The Sun asks High Court to dismiss Depp libel case over ‘Australia drugs texts’

One of Johnny Depp’s security team has told the High Court in London the actor was “in emotional distress and panicking” after his finger was severed during an incident in Australia.

Johnny Depp told the High Court he could not have punched Amber Heard repeatedly in the face as he had a cast on his wounded finger at the time.The 57-year-old actor suffered a severed fingertip while filming Pirates of the Caribbean in Australia in early March 2015, and needed surgery in Los Angeles for fractures to the end of the exposed bone.Heard, who claims she suffered repeated bouts of domestic violence during her marriage to Depp, has alleged the star attacked her on March 23, 2015.Depp

Johnny Depp contracted a superbug after his finger was severed in an incident in Australia, the High Court has heard.

A new report suggested that Amber Heard once mocked Johnny Depp about his severed finger. She challenged him to “tell the world,” insinuating that no one would care.

Things are getting juicier with each day in court!

Johnny Depp used a severed finger dipped in paint to scrawl graffiti on a mirror and walls following an explosive row with ex-wife Amber Heard, the High Court has been told. The Hollywood actor has been accused of assaulting Ms Heard, 34, and "completely destroying" a house in Australia in a drink and drug-fuelled rage.

Johnny Depp has denied grabbing Amber Heard’s throat during a “three-day ordeal” which saw him write messages on a wall with blood from his severed finger. The Hollywood actor has been accused of assaulting his ex-wife and “completely destroying” a house in Australia during a drink and drug-fuelled rage five years ago.The allegations were put to Depp after he took the witness stand at the High Court in London for a third day in his libel action against The Sun newspaper.

LONDON -- Johnny Depp faced a second day of cross-examination Wednesday by lawyers for British tabloid The Sun, which is defending a libel claim after calling the Hollywood star a “wife beater.” Depp is suing The Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers, and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over an April 2018 article that said he had physically abused ex-wife Amber Heard.

Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?” Depp and The Sun have hired some of Britain’s highest-profile lawyers, and pre-trial hearings have already exposed radically differing accounts of Heard and Depp's tempestuous marriage. The Sun’s lawyers tried to have the suit thrown out on the grounds that Depp failed to disclose text messages he exchanged with an assistant showing that he tried to buy “MDMA and other narcotics” while he was in Australia with Heard in 2015.

The Sun is set to go ahead just days after the Hollywood star was found to be in breach of a court order.The Pirates Of The Caribbean actor is suing publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) and The Sun‘s executive editor Dan Wootton over an April 2018 article that refers to Depp as a “wife beater” in relation to allegations made by ex-wife Amber Heard.

Johnny Depp‘s libel case against The Sun is about more than a few bucks; it’s a battle to reveal the truth about his toxic marriage to Amber Heard once and for all — at least in a legal sense.

The Sun, a High Court judged has ruled.The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is suing publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) and The Sun‘s executive editor Dan Wootton over an April 2018 article that refers to Depp as a “wife beater” in relation to allegations made by ex-wife Amber Heard.