Actress Amber Heard leaves Los Angeles Superior Court court on Friday, May 27, 2016, after giving a sworn declaration that her husband Johnny Depp threw her cellphone at her during a fight Saturday, striking her cheek and eye. Depp and Heard met on the sets of The Rum Diary (2011), when Depp was still in a relationship with French actress Vanessa Paradis, mother of his son Jack and daughter Lily-Rose. They married in a small, private ceremony in Los Angeles in February 2015.

This is not the first time where celebrity couples are involved in such cases. There have been incidents of physical assault and harassment cases being filed. Earlier, Chris Brown was convicted of assaulting pop star Rihanna after a pre-Grammy’s party in 2009. However, they got back together in early 2013.

There have been several such incidents in Bollywwod too. Let’s have a look at some of the Indian celebrity cases of assault and violence.

. Salman Khan and his ‘girlfriends’

Salman Khan, has a bad record when it comes to relationships. Many of his former partners – from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to Katrina Kaif – have reportedly suffered physical abuse at his hands. When Salman was dating actor Somy Ali in the 90s, he once reportedly smashed a bottle of cola on her head in a fit of rage. Aishwarya admitted in an interview that Salman had hit her while they were going out. In 2001, her family filed a complaint about Salman coming to their house drunk and breaking window panes and furniture. He allegedly slapped Katrina Kaif on the sets of Yuvraaj in 2008, after he saw a newspaper photograph of her posing with Akshay Kumar at an IPL match. Sources said he slapped her earlier at a coffee shop too.

. Dimple Kapadia–Rajesh Khanna

Dimple Kapadia married superstar Rajesh Khann in 1973, just three months before Bobby – her debut film – was released. Dimple left Rajesh’s house with their two daughters in April 1982. She later said in an interview: “The life and happiness in our house came to an end the day I and Rajesh got married.” Rajesh used to allegedly beat Dimple up, and burn her with cigarettes.

. Zeennat Aman–Sanjay Khan

Sanjay Khan and Zeenat Aman met on the sets of a film in 1980 and started dating. It was later reported that Khan assaulted Zeenat in full public view in the lobby of a Mumbai hotel.

. Adnan Sami–Sabah Galadari

Singer Adnan Sami had to divorce his wife, Sabah Galadari, after she filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act. Incidentally, this was the second time Sami married and divorced Sabah within the span of a decade.

. Leander Paes–Rhea Pillai

In June 2014, model Rhea Pillai filed a domestic violence case against Leander – with whom she was in a live-in relationship. It was also said that Leander’s father, Vece Paes, prevented Pillai and her daughter from entering their Carter Road residence. The two are still fighting for the custody of their daughter.

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