I live in fear that Johnny will return to (our house) unannounced to terrorise me, physically and emotionally.'

Last Saturday, during the heated row that Pennington claims she bore witness to, Heard said an 'inebriated and high' Depp had grabbed her cellphone, 'wound up his arm like a baseball pitcher and threw the cell phone at me striking my cheek and eye with great force,' the court filing states.

But police officers found 'no evidence of any crime' at their South Broadway home in downtown LA, despite Heard appearing bruised in a picture she claims was taken after the alleged attack.

A photograph of Heard smiling with friends hours after Depp allegedly launched an iPhone at her face has since emerged, but was deleted before she appeared in court filing for a domestic violence restraining order.

Depp has denied the allegations made against him and his lawyer claims Heard is alleging abuse to 'secure a premature financial resolution'.

Close family: Lily-Rose's defense for her father came after her mother Vanessa also defended him. Pictured: A recent Instagram photo of Johnny Depp and Lily-Rose (left). Vanessa and Johnny in 2005, then still married

Defiant: Lily-Rose Depp posted this throwback photo of her father to defend him against abuse claims. She also wrote a touching testimony, calling him a 'wonderful father' and 'the sweetest most loving person I know'

Lily-Rose Depp has leaped to the defense of her father Johnny amid claims he physically abused his wife Amber Heard.

The Chanel model, who turned 17 on Friday, is the eldest of Depp's two children with French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis, his ex-wife.

It was on her birthday that Lily-Rose's father became headline news globally as his current wife, 30-year-old Amber Heard, filed for divorce citing abuse.

Two days later, Lily-Rose has slammed the claims, saying on Instagram: 'My dad is the sweetest most loving person I know, he's been nothing but a wonderful father to my little brother and I, and everyone who knows him would say the same.'

To accompany her defiant message, she posted a touching photograph of herself as a toddler holding hands with a youthful looking Johnny Depp.

Lily-Rose was close to her grandmother, Johnny's mother, Betty Sue, who died days before the divorce saga erupted.

Amid the family grief, the 17-year-old has also been working at full-pace, wrapping up two movies this year and being named the face of Chanel No 5 this week.

But she took some time on Sunday to testify on behalf of her father.

Lily-Rose's defense came after her mother Vanessa also defended Johnny in a note obtained by TMZ.