Johnny Depp today claimed Amber Heard taunted him about being a male victim of domestic violence and his severed finger, drank two bottles of wine a night and punished him for breaking her ‘rules’ as he retakes the High Court stand.
The Hollywood legend was re-examined by his barrister at the High Court in London after days of damaging allegations by his ex-wife Heard that he attacked her on 14 separate occasions in his libel action against The Sun.
He accused the 34-year-old actress of challenging him to ‘tell the world’ that he lost his finger in a domestic abuse incident and telling him it was a ‘fair fight.’
David Sherborne, for Depp, read out alleged texts sent by his former spouse after an explosive row in Australia while he filmed Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
The nightmare fight involved Depp, 57, painting ‘I love U’ in blood from his severed finger across the walls of his rented mansion.
He maintains that the injury was inflicted by Ms Heard throwing a bottle at him while she claims that it was sustained when he smashed his own phone against a wall.
Reading from messages allegedly sent by Depp to his ex-wife, Mr Sherborne said: ‘Amber I lost a f***ing finger man..
Come on man I had a can of spirits thrown at my nose.’
‘And then do you see Ms Heard replies. She doesn’t deny it,’ the lawyer added.
‘It was a fair fight… See what the jury and the judge think.
Tell the world Johnny… I, Johnny Depp, a man, I too am a victim of domestic violence,’ she allegedly replied.
Depp is suing The Sun for libel after it labelled him a ‘wife beater’. He has called the accusation ‘utter falsity’ and ‘fraudulent’ and has claimed Heard abused him throughout their marriage.
The hearing continues on Monday before Mr Justice Nicol with evidence from witnesses including Depp’s screenwriter Stephen Deuters.
Other developments in court today included:
- Depp was accused of throwing a phone at Amber Heard and calling her ‘Amber Turd’ after she allegedly defecated in their bed after a blazing row on her 30th birthday party;
- He showed up two hours late to the birthday party after receiving some ‘bad financial news’ and retired to bed after her guests had gone instead of celebrating with her;
- She accuses him of throwing a magnum of champagne at her and pulling her hair in the ensuing row;
- The next day, Depp discovered someone – he believed Heard – had defecated in their marital bed;
- Defecation made him settle on divorce before Heard accused him of throwing a phone at her in a later row;
- Trans activist iO Tillet Wright and fighter Raquel Pennington were present during alleged phone throwing;
- All three claim Depp assaulted Heard in May 2016 incident; he has accused them of ‘choreographed hoax’;
- Depp threatened to ‘slice off’ Elon Musk’s ‘d***’ in rant to Lady Gaga’s ex-fiance, High Court heard;
- 57-year-old actor accused Heard of having affair with SpaceX founder, which billionaire Musk denies.
Johnny Depp leaves the High Court in London today after his fourth day on the stand in his blockbuster libel trial
Amber Heard leaving the High Court in London for a hearing in Depp’s libel case against the publishers of The Sun
The 34-year-old actress and her ‘Team Heard’ arriving at the High Court (far right, her lawyer Jennifer Robinson)
Depp has accused Heard (right) and her friends including trans activist iO Tillet Wright (left) of ‘defecating’ in their marital bed after he turned up two hours late ‘drunk and high on drugs’ to Heard’s 30th birthday party in April 2016.
He then ‘resolved’ to divorce Heard. Depp has been accused of then smashing a phone into Heard’s face as he went to pick up his personal belongings at her LA home in May 2016. The Sun’s QC said MMA fighter Raquel Pennington (centre), a friend of Heard’s who lived nearby, came into the apartment during the alleged incident after receiving a text from Wright, who was also present.
All three claim Depp assaulted Heard. He has accused all three of participating in a ‘choreographed hoax’
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