Amber Heard's lawyer has explained why the actress did not report her alleged abuse to the police.

Heard's lawyers Samantha F. Spector and her co-counsel Joseph P. Koenig released a new statement in which she explained that Amber is, "simply a victim of domestic violence." The lawyers explained that the reason that the "Rum Diary" actress did not give a statement to police about the alleged abuse after calling them on May 21 was in order to "protect her privacy and Johnny's career."

Her lawyers went on to say that, "As the result of Amber's decision to decline giving an initial statement to the LAPD, her silence has been used against her by Johnny's team."

The statement continues, "Amber did not provide a statement to the LAPD in an attempt to protect her privacy and Johnny's career. Johnny's team has forced Amber to give a statement to the LAPD to set the record straight as to the true facts, as she cannot continue to leave herself open to the vicious false and malicious allegations that have infected the media."

In addition, the lawyers say, "Amber has suffered through years of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of Johnny. In domestic violence cases, it is not unusual for the perpetrator's playbook to include miscasting the victim as the villain."

This whole thing sounds very suspicious to us ...