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"description": "Day 23 opened with orthopedic expert Richard Gilbert testifying that Depp's comminuted finger fracture was consistent with a thrown vodka bottle and highly unlikely to result from wall-punching, before Depp formally rested his rebuttal case and Judge Azcarate denied Heard's renewed motion to strike. Defense digital-forensics expert Julian Ackert rebutted Neumeister's photo-tampering theory by locating original iOS-metadata versions of flagged photos on Heard's devices, but Dennison's cross surfaced two admitted exhibits sharing identical timestamps and filenames yet visually different — an evidentiary discrepancy left unresolved. Rebuttal psychologist Dawn Hughes contested Curry's TSI-2 qualifications and CAPS-5 findings, while Dennison's cross systematically used each instrument's own manual to document protocol deviations across four diagnostic tools. Heard then took the stand on counterclaim damages, describing daily death threats and career losses she attributes to the Waldman statements, before Vasquez's cross exposed contradictions on the TMZ courthouse tip-off, the cabinet video leak, and photo exhibits attributed to conflicting incidents. The day closed with jury instructions finalized, self-defense privilege instructions denied as moot under the actual malice standard, and proffers of excluded evidence — including the Deuters \"he kicked you, he cried\" text message — entered for the record.",
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"publishedAt": "2022-05-26T00:00:00.000Z",
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"title": "Day 23 — Depp v. Heard",
"updatedAt": "2026-06-08T13:28:18.946Z"
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