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Vanessa Paradis and Lily-Rose Depp Defend Johnny Depp Over Domestic Violence Allegations

The divorce between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp turns ugly amidst claims of domestic violence

Johnny Deppโ€™s former partner has come to his defence over allegations that he was abusive to Amber Heard.

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Actress Vanessa Paradis, who is the mother of Deppโ€™s two children, has described the accusation as โ€œoutrageousโ€. 

โ€œIn all the 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,โ€ said Paradis in a handwritten letter obtained by TMZ.

โ€œI believe with all my heart that these recent allegations being made are outrageous.โ€

The coupleโ€™s 17-year-old daughter Lily-Rose echoed her motherโ€™s sentiments, taking to Instagram the teen posted a photo of herself as a toddler with her father.

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โ€œMy dad is the sweetest most loving person I know, heโ€™s been nothing but a wonderful father to my little brother and I, and everyone who knows him would say the same,โ€ she said

The statements come after news that Amber Heard had filed for divorce from Depp โ€“ her husband of 15 months โ€“ citing abuse. 

In court documents obtained by People, the 30-year-old actress provided evidence of two separate accounts in which she says Depp physically abused her.

โ€œDuring the entirety of our relationship, Johnny has been verbally and physically abusive to me,โ€ she says in the documents.

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The Pirates of the Carribbean star has not directly commented on the allegations. However his attorney has filed a response that claims Heard is trying to โ€œsecure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuseโ€.

The actorโ€™s ex-wife Lori Allison has also leapt to Deppโ€™s defence in recent days.

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Allison, whom Depp was married to for two years in the 1980s, has said that he is โ€œincapableโ€ of hitting a woman.

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