Here are some photos of Amber Heard arriving for her deposition in LA on Saturday. She apparently flew in to LA from London late Friday, and she made it to the scheduled deposition on time with her lawyers. Amber, her lawyers and Johnny Depp’s lawyers are still sniping at each other in the press about this re-scheduled deposition. One side says that Amber is a hysterical mess looking to avoid being deposed at all costs. The other side says that Amber is being painted as hysterical mess by an abusive, gaslighting husband and his team of lawyers. You choose your version. The only thing anyone can agree on is that Johnny and Amber’s lawyers have been in constant settlement talks.

Meanwhile, ahead of Amber’s appearance at Saturday’s deposition, a video “mysteriously” made its way to TMZ. The video was “shot months before the May 21 incident in which Amber claims Johnny struck her,” according to TMZ. The video – which seems to be shot by Amber on her phone – features Johnny Depp banging around the kitchen, likely drunk off his ass. He threw wine glasses and banged cabinet doors and he seemed pissed about something. Here’s the video:

The end of the video is Depp trying to grab Amber’s phone. Thank God for the Cloud, I guess. As soon as the video came out, Team Depp already had something to say. His side of the story was actually folded into TMZ’s story about the tape. Team Johnny says “the video is ‘heavily edited’ and there are portions where Amber is seen smiling and egging him on. The sources add the video was a complete set up by Amber.” And the video might not be admissible in court because yada yada, editing and he didn’t know he was being filmed, blah. But clearly he did know he was being recorded because he tried to grab the phone? I’d also really like to know how “Depp being violent” is somehow Amber’s fault, because she said some magic “egging him on” words. What are those words so we can never say them in Depp’s scarfy presence?

Amber has always said that she has even more receipts of Depp’s abusive behavior than what she initially submitted to the court. So did Amber/Team Amber release the video? Probably. But after all of the crap that’s been thrown at her these past months, shouldn’t the question be “why does it matter if her team released the tape?” For what it’s worth, Amber denies leaking the tape.

Update: Sorry, I missed this. Amber released a statement to E! News: “I am not responsible for the release of the video. It was not what I wanted and I am doing what I can to force the media to take it off the internet. I underestimated the toll that this difficult few months have taken on me, emotionally and physically, and the efforts made by the media to intimidate and discredit me. It is for that reason, and my desire to make the healthiest choice for myself, and hopefully for Johnny, that I am attempting to resolve this matter in the most private way possible.” Meaning, she’s really looking to settle.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.