The acrimonious separation of Johnny Depp and wife Amber Heard has gotten uglier over the past few days. As Depp’s friends and family have come out in support of the actor, Heard’s camp has been forced to fire back.

When Heard filed for divorce last Monday, Depp’s response was swift and clear. “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,” a representative for Depp said last Thursday. “Hopefully the dissolution of this short marriage will be resolved quickly.” Any confusion over the “salacious false stories” angle cleared up that Friday when Heard accused Depp of domestic abuse, presenting photographic evidence of bruises in order to (successfully) petition for a restraining order.

But while Depp himself may not be weighing in, his supporters have been quite vocal. On Sunday, Depp’s daughter, Lily-Rose, Instagrammed a photo of herself and a younger Depp with the caption, “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.”

The same day, TMZ claimed to have acquired a letter from her mother, Depp’s ex-wife Vanessa Paradis, which reads:

[Depp] is a sensitive, loving and loved person, and I believe with all my heart that these recent allegations being made are outrageous. In all these years I have known Johnny he has never been physically abusive with me and this looks nothing like the man I lived with for 14 wonderful years.

Both the Depp family statements left Heard’s name out of the conversation, choosing simply to support Johnny. But an open letter from Depp’s friend, comedian Doug Stanhope, took a more confrontational approach. In an expletive-filled statement published Sunday on The Wrap, Stanhope wrote, in part: