Amber Heard cries in court, body language expert analyses

This week, Amber Heard testified in a Virginia courtroom against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

During her testimony, the Aquaman actress often sobbed as she described how the Pirates of the Caribbean actor had emotionally and physically abused her.

Judi James, a body language specialist, is now attempting to decipher Heard’s body language and the messages she is attempting to send forth in court.

Judi James said: “The cameras made it hard to pick out if they had formed in her eyes or if her eyes had reddened. This, like everything, is a complicated point.

“When guilty people perform tears they often try to hide their dry eyes, poking them with fingers, squeezing them shut tight, or prodding them with a hankie.

“When they do cry for real the streaming tears are often prompted by self-pity. Amber’s seemed to be truncated, but is that acting or bad acting or the innocent complex response of someone with mixed emotions?’

She added: “Amber’s facial expressions became more animated when she spoke about the abuse.

“She spoke in detail and her expressions seemed to range from shock and bewilderment to disgust and anger.

“She kept her head held up and any suggestion of tears came from a change in her vocal tone and a chin-crumple.

“She used whole volleys of illustrative or mime gestures as she related moments and events in detail, which would again suggest she was seeing them in her mind.