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Sobbing Amber Heard accuses Johnny Depp of sexual assault

Amber Heard in the courtroom at Fairfax County Circuit Court. [Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS]

"Aquaman" actor Amber Heard broke down in tears on the witness stand on Thursday as she said ex-husband Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle and threatened her life shortly after the pair were married.

Testifying in a widely watched defamation trial, Heard said she visited Depp in Australia about a month after their wedding in early 2015 when he was filming the fifth "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie.

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