(Oddly, even though Depp accuses Heard of concocting a web of lies to paint him as an abuser, both sides do agree on one thing: Depp proceeded to use the resulting blood, mixed with paint, to write messages to Heard on the walls of their home.)

When the bottle exploded, it mangled his finger. This was, she asserts, just one particularly harrowing instance of a long-term pattern of abuse by Depp.ĭepp contends this is a fabrication and asserts that Heard threw a full vodka bottle at him while he rested his hand on their mantel. The actress Amber Heard, Depp’s former wife, contends that while they lived together in Australia, Depp violently choked her with one hand while banging a plastic phone against the wall. Precisely how the fingertip was removed from Depp has been a thorny issue for nearly half a decade now, and the subject of several highly publicized legal battles.

It’s a sign of the times that Johnny Depp’s severed fingertip can provide a pretty important lesson about the state of democracy.

Never back down amber heard