Johnny Depp v Amber Heard: Depp's explosive testimony against ex-wife Heard

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Another explosive day in court has wrapped up amid the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial.

The actor is suing his ex-wife for defamation over a piece she wrote for the Washington Post calling herself a victim of domestic abuse, reports Fox News.

Here are some of the biggest bombshells from today's hearing.

The infamous defecation incident

During his testimony, Depp reflected on an incident that took place in 2016 after an explosive fight with Heard.

His security warned him against returning to their Los Angeles home and sent him a photo of the couple's bed.

"On my side of the bed was human faecal matter," he told the court. "I laughed. It was so outside, it was so bizarre and so grotesque that I could only laugh."

Heard blamed the incident on her dogs, but Depp said he had lived with those dogs for many years and "that did not come from a dog. It just didn't".

Depp's lost 'nothing less than everything'

Depp said the fallout from Heard's opinion piece had instant consequences for him.

"I don't think it took Disney very long, maybe a couple of days, to announce that I had been removed from the Pirates of the Caribbean films franchise," he said. "I lost nothing less than everything."

But, he said, the real damage came from her initial accusations.

"I will live with that for the rest of my life because of the allegations ... It was such a big, high-profile case that I lost then no matter the outcome of this trial."

Heard's US$7m divorce settlement

Depp said he agreed to pay Heard a US$7 million ($10 million) divorce settlement in 2017.

When Heard announced she would donate the entire sum to two charities, Depp sent the payments directly to the named non-profits.

"Ms Heard was very, very angry that I had made those first payments, and she went into kind of a tirade about how I should be charged double the $7 million, I should be charged $14 million," he told the court.

Stars split the day Depp's mother died

Depp split with Heard the same day his mother Betty Sue Palmer died.

"I've made a decision and I think it's the best thing, I'm going to file for divorce," he said he told Heard over the phone.

He met her at their LA home for the last time the next day. Depp testified that she pretended he was hitting her while on the phone with a friend, though he was standing 6m away.

"'Stop hitting me, Johnny!' she's screaming in her best freaked out, upset voice," Depp told jurors.

Johnny Depp has testified against his ex-wife Amber Heard. Photo / AP

Depp says Heard once faked a broken nose

He testified that Heard once pretended he had broken her nose after a fight during which their heads "connected".

"Way to go, Johnny, you broke my nose," he recalled her saying as she held a tissue to her face.

He said he inspected the tissue afterwards and it had red nail polish on it.

'I did start a physical fight,' Amber Heard admits

Audio of Depp and Heard arguing was played in court as evidence.

Heard said, "I did start a physical fight ... I was hitting, it was not punching out, babe, you were not punched."

Depp answered, "Don't tell me what it feels like to be punched", to which she replied, "You are such a baby, grow the f*** up, Johnny."

Depp says Heard put out a cigarette in his face

He told jurors that after Heard allegedly threw a bottle at him which cut off the top of his finger, she stubbed out a cigarette on his face.

"Ms Heard had taken my cigarette from the ashtray and stomped it out in my face," he claimed.

Depp used what remained of his finger to write on the wall "in his own blood" while "in the midst of a nervous breakdown".

Depp's shocking drinking claim about Heard

Depp said Heard could "easily drink two bottles of wine per night" but that if he ever drank, she went "apoplectic".

"I was weak, I was a complete mess, I was an alcoholic, I was going to ruin everything," he told the court she said to him. "Your kids are not proud of you, they cannot stand what you are doing.

"In support of me not drinking, I thought that she might stop drinking – but she did not, she continued."

Heard 'threatened suicide' when Depp tried to leave

Depp said one of the reasons he stayed married to Heard for so long was that she would threaten suicide when he tried to leave.

"When I would leave sometimes, she would stop me at the elevator with the security guards, crying, screaming, 'I can't live without you! I'm going to die!'" he said.

Depp said another reason he stayed was his desire for the relationship not to fail.

It was Depp's second day on the stand.

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