Expert Witness For Amber Heard Challenges Johnny Depp’s Claim Of How He Severed His Finger In 2015

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The sixth week of Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation trial began with an expert witness, an orthopedic surgeon who cast doubt on the actor’s claim of how he severed his finger in March, 2015, forcing a delay on the set of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie.Depp claimed that during an argument with Amber Heard in their rented home in Australia, he severed his finger when she threw a large vodka bottle at him.But Dr.

Richard Moore, an orthopedic surgeon who said he has performed thousands of hand surgeries in his career, said that Depp’s injury was “not consistent” with what the actor described.

Depp had said that his hand had been on the edge of the bar, but Moore raised doubts. He noted that there was not a record of cuts to other parts of Depp’s hand.

Moore also said that, if Depp’s hand was face down on the edge of the bar, it would have caused injury to the nail. But photos show an injury below the nail.“If a bottle struck the nail, there certainly would have been an injury to the nail bed,” Moore said.