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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maanya Sachdeva and Megan Sheets

Surgeon backs Johnny Depp’s account of severed finger injury over Amber Heard’s ‘highly unlikely’ story

AP

A surgeon testifying on behalf of Johnny Depp has offered support for the actor’s account of how his finger was severed during a 2015 fight with ex-wife Amber Heard in Australia.

Dr Richard Gilbert, an orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in the hand, appeared at the Fairfax County circuit court in Virginia on Thursday (26 May) as the final witness for Mr Depp in his multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit against Ms Heard.

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