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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie,Gustaf Kilander,Clémence Michallon,Megan Sheets and Annabel Nugent

A severed finger, shouting matches, vulgar texts, and wedding MDMA: Johnny Depp’s testimony on Amber Heard

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Johnny Depp gave nearly four days of testimony in his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, seeking to convince the jury that he did not abuse her and was in fact a victim of her abuse.

Mr Depp sued Ms Heard for alleged defamation over an op-ed she wrote in 2018 for The Washington Post, in which she doesn’t name him but describes herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”. He has asked for $50m in damages.

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