Johnny Depp details severed finger incident in Amber Heard defamation case – video

After two days on the stand in a $50m defamation case brought by Johnny Depp against his former wife, the actor concluded his narrative of their marriage by testifying on Wednesday that accusations of domestic violence brought by Amber Heard had destroyed his career.

Depp testified that Heard had become enraged when he had started drinking in Australia during the filming of one of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise films and had thrown a bottle of vodka at him, severing the top of his finger.

'Blood was pouring out,' he said. 'I think I went into some sort of ... I don't know what a nervous breakdown feels like, but that's probably the closest that I've ever been. Nothing made sense.'

Depp said he had hidden in a bathroom, and was later taken to a hospital where he told doctors the digit had been caught in large accordion doors.

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