Their refusal to end their friendship is said to have ‘enraged’Β Johnny Depp.
And while her marriage may be over, it seems Amber Heard’s friendship with her ex girlfriend Tasya van Ree remains strong, five years after they ended their passionate four-year romance.
The pair were both pictured arriving five minutes apart for a lunch date at Republique on La Brea Ave in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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Catching up: Johnny Depp’s estranged wife Amber Heard joins ex-girlfriend Tasya Van Ree for lunch at Republique on La Brea Ave in Los Angeles on Tuesday
Her constant companion: In the actress’s bag was her Yorkshire Terrier; famously she failed in her attempt to get a restraining order preventing Johnny from being in contact with the dog
They spent an hour chatting, before returning to the separate vehicles.
Amber looked preoccupied as she walked to her car, carrying her pet Yorkshire Terrier – a gift from Tasya during their time together – in a dog bag.
The 30-year-old was as trendily dressed as ever in high-waisted blue denim, with a black and white blouse tucked in at the waist. A long pinstripe jacket was worn unbuttoned and loose, while her blonde hair was braided.
Preoccupied: AmberΒ sported a couple of Band-Aids on her bare arm
Her constant companion: In the actress’s bag was her Yorkshire Terrier; famously she failed in her attempt to get a restraining order preventing Johnny from being in contact with the dog
She also sported a couple of Band-Aids on her bare arm.
Meanwhile her ex was dressed in an all black outfit of trousers and jumped, with a clutch of scarfs wrapped round her neck.
Perhaps Amber was seeking some support following her split from Depp, having filed for divorce in May, amid claims he brutally beat her.
If so, she has surely found a supportive ear in Tasya, whose name she once adopted.
Homeward bound:Β The 30-year-old X Men star was as trendily dressed as ever in high-waisted blue denim, with a black and white blouse tucked into the waist
On March in 2008 in California, the star legally changed her name to Amber Van Ree and stated the reason to do so as they were in a ‘domestic partnership’.
Three months later, California started issuing marriage licences to gay couples but that was halted later that year, with gay marriage not legal in California again until 2013 and across the US until 2015.
A source told British paper The Mirror that the couple went on to have a private ceremony in 2011 in New York, when same-π eπ₯ marriage was legalized there – but did not make it legally official.
Needs her friends:Β Perhaps Amber was seeking some support in her split from Depp, having filed for divorce in May
The couple asked the special few who attended the wedding to keep the wedding a secret, the source said.
Amber, The Mirror reports, did not need to divorce her partner because of their legal status but did petition to change her name back in 2013 and it was granted the following year three months after she and Johnny got engaged.
Indeed, it was only when she met Johnny and began a romance, that Amber and Tasya finally ended things – although they continued to be pictured together.
It was Amber’s continued friendship with her former wife that reportedly led to Johnny’s alleged explosive anger at the star.
Days after the split made headlines, she claimed in court that her decision to file for divorce was prompted by Johnny, 52, physically attacking her with an iPhone, leaving her with a bruised eye.
Former love: The pair ended their three-year romance in 2011; Amber was with Tasya longer than she was wed to Johnny
Amber said in a written declaration to the court that she had ‘endured excessive emotional, verbal and physical abuse’ during their 15-month marriage.
She wrote: ‘During the entirety of our relationship, Johnny has been verbally and physically abusive to me. I endured excessive emotional, verbal and physical abuse from Johnny, which has included angry, hostile, humiliating and threatening assaults to me whenever I questioned his authority or disagreed with him.
Snap happy: Tasya seemed captivated by some street art on the sidewalk, perhaps planning to Instagram it
‘I live in fear that Johnny will return to (our house) unannounced to terrorise me, physically and emotionally.’
Despite granting the temporary order, which instructs Johnny to remain 100 yards away from his wife at all times, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl H. Moor rejected her request for Johnny to attend one year of anger management classes.
He also did not accept her request for the restraining order to extend to keeping the actor away from her Yorkshire terrier.
Headline news: Amber’s divorce from Johnny has been anything but amicable
The pair are not thought to have put a pre-nuptial agreement in place before they wed in February 2015 in Los Angeles, followed by another ceremony in the Bahamas.
The former couple met on the set of 2011 film The Rum Diary.
Johnny previously divorced his first wife, make-up artist Lori Anne Allison, in 1985 after just two years of marriage and he split from French actress partner Vanessa Paradis – who he has daughter Lily-Rose, 17, and 13-year-old son Jack with – in 2012 after 14 years together.
As they were: Amber and her then-husband Johnny Depp back in January
IN HER OWN WORDS: AMBER AND TASYA
Even before she became Mrs Johnny Depp, Amber Heard’s love life was already making headlines.
The actress publicly came out at as biπ eπ₯ual in 2010, while attending a GLAAD event with her then partner, Tasya van Ree.
The two women enjoyed a passionate four-year-relationship – with their romance flourishing even as Amber charmed Johnny on the set of The Rum Diary in 2009.
‘You canβt respect yourself if youβre afraid to be who you are,’ Amber insisted in an interview with Woman’s Health, as she aggressively urged other Hollywood stars to come out of the closet.
‘It requires bravery to do something no one else around you is doing,’ she said.
