Some social media users have called out the former NSYNC member for making light of abuse allegations.
Heard’s testimony refers to the first time Depp allegedly struck her after an exchange about Depp’sWinona Rydertattoo.
“I didn’t know what it said.
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[It was] hard to read,” Heard said on herfirst day of testimony.
“He said, ‘It says,Wino.’
I didn’t see that.
I thought he was joking, so I laughed.
I thought he was joking, and he slapped me across the face, and I laughed.
I just stared at him.
He says, ‘You think it’s so funny?
You think you’re a funny bitch?’
and he slapped me again.”
In his owntestimony the week before, Depp had denied striking Heard, or any other woman.
Depp is suing Heard for $50 millionover her2018Washington Postop-edchronicling her experiences as a domestic violence survivor.
“And this is what Lance Bass is choosing to do.
These folks really are determined to dissuade victims from ever coming forward again.”
Representatives for Bass did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
