Recording of Johnny Depp admitting 'accidentally' headbutting Amber Heard is played in court alongside photos of her bruised face after he 'assaulted her and pulled out her hair after she found out he was cheating on her with an ex-girlfriend

Depp, 57, is suing The Sun newspaper's publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor Dan Wootton, over an April 2018 article which labelled him a 'wife beater'
Depp told the court he had a 'collision' with Heard, 34, as he tried to 'get hold of her' as she allegedly attacked him on December 15, 2015
During cross-examination at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Depp said he accidentally headbutted his ex-wife during a heated argument, in which he is said to have been 'in an uncontrollable rage'
The High Court heard a recording of a conversation between the couple shortly after the incident, in which Depp appears to say he only headbutted her in the 'f**king forehead' - which he said 'doesn't break a nose'
In a separate incident in March of that year, 'all hell broke loose,' and NGN's barrister said this incident had stemmed from Heard finding out that Depp was having an affair. Depp denied he was having an affair

Johnny Depp has admitted 'accidentally' headbutting Amber Heard at his blockbuster libel trial during which photos of the actress's bruised face were shown.

On the third day of the Hollywood star's case against The Sun on Thursday, Depp said he had a 'collision' with Heard, 34, as he tried to 'get hold of her' as she allegedly attacked him on December 15, 2015.

The court was also shows pictures of the aftermath in of the fight in which Depp allegedly pulled out a clump of Heard's hair and trashed their apartment in a row over whether Depp had been sleeping with an ex girlfriend.

Depp is suing the tabloid's publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor Dan Wootton, over an April 2018 article which labelled him a 'wife beater'.

During cross-examination at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Depp said he accidentally headbutted his ex-wife during a heated argument, in which he is said to have been 'in an uncontrollable rage'.

The High Court heard a recording of a conversation between the couple shortly after the December 2015 incident, in which Depp appears to say he only headbutted her in the 'f**king forehead' - which he said 'doesn't break a nose'.

Heard says in the recording: ' You can headbutt somebody who's screaming but don't scream'

Depp replies : 'I headbutted you in the f***ing... forehead. That doesn;t break a nose'.

In other developments at court yesterday:

Depp admitted he smeared blood from the tip of his finger across the walls of the rented property in Australia;
He claims top was 'lopped' off when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him in a row over a post-nuptial agreement;
She claims he severed it while smashing a phone against a wall as he attacked her and tried to strangle her;
Heard claims he pinned her against a fridge and threatened 'it would be easy to crush your neck';
Depp claims the story is untrue and part of her 'hoax' 'insurance policy' against him;
He told the court 'I hadn't realised that it [finger] had been cut off... and then I began to write things';
Actor drew a 'fake d***' on a painting of a woman and urinated on the floor of his rented home, court heard;
Security guard estimated that Depp had caused £150,000 worth of damage to Queensland mansion;
Actor claims Heard withheld his rehab medicine as he lay 'sobbing like a child' on his private island;
Heard's movie with actor James Franco allegedly sparked a binge that put Depp in the hospital;
Depp's private doctor said he 'romanticises drug culture and has no accountability for his behaviour';
Actor flew into a rage when Heard told him she was meeting novelist Clive Barker at his home, court heard.

Other photos show bruising across the bridge of Heard's nose and beneath her eyes after Depp allegedly headbutted her in December 2015. The trial is hearing evidence about 14 such incidents

A photo which purports to show the cracked bed frame in Depp's LA penthouse

Photo allegedly shows a clump of Heard's blonde hair

Photos of a cracked bed frame (left) and tufts of blonde hair (right) from the fight in December 2015 were submitted by Heard last year during defamation proceedings in the US

Johnny Depp outside the High Court in London on Thursday

Amber Heard outside the High Court in London on Thursday

The Sun’s QC Sasha Wass, cross-examining Depp, told him: ‘You lost your temper. You threw a decanter. You punched the walls, slapped Miss Heard, grabbed her by the hair.’ The actor replied: ‘No.’

Miss Heard ran upstairs and Depp chased her, said Miss Wass, adding: ‘You smacked the back of her head and shoved her. You completely lost your self-control. You headbutted Miss Heard using the top of your head to head hit her between the eyes. Miss Heard fell backwards and her nose began to bleed straight away.’

Depp said that was not true.

‘And in the bedroom, you grabbed her by the throat and pushed her on the bed, slapped her across the face, saying you are going to kill her. You were in an uncontrollable rage, smothering her, screaming you were going to kill her, and hated her. The bed broke under the force of your weight. You pulled out clumps of her hair.’

Depp: ‘No ma’am.’ Miss Wass said the actress ran screaming to the bathroom saying he had broken her nose. The court was shown a photo of Miss Heard taken the next day, with ‘the beginning of two black eyes’.

Depp claimed the allegation was 'another wonderful thing to put in the kaleidoscope of her dossier that she (Heard) is building'.

He added: 'This injury that she would've suffered is not consistent with the photographs that she has given to the court.

'She was swinging wildly at me, and I ... from behind, as I was walking away from the argument to my office, she was hitting me in the neck, ear, back, everything.

Photos after the December incident show bruising to Heard's face after Depp allegedly headbutted her. The trial is hearing evidence about 14 such incidents

Photos after the December incident show bruising to Heard's face after Depp allegedly headbutted her. The trial is hearing evidence about 14 altercations

'I turned to cover my head and she was swinging quite wildly so the only thing I could do in that situation was either to run or to try to get hold of her, to get my arms around her to stop her flailing and punching me, so I did so, as I did so it seems there was a collision.'

Depp demonstrated with his arms how he claims he took hold of Heard and said she was 'kicking and moving' so there was 'very close contact' between them.

He added: 'That is the only collision and the only potential injury that Ms Heard could have had, there is no way I did as she said and broke her nose.'

Mr Depp told the court: "She immediately said 'you headbutted me', and in that moment when I tried to grab her around her arms and her body to control the violence, she immediately said 'you headbutted me' and screamed and ran away.

The court was also shown photographs of the injuries Heard is said to have suffered, as well as pictures Depp said showed him with 'scratches and swelling around my face' he claimed his ex-wife had inflicted.

Ms Wass asked why he had not mentioned 'accidentally' headbutting Heard in his witness statements to the court.

He replied: 'Had I read the entire statement after the lawyers had drafted it, I would have found that missing piece. I didn't read all those things ... and I trusted my attorneys had taken my statement and put it on the record.'

Depp said he used the word 'headbutt' because that was the word Heard used, telling the court: 'I said 'I headbutted you in the forehead, that doesn't break a nose'.'

Ms Wass put it to the actor that he had changed his account of the incident after he became aware of an audio recording of himself and Heard discussing the incident 'very recently'.

But Depp said: 'I believe she took something and stretched it out as far as she possibly could.'

He added that Heard would tell her friends things so that they would 'hate' him, adding: 'Another piece for her collection. It is quite a collection.'

The recording was played in which the couple seemed to be discussing the headbutt, with Miss Heard saying: ‘I couldn’t believe you did that,’ and her husband apparently saying: ‘I headbutted you in the ****ing forehead. That doesn’t break a nose.’

Ms Wass then asked the actor about text messages between Amber Heard and her mother, Paige Heard, and himself and his ex-wife's father, David Heard.

The barrister said that, after Ms Heard sent her mother photographs of the bruises on her face, her mother replied saying she loved her "so damn much, I will do anything for you".

The message from Mrs Heard to her daughter continued: "Your dad sent Steve (Mr Depp) a scathing text message ... he compared you to Lily-Rose (Depp) and how JD would feel. Your dad's blood is boiling."

Ms Wass then read out a message sent by David Heard to Mr Depp which read: "I'm not mad, I understand, a man has got to be a man and I am not saying that you were completely justified, but I understand.

"I'm talking to Paige and I think I understand what is going on a little better.

"I would say no more hitting for anybody. I think you and Amber, Jack and Lily-Rose should go to the island for a few days and let me talk to Amber and tell her what she needs to stop doing."

The message continued with Mr Heard saying that his daughter should never hit Mr Depp and that "the same goes for you".

Mr Heard's message concluded by saying: "I know that Amber needs help with her temper the same way you need help with drugs and alcohol."

He said his daughter was "not blameless", adding: "She is my kid and I love her unconditionally."

Mr Depp said he explained to both Ms Heard's parents that there was a discussion which "got out of control" and Ms Heard got violent.

Ms Wass asked if the actor had told his in-laws that he "f***** up and went too far" in fights between the couple.

He replied: "That is very possible as things got very heated and (we were) yelling verbal obscenities at each other and it was horrific, but I never once said to David and Paige 'I have hit your daughter and I'm sorry'."

Ms Wass then asked Mr Depp about a message he sent to his father-in-law in reply, in which he said: "Yes I f***** up and went too far in our fight."

Mr Depp said: "It expresses to Mr Heard that I was sorry for my part in the argument.

"I have sent many texts to Mr Heard and Mrs Heard but there is nowhere in there that I say 'I hit your daughter'."

He added: "When things go too far and they begin to escalate, you start screaming when you are being screamed at, you react and you scream back and these hideous exchanges did happen and they happened quite often."

"One cannot fly with one wing, so in an argument there are two involved.

"One can escalate the situation or one can de-escalate the situation, it depends on the moment ... I was being as honest with Mr Heard as I could be."

Ms Wass earlier said that Depp threw a decanter at Heard, punched the walls and pulled her up the stairs by her hair, removing 'clumps' from her scalp in the December 2015 fight.

She added that Depp also goaded Heard, saying 'you think you're a f****** tough guy?', before he 'grabbed her by the throat and pushed her onto the bed' then 'slapped her across the face saying you were going to kill her'.

In a written statement submitted by the defence about the alleged incident, it was said: 'Ms Heard and the Claimant were in their penthouse in Los Angeles.

'The Claimant threw another decanter at her, knocked items around the room and punched the wall. He slapped her hard, grabbed her by her hair, and dragged her through the apartment.

'In the process, the Claimant pulled large chunks of hair and scalp out of Ms Heard's head.

'Ms Heard tried to escape the violence by going upstairs. The Claimant followed Ms Heard, hit her in the back of her head, again grabbed her by her hair, then dragged her by her hair up the last few steps.

In a separate incident weeks later in March, Depp is alleged to have trashed a $3million penthouse in LA which Heard used as a colossal closet

Johnny Depp leaves the High Court in London where he has been giving evidence during a hearing in his libel case against The Sun

Amber Heard and her girlfriend Bianca Butti leave the High Court of Justice on the third day of Johnny Depp's trial against The Sun

Depp (left, leaving the High Court today) is suing The Sun after it described him as a 'wife beater' following claims by ex-wife Heard (right, leaving the court with her girlfriend Bianca Butti) that he repeatedly attacked her during their relationship

Heard leaving the High Court in London with 'Team Heard', including her girlfriend Bianca Butti (front left)

'At the top of the stairs, the Claimant shoved her twice, which made her fear that she would fall.

'Ms Heard told the Claimant that he had broken her wrist in an attempt to get him to stop.

'The Claimant repeatedly hit Ms Heard, knocking her to the floor. Each time Ms Heard was knocked down, she stood back up.

'The Claimant responded by veiling, "Oh, you think you're a f**ing tough guy?" He then head-butted her in her face, bashing her nose, which immediately began bleeding and caused her searing pain.

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The court heard: 'During this incident, the Claimant (Depp) also wrote a message on the kitchen countertop in gold pen that said, 'Why be a fraud? All is such bulls***'

'When Ms Heard said to the Claimant, "You head-butted me", he responded, "I just gave you a little knock with my head".

'The Claimant then said what a "f*** up" he was and left the room.

'Later, Ms Heard told the Claimant that she wanted to leave him, and that she would call the police if he ever touched her again.

'When she then began to walk away towards the guest apartment, the Claimant pushed her. He then grabbed her and pulled her from one room to the next, gripping her by her hair.

'By the time the Claimant had dragged Ms Heard into the upstairs office, she had told him she was leaving him as she could not put up with his behaviour any longer.

'The Claimant reacted by grabbing Ms Heard by her throat, pushing her down to the ground, and punching her in the back of her head.

'The Claimant grabbed Ms Heard by her hair, slapped her in the face, and screamed at her, "I f***ing will kill you - I'll f***ing kill you, you hear me?

'The fight continued onto a bed. The Claimant got on top of Ms Heard and placed his knee on her back and the other foot on the bedframe while repeatedly punching her in her head.

'The Claimant screamed, "I f***ing hate you" over and over again.

'The bedframe splintered under the weight of the pressure of the Claimant's boot. The Claimant hit Ms Heard with his closed fists, pushed her face into the mattress, and pulled out chunks of her hair.

'Ms Heard screamed and feared for her life. She suffered severe headaches and other pain for at least a week after this incident.

'During this incident, the Claimant also wrote a message on the kitchen countertop in gold pen that said, "Why be a fraud? All is such bulls***".'

Depp is on the stand at the High Court for a third day today and was questioned about the incident after he previously claimed the injury was sustained when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him during the fight in Australia

Amber Heard has arrived at the High Court today with her sister Whitney (wearing a green covering) after going out on the town with her until the early hours of this morning on the third day of Johnny Depp's blockbuster libel trial in London

Ms Wass put it to Depp that, by December 2015, 'you were routinely using violence against Ms Heard when you were intoxicated and when you were angry'.

Depp said: 'I say that is incorrect. Most of the time I tried to get away.'

He added: 'Most of the time, Ms Heard's problem was that I would run away from fights and I was then called a coward and a pussy for trying to avoid an escalation.'

The December 2015 incident is one of 14 alleged incidents of domestic violence, all denied by Depp, relied on by NGN in their defence against the actor's libel claim.

Depp will continue to give evidence on Friday.

Johnny Depp wrote 'I love you' in blood after severing his finger while attacking ME, says Amber Heard: Actor 'pushed his wife into a ping pong table, tore off her night gown, and choked her against refrigerator while filming Pirates of The Caribbean'

Amber Heard also claimed in court on Thursday that Johnny Depp severed his finger while launching a savage attack on her in which she 'feared for her life' - before writing 'I love you' in blood on the wall of their rental home while filming Pirates of the Caribbean in 2015.

Depp was on the stand at the High Court for a third day today and was questioned about the incident after he previously claimed the injury was sustained when Heard threw a vodka bottle at him during the fight in Australia.

The 34-year-old actress alleged in a written statement that she was subjected to 'a three-day ordeal of physical assault which left her with injuries including a broken lip, swollen nose, and cuts all over her body'.

Depp vehemently denied the accusation from the stand and branded it 'pedestrian fiction' in court today. He claimed the ordeal occurred over one day, not three, and said the top of his finger was 'lopped' off when his ex-wife threw a vodka bottle at him after discovering he wanted her to sign a post-nuptial agreement.

He admitted using his blood to write the love message on a mirror inside their Queensland mansion by way of apology and the picture of the graffiti on the mirror was shown in court.

In a witness statement submitted by Heard, she says: 'The Claimant [Depp] shoved Ms Heard into a ping pong table, threw bottles through the window panels of a glass door, then grabbed Ms Heard and tore off her nightgown. The Claimant grabbed Ms Heard by her hair and choked her against the refrigerator in the kitchen.'

It says that Depp then 'grabbed Ms Heard by the neck and collarbone, slammed her against the countertop, and strangled her. Ms Heard's arms and feet were slashed by the broken glass on the kitchen countertop and floor. She was scared for her life and told the Claimant, 'You are hurting and cutting me''.'

'The Claimant ignored her, continued to hit her with the back of one closed hand, and slammed a hard plastic telephone against a wall with his other hand until it smashed. While he was smashing the telephone, the Claimant severely injured his finger, cutting off the tip. Once Ms Heard had managed to escape from the Claimant, she barricaded herself in a bedroom.'

The Hollywood legend is suing The Sun after it described him as a 'wife beater' following claims by Heard that he repeatedly attacked her during their relationship.

In other developments at the trial today:

Depp also admitted to doing graffiti on a bathroom mirror after the fight with Heard, which resulted in his finger being severed. He admitted that some of it was done with his blood and some with paint

When asked about the attack in Australia which Heard called a 'three-day hostage ordeal', Depp replied: 'The three-day period that Ms Heard speaks about or alleges was not a three-day ordeal at all. It happened in one day.'

He added: 'I think it was Sunday and that was the morning where she had started yelling at me because she had been forced to sign, asked to sign, a post-nup (post-nuptial agreement).'

Ms Wass responded that it was 'nothing to do with that', saying: 'She was upset and angry herself that you were drinking to excess and you were taking pills. There was a large bag of pills that you had been supplied with that you told her was MDMA.'

Depp denied having any MDMA or 'drinking from the bottle' while in Australia.

Ms Wass continued: 'And when she (Ms Heard) told you she was unhappy about this, you made a point of putting a handful of pulls straight into your mouth and you did this to make the point that you could do, as you said to Nathan Holmes, whatever you damn please.'

I think it was Sunday and that was the morning where she had started yelling at me because she had been forced to sign, asked to sign, a post-nup (post-nuptial agreement).

Depp said: 'No, ma'am.'

Ms Wass suggested that 'the more angry Ms Heard became to you, you turned' and used 'violence' against her.

The barrister said: 'You slapped her across the face.'

Depp replied: 'Not true.'

Ms Wass said: 'And on the Friday you had a cigarette in your right hand, as you do most of the time, and you threatened to put it out on your face.

'And you were completely off your head on drink and drugs.'

Depp said: 'It didn't happen.'

Ms Wass said Heard 'stormed off upstairs... and she stayed upstairs and barricaded herself in the bedroom so you couldn't get in, she pushed furniture against the bedroom door'.

The barrister suggested that Depp 'stayed up all night taking ecstasy' and when Ms Heard came down the following morning the actor was 'playing music very loudly'.

Ms Wass asked if Depp recalled 'lines of cocaine on the breakfast bar' and 'drinking Jack Daniels from the bottle'.

Depp said: 'No, ma'am. Didn't happen.'

'You turned on her, grabbed her by the throat and held her up against the fridge and you said to her 'it would be easy to crush your neck'

Ms Wass said Heard 'tried to take the bottle off you and said you shouldn't be drinking because of the medication'.

She added: 'And you turned on her, you told her that everything your friends had told you about her was right, your friends all hated her, you didn't love her and you grabbed her by the throat and held her up against the fridge and you said to her 'it would be easy to crush your neck'.'

Depp replied: 'Fabricated and vicious.'

Ms Wass said Heard then tried to go upstairs and Depp stopped her, before he 'pushed her around and you actually spat in her face... all this time holding a bottle of spirits and drinking from it'.

The barrister continued: 'At one stage you offered the bottle to Ms Heard, you were goading her, drinking from it, and Ms Heard took a bottle and she smashed it to the ground.'

Depp said: 'No, ma'am.'

Ms Wass said: 'And that just, Mr Depp, set you off and you picked up another bottle and threw it at the wall... bottle after bottle, like you enjoyed smashing things.'

Depp said: 'I don't enjoy smashing things. The accusations are untrue.'

When Ms Heard ran from the ping pong table to the kitchen you ran after her and again held her up against the fridge.

Ms Wass said Depp then 'broke the window of the house' and 'threw Ms Heard against a ping pong table which collapsed', which Depp denied.

The barrister said: 'When Ms Heard ran from the ping pong table to the kitchen you ran after her and again held her up against the fridge.'

She added: 'And you were smashing her head so the back of her head was hitting the fridge. And you were blaming her for your behaviour.'

Ms Wass said Depp said: 'You f****** do this to me every time. You f****** did this.'

Depp said: 'No, ma'am.'

Ms Wass said: 'And you accused her of having affairs with her leading man.'

Depp said: 'Possibly.'

Ms Wass said: 'At this time, you were particularly fixated with Billy Bob Thornton.'

Depp denied that, adding: 'After the incident where Ms Heard threw the vodka bottle, the second vodka bottle at me, which severed the top of my finger and crushed the bones, that's when I began what I feel was probably some species of a breakdown, a nervous breakdown or something.

'I hadn't realised that it had been cut off immediately until I felt the warmth... and then I began to write things'

Johnny Depp released a photo of his severed finger (pictured) after Amber Heard allegedly threw a vodka bottle at him in a bid to back up claims the actress attacked him throughout their marriage +38

Depp insisted that the only attack on the trip had been launched by Heard when she hurled a vodka bottle at him and caused the infamous injury which cut off the top of his finger

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Heard leaving the High Court in London with 'Team Heard', including her girlfriend Bianca Butti (front left)

Johnny Depp leaves the High Court in London where he has been giving evidence during a hearing in his libel case against The Sun +38

Amber Heard and her girlfriend Bianca Butti leave the High Court of Justice on the third day of Johnny Depp's trial against The Sun +38

'I hadn't realised that it had been cut off immediately until I felt the warmth... and then I began to write things.'

Ms Wass said to Depp: 'At one stage when you were in the kitchen screaming at Ms Heard you picked up the wall-mounted telephone.'

She said Depp had the phone 'in your right hand and you were repeatedly smashing it against the wall'.

Depp replied: 'That's possible.'

He added: 'I remember ripping the phone off the wall.'

Ms Wass asked: 'By this stage, you were really, really angry, weren't you?'

Depp said: 'I had just lost the top of my finger and as a musician - as a human being and as a musician - it is upsetting.'

Ms Wass asked Depp about previously saying that he had been responsible for losing the top of his finger.

When I realised that the top of my finger was missing and pouring blood profusely and the bones was sticking out, I believe that I went into some kind of breakdown. I was at the end. I couldn't live, didn't want to live at that time.

Depp replied: 'I had to give the news to the production company that I would not be working the next day. They asked what happened and I lied to production and to anyone who had anything to do with production.

'I told them that I had slammed it in a very large accordion door ... to protect Ms Heard.'

Ms Wass said that, on the last day the couple were in Australia, Heard 'came downstairs in the morning ... and the house was completely destroyed'.

She said: 'Everything was broken and shattered, the television, the window, there was paint everywhere and it was clear at that stage that you had very seriously damaged your finger.'

Depp said his finger was 'bleeding profusely', prompting Ms Wass to ask why he waited 'hours and hours before you called for any help'.

The actor denied that was true.

Ms Wass continued: 'You had written on a mirror. You had written in paint but you had used your finger, your injured finger, in place of a paintbrush so you had dipped your injured finger in the paint and then used your finger to do the graffiti.'

Depp said: 'At first, I had used my blood.'

During their visits to Australia in 2015, the couple stayed in this mansion owned by former MotoGp champion Mick Doohan +38

During their visits to Australia in 2015, the couple stayed in this mansion owned by former MotoGp champion Mick Doohan

Ms Wass said: 'This painting exercise of yours was going on all over the house.'

She added: 'Somebody who was sober and not under the influence of drugs would have realised or would have felt considerable pain.'

Depp said: 'Yes, ma'am, I did feel considerable pain.'

Ms Wass said: 'You didn't know what you were doing at this stage.'

Depp said: 'That's not true, I knew exactly what I was doing.'

He added: 'For me, at that time, it was the end.

'I was convinced it was never going to get any better, only worse, and worse was death. So this (the painting) is a message to her, 'good luck and be careful at the top', in reference to her ambition to be a big star.'

Ms Wass said to Depp: 'When Ms Heard came down and saw what I suggest was a state of complete carnage in the house, you showed her your right hand ... and said 'look what you made me do' and she was the one who told you to phone security.'

Depp replied: 'I'm afraid that's not true, it's incorrect.'

Ms Wass said the actor then told Ms Heard: 'Is this good enough for you? This is what a f****** idiot I am for loving you.'

Depp replied: 'Possibly. I could have said that, it was certainly what I was feeling but, as I stated earlier, when I realised that the top of my finger was missing and pouring blood profusely and the bones was sticking out, I believe that I went into some kind of breakdown.'

He added: 'I was at the end. I couldn't live, didn't want to live at that time.'

He smeared blood from the tip of his finger across the walls of the property and said: 'Look what you made me do' to his former spouse, the court heard.

Asked whether he had been angry, the Pirates of the Caribbean star said: 'As a human being and as a musician it's a little upsetting when you see your bone sticking out.'

I vehemently deny it and would go so far as to say it is pedestrian fiction.

Referring to photographs of the damage to the property shown to the court, Ms Wass said: 'You had written in paint but you had used your injured finger in place of a paintbrush.

'Yes ma'am at first I was using my blood which was coming out of my finger, that's what the heart you see at the bottom of that and the U.'

'There's another message in lipstick, 'Call Carly Simon she said it better babe.'

'Was that a message written on a different occasion?' Ms Wass asked.

'That's Ms Heard,' replied Depp.

Depp said the accusations of violence were part of a conspiracy to paint him as 'a wetbrain, a savage, an uncontrollable maniac, a monster etc etc, because they do keep going on.'

He added: 'I vehemently deny it and would go so far as to say it is pedestrian fiction.

'I was unhappy with the production of Pirates of the Caribbean, I was unhappy with my life, my relationship, I was far away from my kids. I was unhappy with my life and my relationship with Ms Heard.

'I was angry by the fact that we were working on the fifth production of Pirates of the Caribbean…and I had to rewrite everything for the character.'

The actor told the High Court he descended into a 'species of nervous breakdown' during the 2015 trip to Australia and broke his sobriety because of Heard's 'rage-filled rants.'

Heard's arms and feet were allegedly slashed by shattered glass strewn across the floor as she was chased round the room and slammed against a counter top by Depp, the court heard. She was allegedly forced to barricade herself in after he tore off her nightgown and shoved her onto a ping pong table.

Depp told Ms Wass that she seemed 'more familiar with MDMA than I am' when asked whether he had been confronted by his ex-wife about a bag of ecstasy pills during the trip.

The actor said he 'did not recall taking possession of controlled substances,' in contrast to claims that he spat in her face after chasing the drugs down with liquor.

He insisted that the only attack on the trip had been launched by Heard when she hurled a vodka bottle at him and caused the infamous injury which cut off the top of his finger.

He allegedly received concerned texts from Hollywood screenwriter and friend Stephen Deuters urging him to 'take a break' near the time of the incident.

The Texan allegedly came downstairs one morning in a burgundy negligee given to her as a gift by his private doctor David Kipper, who oversaw Depp's withdrawal from prescription drugs.

The Sun's lawyer Sasha Wass QC asked Depp: 'Mr Deuters was a yes man wasn't he? He knew how to placate you just like you knew how to placate Ms Heard?'

'I do not accept that description,' Depp replied.

Reading a text allegedly sent by Deuters, Ms Wass said: ''All anyone wants to see on the screen is the Johnny Depp they know and love. That said you deserve a break. Take some time off and we can discuss other stuff.'

'What he's saying is basically you are wonderful and secondly take a break.'

The message went on: 'To call it an honour to work for you doesn't do my feelings on the topic any justice whatsoever, you're the reason I'm in this business by f*** does this business need you.'

'On looking on it I would say it was a very very kind gesture and a wonderful attempt by a friend to pull me out of what felt like a constant tailspin of constantly being told 'you're wrong and your pardon the term a f***-up and many things like that.

'Those are things that I can very easily go onto, a state of depression. And so he was trying to take me out of it.'

'Is that a reference to Ms Heard? Because she would not flatter you?' Ms Wass asked.

Depp replied: 'She did flatter me when it was in her interests to do so but there was also a barrage of insults and accusations about things which never happened.'

'I was far away from my kids and I was unhappy with my life and my relationship with Ms Heard.

'I was angry that we were working on the third of the Pirates of the Caribbean films and on the others I'd been able to write some of (the script)... The dialogue.'

Amber Heard has today claimed that Johnny Depp severed his finger while launching a savage attack on her in which she 'feared for her life' while he filmed Pirates of the Caribbean in 2015 +38

Amber Heard has today claimed that Johnny Depp severed his finger while launching a savage attack on her in which she 'feared for her life' while he filmed Pirates of the Caribbean in 2015

'I need to take a f***ing p***, it's my house': Depp 'drew a 'fake d***' on a painting of a woman and urinated on the floor' in rented Australian home

Depp drew a 'fake d***' on a painting of a woman and urinated on the floor in his rent home in Australia while filming Pirates of the Caribbean, the High Court also heard.

Transcripts of a conversation between members of his security team revealed his bodyguards' 'concern' about the impact the wreckage would have on his public image.

The Hollywood legend trashed the rented accommodation during a drug-fuelled binge while filming the third Pirates of the Caribbean film in Australia, it has been said.

Shocking pictures of graffiti-covered mirrors were shown as the court heard how a TV and windows were smashed and the floors were left covered in blood.

Depp maintains he does not recall the extent of the damage caused to the property as he was going through a 'breakdown' but his late security guard, Jerry Judge, estimated the figure to be around £150,000.

Mr Judge said in the transcript: 'The French settee at least two of them need to be recovered. I've got a lot of blood off the floor, I've scrubbed the paint off to bring it off and the s***... We see how bad it is.

'What I'm most concerned with now is if the owner sees the house he'll kick us out and go to the newspapers.'

Ms Wass said: 'Then there's a discussion: 'How can we keep all this quiet?' One of the functions of the people you employ is to manage your public image isn't it?'

'I would say yes they have a concern for my public image, yes,' Depp replied. 'I think they would rather not have bad things show up in the press. I've of course always been quite a private person.'

Ms Wass, reading another excerpt from the transcript, said: '[It's a] sexy, sexy picture... The same picture in a bikini with her hands on her breasts and what did he do? He painted he drew or painted a fake d*** on her p***y..'

I remember dipping my finger into paint when I ran out of blood to paint with and I could have defaced a painting.

'Do you remember that?'

Depp stifled laughter as he said: 'No, I don't remember that.'

'That would be quite a big thing, painting a penis on a picture?' Ms Wass said.

'Yes. I'm not 100 per cent sure I can say I did that. It is possible,' he replied. Depp added that he resorted to using paint to deface the homeowner's property once he had 'run out' of blood.

'I don't recall defacing a painting. As I said, my state of mind, I was in a kind of breakdown,' he said.

'You're not using the word breakdown to refer to a blackout are you?' Ms Wass asked.

'No ma'am I'm well aware of the difference,' Depp replied. 'I remember dipping my finger into paint when I ran out of blood to paint with and I could have defaced a painting.'

The actor allegedly stormed outside and yelled: 'I need to take a f***ing p***, it's my house,' and began relieving himself.

Ms Wass said: 'You shouted: 'I need to take a f***ing p***, it's my house' and you urinated outside the front door.'

'I don't believe that happened,' Depp said.

'And then you came into the house and did the same thing in the house,' Ms Wass said.

'I do not believe that happened, especially seeing as I had a severed finger,' came the reply.

Ms Wass continued cross examining Depp on the damage in the house, saying there were references to 'French settees' which needed re-covering, and she asked: 'You did the damage, how long did it take you?'

Depp said 'I was a party to the damage' and Ms Wass interrupted: 'Amber Heard broke one bottle.'

The actor replied: 'Well in fact she threw two bottles at me. The first bottle came whizzing past my head and the second smashed ... and cut my fingertip off, so she broke two bottles.'

Depp was then asked if he remembered a television and a window breaking, to which he said no, and if he recalled damage to the settees and floors, to which he replied: 'Yes I remember there was quite a lot of blood everywhere.'

He was then asked who out of himself and Ms Heard did he think did the most damage to the house, to which he answered: 'I would say Ms Heard.'

When Ms Wass retorted that was not true, he said: 'Thank you'.

Ms Wass told the court Mr Judge had told Heard that if he and Depp's other employees had not stepped in, 'either you or he would be dead'.

The barrister said: 'It appears Mr Judge is saying that if they hadn't come along when they did, either you would be dead or Ms Heard would be dead.

'That would be an odd thing to say if it was Ms Heard who was the only violent party - do you agree or not?'

Depp replied: 'There are several times when I have spoken to Ms Heard and said, 'listen, we are a crime scene waiting to happen'.'

Depp: 'Heard was unwilling to sign a pre-nup'

Ms Wass asked Mr Depp about the catalyst for the argument, which he says was a post-nuptial agreement Ms Heard did not want to sign.

The actor told the court: 'Ms Heard, in tears and quite riled up, said to me that the woman (an attorney) had kind of psychologically tortured her and said 'this is it, you have to sign this' and she said 'Johnny would never agree to me signing this' and she said the lawyer laughed and said 'oh he is well aware'.'

Ms Wass then said Mr Depp's employees were concerned about the property's owner seeing the damage and going to the press.

He responded: 'Well I think they would rather not have bad things show up in the press. I have always been quite a private person.'

Ms Wass said: 'This was something your people really wanted to underplay, isn't it?'

Mr Depp replied: 'Well yes, as did I, and I said I crushed my finger in a door.'

Depp has described his relationship with Heard as 'complicated' as the High Court was told there was 'a lot of anger' and a 'very deep love' between the couple.

Ms Wass asked the actor about a January 2015 trip to Tokyo he took with Heard and his two children, alleging he had been violent towards Ms Heard in their hotel room and had wrestled her to the floor.

Depp said this was 'incorrect'.

The barrister later said: 'It was a very complex relationship with Ms Heard, there was a lot of anger on one level ... but there was also a very close connection and a very deep love between the two of you.'

Depp replied: 'It felt so at the time, yes. It was complicated.'

Ms Wass asked the star about a pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreement, telling the court that according to Californian divorce laws a wife was entitled to 50 per cent of her husband's wealth.

Depp said: 'She (Heard) was unwilling to sign a pre-nup, my attorneys tried for Ms Heard to sign a post-nuptial agreement, which she said she was fine to do.

'She said she was fine to sign a pre-nup too but it never happened.'

Depp 'assaulted Amber Heard and her sister in his LA penthouse after his ex-wife found out he was cheating on her with an ex-girlfriend'

Depp assaulted Heard and her sister on the staircase of his LA penthouse when his ex-wife found out he was cheating on her, the court heard.

Heard screamed 'f*** you' at her former spouse from a mezzanine floor of the sprawling apartment after learning he was having an affair with an ex-girlfriend, it was said.

Depp allegedly 'chased' his former spouse around the LA property before hurling her onto a bed so forcefully the frame splintered and broke.

It was said he left her bleeding and in 'searing pain' after screaming: 'I will f***ing kill you' during the onslaught.

The actor's private nurse Debbie Lloyd said 'all hell broke loose' after being called to the site with security guard Travis McGivern to restrain the pair, Ms Wass said.

Reading a text from Ms Lloyd to Stephen Deuters dated March 23, Ms Wass said: 'Bad night last night. They got into it and it got violent again. I had to separate them and we are at 80. Jerry aware.'

Six minutes later the nurse allegedly sent a second message: 'I was there at 1..30 to given him a shot he said she was trying to start, he took his meds and went to bed... All hell broke loose.'

Ms Wass said: 'She (Ms Heard) found out you were having an affair.'

Depp replied: 'Well she was quite jealous... I don't know if she found out I was having an affair. I did nothing violent on that staircase apart from possibly try to protect myself,' Depp added.

Ms Wass said the Pirates of the Caribbean star had struck Whitney, Heard's younger sister, when she intervened as he tried to hit her sibling.

'You pushed Whitney out of the way in order to hit Ms Heard and you struck Whitney in the arm,' the lawyer said.

'No ma'am,' came the reply.

'Ms Heard shouted don't hit my sister and Ms Heard then hit you,' Ms Wass said.

'Yes, she did,' Depp said.

Ms Wass said Depp became furious when Heard would 'stand up to' the Hollywood star and maintain eye contact as he flew into a rage.

'She was not simply quiet but she would look you straight in the eye in one of your rages and you would goad her saying: "You think you're a f***ing tough guy?"'

The lawyer said: 'You headbutted her between her eyes on the nose.'

'No ma'am' came the reply.

The 57-year-old actor was cross-examined on the stand by The Sun's lawyer and asked about the trip he took with his ex-wife Heard, 34, in August 2014 - while they were engaged to be married +38

The 57-year-old actor was cross-examined on the stand by The Sun's lawyer and asked about the trip he took with his ex-wife Heard, 34, in August 2014 - while they were engaged to be married

'And she said she was going to call the police if you ever hit her again,' Ms Wass said.

'No ma'am,' Depp repeated.

'She went through your office at PH (Penthouse) 3 and she went through the interconnecting door to PH (Penthouse) 4* You were chasing her,' Ms Wass said.

'No ma'am,' he said.

Referring to a photograph of the splintered bedframe, Ms Wass said: 'It's something that happened when you threw your weight onto Ms Heard when you were assaulting her on the bed.'

'No ma'am,' Depp said.

In a written statement submitted by the defence about the alleged incident, it was said: 'Ms Heard and the Claimant were in their penthouse in Los Angeles.

'The Claimant threw another decanter at her, knocked items around the room and punched the wall. He slapped her hard, grabbed her by her hair, and dragged her through the apartment.

'In the process, the Claimant pulled large chunks of hair and scalp out of Ms Heard's head.

'At the top of the stairs, the Claimant shoved her twice, which made her fear that she would fall.

'Ms Heard told the Claimant that he had broken her wrist in an attempt to get him to stop.

'The Claimant repeatedly hit Ms Heard, knocking her to the floor. Each time Ms Heard was knocked down, she stood back up.

'The Claimant responded by veiling, "Oh, you think you're a fucking tough guy?" He then head-butted her in her face, bashing her nose, which immediately began bleeding and caused her searing pain.