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Johnny Depp accuses Amber Heard of misleading psychiatrist Johnny Depp accuses Amber Heard of severing finger tip
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Johnny Depp has accused his ex-wife Amber Heard of misleading a psychiatrist about their relationship, as his libel claim against the Sun newspaper continued. Johnny Depp has accused his ex-wife Amber Heard of severing the tip of his finger, as his libel claim against the Sun newspaper continues.
The actor told the High Court Ms Heard, 34, told "porkie pies" suggesting he was threatened by her career. The actor told the High Court Ms Heard, 34, threw a vodka bottle at him which cut the top of his finger and "crushed the bones".
Mr Depp, 57, is suing over a Sun article that said he was a "wife beater". She denies injuring his finger.
The Sun is defending the accuracy of its story by arguing it is true. Mr Depp, 57, is suing for libel over a Sun article that called him a "wife beater" - but the newspaper maintains the story was accurate.
The April 2018 piece by journalist Dan Wootton reported Mr Depp's casting in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise. The April 2018 piece by journalist Dan Wootton was about the casting of Mr Depp in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film franchise.
Mr Depp's lawyers have said the article made "defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness", accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard and "inflicting such serious injuries that she feared for her life". Mr Depp's lawyers say the article made "defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness", by accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard and "inflicting such serious injuries that she feared for her life".
In the third day of proceedings at London's High Court on Thursday, Sasha Wass QC, representing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers, focussed on a detox trip Mr Depp and Ms Heard took to his private island in the Bahamas in August 2014. On the third day of proceedings at London's High Court, Sasha Wass QC, representing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers, said Ms Heard had been subjected to a "three-day ordeal" during which Mr Depp had "completely destroyed" the house they were staying in during a drug-fuelled rage.
The trip is one of 14 alleged incidents of domestic violence, all denied by Mr Depp, relied on by NGN in their defence against the actor's libel claim. Ms Wass said Mr Depp had accused the actress of having affairs with her "leading man" while the couple were in Australia where he was filming one of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in March 2015. He then threw Ms Heard against a ping-pong table and pushed her up against a fridge, Ms Wass said.
Mr Depp was asked during cross-examination if he "hit and pushed" Ms Heard, to which he said: "I didn't push Ms Heard or attack her in any way, as certainly I was not in any condition to do so." Mr Depp denied the accusation, adding: "After the incident where Ms Heard threw the vodka bottle, the second vodka bottle at me, which severed the top of my finger and crushed the bones, that's when I began what I feel was probably some species of a breakdown, a nervous breakdown or something."
He added that he "was in no physical condition to push anyone". Mr Depp said he then began to write on mirrors and walls using the injured finger, saying he "didn't want to live at that time".
Ms Wass said to Mr Depp: "At one stage when you were in the kitchen, screaming at Ms Heard, you picked up the wall-mounted telephone."
She said Mr Depp had the phone in his right hand and was "repeatedly smashing it against the wall".
Mr Depp replied: "That's possible."
He added: "I remember ripping the phone off the wall."
Ms Wass asked: "By this stage, you were really, really angry, weren't you?"
Mr Depp said: "I had just lost the top of my finger and as a musician - as a human being and as a musician - it is upsetting."
Ms Wass asked Mr Depp about previously saying that he had been responsible for losing the top of his finger.
He said he had said that to "protect Ms Heard" when he had to tell the production company he could not work.
Ms Heard has previously denied injuring Mr Depp's finger saying he injured it while pulling the phone off the wall.
Ms Wass said Ms Heard had come down to a "state of complete carnage" in the house with Mr Depp holding up his injured hand and saying "Look what you made me do." He said that was "incorrect".
'Threatened by career''Threatened by career'
The hearing also focussed on a detox trip Mr Depp and Ms Heard took to his private island in the Bahamas in August 2014.
The trip is one of 14 occasions on which incidents of domestic violence, all denied by Mr Depp, are alleged to have taken place - and which NGN are using in their defence against the actor's libel claim.
Mr Depp was asked during cross-examination if he had "hit and pushed" Ms Heard, to which he said: "I didn't push Ms Heard or attack her in any way, as certainly I was not in any condition to do so."
He added that he "was in no physical condition to push anyone".
The court heard medical notes suggesting Ms Heard believed Mr Depp was jealous of her professional work with another actor, James Franco.The court heard medical notes suggesting Ms Heard believed Mr Depp was jealous of her professional work with another actor, James Franco.
Ms Wass told the court Ms Heard was treated for anxiety by Mr Depp's private doctor and was referred to another medic, Dr Connell Cowan. She said one doctor wrote: "JD [Johnny Depp] is very threatened by career, particularly any kind of romantic scenes she has to do.
She said Dr Cowan wrote in medical notes: "JD [Johnny Depp] is very threatened by career, particularly any kind of romantic scenes she has to do. "Her movie with JF [James Franco] precipitated a binge that put JD in the hospital. Everyone around J [Johnny Depp] seems to be intimidated by his power and money. No-one stands up to him."
"Her movie with JF [James Franco] precipitated a binge that put JD in the hospital. Mr Depp said: "I think she was telling porky pies with her psychiatrist."
"Everyone around J [Johnny Depp] seems to be intimidated by his power and money. No-one stands up to him." Earlier, Ms Wass read out medical notes by Mr Depp's own doctor, David Kipper, which said the actor "romanticises the entire drug culture and has no accountability for his behaviour".
Asked if there was a reason why Ms Heard would have said this, unless it was true, Mr Depp said: "I believe it had a benefit to her motivation." The doctor also wrote that Mr Depp paid "lip service" to people like Sir Elton John "more for their celebrity than their struggle with sobriety".
He later added: "I think she was telling porky pies with her psychiatrist."
Earlier, Ms Wass read out medical notes by his own doctor, David Kipper, which said Mr Depp, "romanticises the entire drug culture and has no accountability for his behaviour".
The doctor also wrote that Mr Depp paid "lip service" to people like the actor's friend Sir Elton John "more for their celebrity than their struggle with sobriety".
In response, Mr Depp said he, Dr Kipper, Ms Heard and another nurse, who cared for him in the Bahamas had "all just met", adding "they were not versed in our lives, our life together, as yet".
Ms Wass also read out medical notes from two other occasions - including one which recorded that Mr Depp punched the wall during an argument with Ms Heard and was found "sitting in the kitchen with scraped and bloodied knuckles".
The barrister said: "It seems to be how you are expressing your anger yet again."
Mr Depp replied: "I would rather express my anger by hitting an inanimate object than... the person I love."
'Building a dossier'
On the first day of the libel case, the High Court heard Mr Depp denied being violent towards his ex-wife and accused Ms Heard of being violent towards him.
The second day heard Mr Depp denied he slapped Ms Heard after she laughed at one of his tattoos as he accused her of "building a dossier" against him.
NGN previously tried to have the case thrown out, but Mr Justice Nicol ruled last week the case could go ahead.
The case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: "Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?"The case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun's website headlined: "Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?"
The Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017.The Sun's original article related to allegations made by the actress, who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017.
Witnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.Witnesses including Mr Depp's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link, and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks.
Mr Depp, has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.Mr Depp, has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden Globe in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.