Johnny Depp says Amber Heard severed finger in trial testimony

2022-04-21 05:55:36 By : Ms. Lisa Yufen

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FAIRFAX, Va. — Johnny Depp testified Wednesday about a brutal fight with ex Amber Heard that left him with a severed fingertip, as photos of the gruesome injury shown in court elicited “Ewwws” from spectators.

The “Edward Scissorhands” star described the alleged 2015 brawl, telling the jury his digit was cut when Heard hurled a handle of vodka his way.

“I was looking at my bones sticking out,” Depp, 58, said during the second day of his testimony related to his $50 million lawsuit against Heard, 35, in a Fairfax, Va. court.

The then-couple were on a trip to Australia as Depp filmed the fifth installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and had been arguing when Depp says Heard hurled two bottles of vodka at him — the second of which caused the wound that forced him to get surgery.

“I don’t know what a nervous breakdown feels like, but that’s probably the closest that I’ve ever been,” Depp said of the immediate aftermath, revealing how he used his bloody finger to scribble on a mirror.

Photos of Depp’s severed digit horrified spectators in court, with one saying “Ew yuck.”

One attendee who spent the entire morning knitting socks with green yarn paused only when Depp discussed the gory details.

“I have the same dislocated right-hand middle finger,” the knitter, retiree Lubna Zein of Virginia, told The Post.

Heard — who has maintained a stone-cold demeanor for most of the trial — looked on the verge of tears as her ex-hubby recounted their hellish trip Down Under.

The “Aquaman” actress — who has yet to take the stand — has vehemently denied the claim that she caused the injury, saying Depp cut himself during a three-day drug-fueled bender.

Depp, 58, is claiming Heard defamed him in a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post where she called herself a victim of “sexual violence.”

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He was not named in the essay, but he says it clearly referenced him — and ruined his career, damaged his reputation and lost him tens of millions of dollars.

He brought the suit, he told the jury Tuesday, to “clear my name.”

Delving into their relationship on Wednesday, Depp alleged that Heard hit him on multiple occasions, telling jurors she once “snuck in . . . a roundhouse” during a fight in Los Angeles.

He was also forced to put Heard in a “bear hug to try and stop her from hitting me anymore” after she allegedly struck him from behind during another incident.

Depp also described finding feces on the bed they shared after one fight in April 2016. He previously accused Heard, or one of her friends, of pooping in their bed as a “prank” after a fight following the actress’ 30th birthday party.

Being with Heard felt like life with his mom, whom Depp has testified abused him as a child.

“You slowly realize you’re in a relationship with your mother, in a sense,” he told the jury, comparing Heard’s alleged abuse of him to what he suffered as a kid.

Depp accused Heard of threatening to commit suicide “many times” after they got into explosive arguments — saying it triggered him because his mom once attempted suicide after his father left her.

“Ms. Heard had spoken of suicide on a couple of occasions, so that also becomes a factor,” the actor said. “That’s always something that lives in the back of your brain and that you fear.”

“Many times when I would try to leave, she would stop me at the elevator with the security guards, crying, screaming, you know, ‘I can’t live without you. I’m gonna die.’ But you had to get out,” he continued. “Five minutes later … she would arrive in her nightgown, screaming in the parking lot in front of my house. Screaming, heavens, it’d be four in the morning, three in the morning … It was ludicrous, it was out of control, it was uncontrollable.”

The court was packed Wednesday and quickly hit its 100-person capacity as fans lined up to see their favorite movie star.

“This is the biggest line we’ve had yet,” a sheriff’s deputy stationed in the court told The Post just before Depp’s testimony.

Yvonne de Boer, Depp’s self-proclaimed “number one fan,” said she’d already spent $10,000 and used up all of her vacation days just to watch his trial. She is the first person on line each day — arriving at the courthouse at 1:30 a.m.

“I wanted to support him cause I know him and I know who he is and I don’t believe any of it, so I just want to be here for him so he knows he’s not alone,” said the fan, who claimed to be a close friend of the actor’s and has followed him since the 1980s.

Jacob Winter, a 17-year-old high school student from Maryland, showed up dressed up as Depp’s character Raoul Duke from “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”

“The only thing I’m missing is a cigarette holder that would be hanging out of the corner of my mouth,” Winter quipped. “That they would not allow.”

Once in court, a deputy signaled for the teen to take off his hat.

“It’s spring break. I had nothing better to do than gawk at a petty celebrity feud,” Winter told The Post.

Depp’s lengthy testimony is expected to bleed into Thursday as Heard’s defense attorney had just started questioning him when court was adjourned for the day.

Heard lawyer Ben Rottenborn still managed to get under the actor’s skin in just 20 minutes of cross-examination.

Rottenborn emphasized that in 2016, Depp had signed a document in three different places that stated “Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain,” contradicting what the actor now claims about Heard and her motives.