Amber Heard Switches Crisis Management Firms Before Taking the Stand in Johnny Depp Trial

Amber Heardhas switched to a new crisis management firm amid herongoing defamation trialwithJohnny Depp. PEOPLE confirms that Heard, 36, has parted ways with Precision Strategies — an organization based on the East Coast, where theAquamanactress is currently facing Depp, 58, in court. According toNBC News, Heard has newly enlisted the services of The Management Group, a company based in Beverly Hills, California. The switch comes after Depp took the stand in Fairfax, Virginia, over several days to share his version of events.

Amber Heard Takes the Stand in Johnny Depp Trial: 'This Is Horrible for Me'

Amber Heardtook the stand Wednesday to begin her testimony as ex-husbandJohnny Deppsues her for defamation. TheAquamanactress, 36, went under oath in the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom as Depp, 58, looked on. Heard’s time on the stand comes after Depp’s legal team made their case over three weeks, bringing witnesses — including Depp — on the stand to tell the jury about how Heard was allegedly abusive and manipulative toward Depp. “I am here because my ex-husband is suing me,” Heard said, referring to Depp, in her opening remarks.

Amber Heard Talks Elon Musk Relationship in Biography: He 'Loves Fire, and Sometimes It Burns Him'

Amber Heard; Elon Musk.Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Elon MuskandAmber Heardrecall details about their relationship in Walter Isaacson’s new biographyElon Musk. In the book, out Tuesday, the SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO, 52, and theAquaman and The Lost Kingdomactress, 37, open up about their romance, with which they went official in April 2017. The pair dated on and off in the months that followed, before breaking up for good in 2018.

Amber Heard Testifies About First Time Johnny Depp Allegedly Hit Her: 'It Changed My Life'

On Wednesday, the actress' attorney Elaine Bredehoft asked Heard to recall the first time Depp “physically hit” her. Heard — who had alreadytestified about their relationshipbeing “always intense” from the start — said she will “never forget” the moment because “it changed my life.” Heard, 36, said she and Depp were having a “normal conversation” on the couch early in their relationship when she asked him about the tattoo on his arm that was “hard to read.

Amber Heard to Make First Major Appearance Since Johnny Depp Trial at Film Festival in Italy

Photo:Toni Anne Barson/WireImage Toni Anne Barson/WireImage Amber Heardis returning to the red carpet. Heard, 37, is expected to appear at the 69thTaormina Film Festivalin Sicily, Italy on June 24 for the world premiere of her new movieIn The Fire. Heard is expected to be in attendance in Sicily forIn The Fire’spremiere along with its director Conor Allyn and her costar Eduardo Noriego. “When the doctor arrives, she discovers that the boy’s mother is dead and that the father himself has begun to believe in the possible possession of the child,” the synopsis reads.