Johnny Depp is the victim of "career-ending" false allegations, his lawyer has claimed on the final day of the star's libel case over an article published in The Sun.
Mr Depp, 57, is suing the tabloid’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN) and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over a 2018 article which labelled him a “wife beater”. NGN relies on 14 alleged incidents of domestic violence against the star by ex-wife Amber Heard. Mr Depp denies the allegations of violence and claims Ms Heard, 34, was the one who was abusive.
The Hollywood star accused Ms Heard of severing his finger by throwing a vodka bottle at him when the pair were in Australia in 2015. Ms Heard said the injury to Mr Depp’s finger took place during what she described as a “three-day hostage situation”, and in her statement she said she “figured it might have happened when he was smashing the phone on the wall by the fridge”.
Mr Depp also claims that Ms Heard "or one of her cohort" defecated in his bed as a "prank", an event which he calls a "fitting end" to their relationship. Ms Heard strenuously denies the accusation and maintains it must have been one of their pet dogs.
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