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15 h, may 21, 2019 y - DAILY MAIL Johnny Depp accuses Amber Heard of severing his finger that resulted in contracting MRSA 3 times

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Johnny Depp accuses Amber Heard of severing his finger by hurling a bottle of vodka at him when 'asked to sign a post-nuptial agreement in attack that resulted in actor contracting MRSA three times and nearly losing his life'

By CHRIS SPARGO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Johnny Depp is firing back at his ex-wife Amber Heard in new court papers, claiming that he nearly lost his life to MRSA after she threw a bottle of vodka at him and severed his finger.

One month after the Oscar nominee was hit with new abuse claims by Heard in response to the $50 million defamation lawsuit he filed against the actress, Depp is now detailing the injuries he allegedly suffered at his then-wife's hands.

Court papers obtained by DailyMail.com reveal that Depp claims he severed his finger back in 2015 not because he was partying with friends, but rather because his wife was enraged that his lawyer had asked her to sign a post-nuptial agreement.

Depp alleges that she was so angry she threw bottles at him, claiming one of those bottles hit a marble countertop and exploded, ripping off the tip of his finger in the process.

He also claims he had to undergo multiple surgeries as a result of this attack and contracted MRSA three times, which nearly caused him to lose his life.

JOHNNY SEVERS HIS FINGER: MARCH 2015

HE SAID

'While I was in Australia filming a movie approximately one month after I married Ms. Heard, on a day where my then-lawyer tried to discuss with Ms. Heard the need that she sign a post-nuptial agreement with me, she went berserk and began throwing bottles at me,' reads the filing.

'The first bottle sailed past my head and missed, but then she threw a large glass vodka bottle. The bottle struck the marble countertop where my hand was resting and exploded.'

The filing goes on to state: 'The projectile’s impact shattered the bone in my finger and entirely severed the tip of my finger.'

A photo submitted with the filing show's just how severe the injury was, with Depp clearly missing a large chunk of his finger.

'I had to have 3 surgeries to reconstruct my finger and contracted MRSA three times,' states Depp in his declaration.

'I feared that I would lose my finger, my arm, and my life.'

SHE SAID

Heard had previously claimed in court papers that Depp cut off the tip of his finger during an argument while he was 'drunk and high on ecstasy.'

He was angry at the actress because he believed she had been sleeping with Billy Bob Thornton, according to Heard.

Thornton and Heard both deny that claim.

Depp did not have the finger treated until almost 24 hours after he sliced off the top of the digit, according to Heard, and doctors had to use a flap of skin from his hand to fashion a new tip.

In photos taken a month after the incident when the pair returned to Australia, Depp and Heard are seen getting off a private jet with his finger wrapped in a scarf.

Depp traveled back to the states to have what was described as an on-set injury treated by doctors after the incident.

The film, which initially had a massive production budget of $250million, reportedly went over by $70million, costing $320million in total.

Depp managed to deliver in the end however, with the film grossing $794 million worldwide.

HE SAID

He addressed Heard's claim in his declaration, saying: 'To conceal the fact that her domestic violence against me caused me grievous bodily injury, Ms. Heard has concocted various, shifting, false stories claiming that I cut off my own finger.

'First, in the midst of our divorce case, Ms. Heard caused to be leaked to the media a fake story that I cut off my finger by punching a hole in a wall.

'Now, Ms. Heard has crafted a new, but equally fake, story that I cut off my finger by smashing a plastic phone to smithereens while violently beating her in a “three-day ordeal.

Depp called both these stories false.

Heard's lawyer Eric George responded to Depp's claims in a statement.

'The evidence in this case is clear: Johnny Depp repeatedly beat Amber Heard. The increasingly desperate attempts by Mr. Depp and his enablers to revive his career by initiating baseless litigation against so many people once close to him – his former lawyers, his former managers, and his former spouse – are not fooling anyone,' said George.

'In light of the important work done by the #TimesUp movement highlighting the tactics abusers use to continue to traumatize survivors, neither the creative community nor the public will be gaslit by Mr. Depp’s baseless blame-the-victim conspiracy theories.'

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