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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Johnny Depp trial shown messages he scrawled in blood and paint after severing finger in ‘vodka bottle fight’

Court documents

The court in the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has been shown messages and “reminders” Mr Depp scrawled in blood and paint after severing his finger in a fight during which he claims Ms Heard threw two vodka bottles at him.

The actor recounted the ordeal in court on Wednesday on the second day of his testimony in his defamation trial against Ms Heard in Fairfax, Virginia. He filed his lawsuit in March 2019 accusing Ms Heard of defaming him in a December 2018 op-ed published in The Washington Post titled “I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change”.

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