Amber Heards younger sister, Whitney Henriquez, alleged in court Wednesday that she saw actor Johnny Depp exert increasing control over her sister, restricting who she socialized with, what she wore and which jobs she took during their tumultuous relationship.

Heards legal team called Henriquez, 34, to the stand on the 18th day of Depps defamation trial against his ex-wife after multiple former friends of the couple said they witnessed abuse between them.

Depp, 58 is seeking $50 million from Heard, 36, over a Washington Post editorial she wrote with the American Civil Liberties Union in 2018 that implied he was a violent partner.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star has repeatedly denied that he was abusive, saying that Heard abused him.

Attempting to control a significant other is among the most common hallmarks of an abusive relationship, according to advocates for domestic violence survivors . Abusive behavior can include violent actions like smashing personal belongings, but also emotional and economic abuse that creates an isolating situation in which one partner has outsized dominance.

At first, it would be, like, light jokes. You know, if she left the house wearing something, hed be like, Oh, youre going to wear that? Henriquez told a panel of jurors in Virginia. She said it just intensified over time.

Suddenly, they have the same stylist, and he had been essentially controlling what she wore to events and things like that. So she went from being able to wear whatever the hell she wanted, and then suddenly shes wearing anything that her stylist his stylist wanted her to wear. And her style over time just got more and more conservative, Henriquez said.