April 20 (UPI) -- Actor Johnny Depp testified Wednesday that his finger was severed after ex-wife Amber Heard threw a bottle of vodka at him during an argument in 2015.
During the second day of his testimony in his defamation lawsuit against her in Virginia, the Oscar-nominated actor said Heard initiated their fights and was sometimes suicidal afterward.
"She has a need for conflict, she has a need for violence. It erupts out of nowhere."
Depp testified he sought medical help in 2015 after a fight turned violent.
"She threw the large bottle and it made contact and shattered everywhere. Then I looked down and realized that my tip of my finger had been severed."
Depp said Heard would drink heavily and do illicit drugs while he was trying to get sober. And she would even threaten to kill herself when he would try to end their fights.
Depp testified Tuesday that he never assaulted Heard during their arguments. "Never did I myself reach the point of striking Ms. Heard in any way, nor have I ever struck any woman in my life."
Depp is suing his former wife of two years after she wrote a 2018 Washington Post op-ed about her experiences with abuse. Heard wrote that she became the "public figure representing domestic abuse" following allegations during the couple's 2017 divorce. Heard never mentioned Depp by name and is countersuing for $100 million.
The televised trial for the former couple began on April 11 in Fairfax County and could last for six weeks.
