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My goal is the truth, he said.
I am obsessed with the truth.
He described their heightened arguments as circular with no way in or out.
The fights and arguments escalated to become violent, he said.
If I stayed to argue, eventually I was sure it was going to escalate into violence.
Oftentimes, it did.
His father, John Christopher Depp, eventually left them.
He eventually went through withdrawal during his relationship with Heard, Depp said in his first day of testimony.
Depp continued to explain his relationship with substances on day two of testimony.
The conversation shifted to allegations of Depp striking Heard, apparently over a tattoo.
I have never struck Ms. Heard, he said.
Then came the bloody severed-finger story.
Depp detailed the alleged assault, which has become a flash point of his abuse allegations against Heard.
First of all, I felt no pain whatsoever, Depp said.
Blood, he said, was just pouring out.
Depp felt as close to having a nervous breakdown as he had ever felt.
His attorneys admitted several graphic photos into evidence showing the injury.
Another image shows a close-up of his finger, which appears to have a large chunk missing.
Postproduction had to find a way to edit out his injury.
Thats how we finished the film.
Depp continued to detail Heards alleged abuse after the lunch break.
Several weeks after the finger incident, Depp said that she struck him with a roundhouse punch.
Another time, Depp claimed Heard falsely accused him of headbutting her while he was trying to defend himself.
As Depp described these allegations, Heard appeared to be holding back tears at certain points.
Depp demonstrated his defensive moves with his hands while on the witness stand.
Heard harangued him, Depp claimed, resulting in an altercation afterward in their bedroom.
Go ahead, hit me, he claimed to have told her.
On the stand, Depp made a punching motion and exclaimed, Bam!
And I just said: Is that what you wanted?
Or would you like another one?
Depp made the punching gesture again.
He confided in some longtime friends such asTim Burton,Alice Cooper, and Joe Perry.
It was hard to understand whether Depps testimony and the trial was anything more than a nihilistic exercise.
In the end, it doesnt matter whether Depp instigated violence or Heard did.
Heard, you also attacked Johnny.
Were not going to award anything, said Rahmani.
Or Were going to award a nominal amount.
Clearly, this is consistent with the evidence these two were violent with respect to one another.
This is a developing story and will be updated throughout.
