Johnny Depp ‘s court case continued today at London’s High Court as he arrived at his third day of giving evidence in his libel trial against News Group Newspapers over a story published in The Sun in 2018.
In the story, the Pirates of the Caribbean star was labelled a “wife beater” in the publication’s headline – which he strongly denies.
During today’s appearance, Depp told the court how he used his mangled finger to write a message in blood after severing the top of his finger so the bone could be seen during a row with his ex-wife Amber Heard, who The Sun alleged he was violent towards.
The A-List actor, 47, recalled the story after Sasha Wass QC, for NGN, asked Depp about an argument he had with ex-wife Heard during a 2015 trip to Australia, where he was filming a Pirates Of The Caribbean movie.
Undated picture shown in court of mirrors in the house where Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were staying in Australia in March 2015, which has been referred to as an exhibit in the hearing of his libel case against the publishers of The Sun and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, at the High Court in London (Image: PA)
The courtroom heard how the couple, who wed in 2015 and divorced in 2017, ended up erupting into a heated row at the house they were renting at the time.
During which, Depp suffered a severed finger and was left “feeling upset” as he admitted to then using the blood soaked stump to write a chilling note on the mirror in the bathroom.
Ms Wass told the court: “These [pictures] are of the house – you had written on a mirror. You had dipped your injured finger in paint to write the graffiti.”
The pictures showed graffiti all over the rented apartment, including on a mirror, walls and a lampshade (Image: PA)
Depp than clarified that the message was written in his own blood, adding: “Yes I started using the blood from my finger…
Using his own blood as well as paint and lipstick the court heard how Depp scrawled messages on a mirror, a wall and a lampshade.
Ms Wass asked: “Why did you feel it okay to paint graffiti all over the house all over the house, which was not your house. Which must have taken a long time.”
The photo issued by Schillings of Johnny Depp being taken to hospital with a severed finger, following an incident in Australia in March 2015 (Image: PA)
Depp replied: “It didn’t take that long – help and security arrived.”
In the photos one of the messages read “Good luck”, Depp explained he wrote it because he felt their relationship was over.
He then said he “went into some kind of breakdown.”
Lawyer Ms Wass claimed the actor had lost the tip of his finger while smashing a plastic phone against a wall repeatedly while arguing with Heard.
Depp denied this version of events, telling the court: “I didn’t spend much time on the phone.”
Johnny said he could see the bone sticking out of his finger (Image: PA)
He has previously alleged his finger was injured after his former wife threw a glass vodka bottle at him during the row.
During today’s testimony, Depp said of the injury: “I had just lost the tip of my finger and as a musician it’s a little upsetting when you see the bone sticking out.”
Ms Wass said Ms Heard came downstairs to find him nursing the injury and denies she was present when it happened.
A picture of Depp being treated for the injury while laying on his back in a hospital bed had previously been presented to court during the opening statements.
The actor, who was filming as his character Jack Sparrow at the time for the Disney pirate franchise, went on to claim that as he was due at work the next day for filming he told the production company about how he’d suffered the injury.
He told the court: “At the time that I had to give the news to the production company that I wouldn’t be working the next day, I lied to production and to anyone who had anything to do with production, I told them I had slammed it in a door. To protect Ms Heard.”
During her cross-examination, Wass claimed Depp had violently attacked Heard during the fight – alleging he grabbed her by the throat, spat in her face and threw her against a fridge.
Depp denied being violent towards Heard during the row, calling the allegations “fabricated and vicious”.
The case continues.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
