Amber Heard to Take the Stand Again As Defamation Trial Against Johnny Depp Winds Down

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Amber Heard is set to take the stand again in her ongoing defamation trial against Johnny Depp.

According to ET Canada, jurors will hear from final witnesses on Thursday (May 26), after which lawyers from each side will present their final arguments. Click inside to read more… Johnny sued Amber in 2019 over an op-ed published in the Washington Post, in which she alluded to allegations she had made against him in the past and said she had become “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Johnny responded with a $50 million dollar claim, though Amber did not name Johnny in the piece or detail any of the alleged abuse.

She subsequently filed a $100 million counterclaim. The Pirates of the Caribbean stars’ legal team began Thursday’s proceedings by calling orthopedic hand surgeon Dr. Richard Gilbert to the stand.

He testified that he thought Johnny‘s wounded finger was severed by a “sharp laceration.” Johnny has claimed he lost the finger when Amber threw a vodka bottle at his hand during an argument in 2015.