Hollywood star Johnny Depp says he asked former wife and actor Amber Heard to cut him with a knife and “take” his blood because it was “the only thing she didn’t have”.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor is suing his ex-wife for defamation relating to a 2018 essay she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse, and though the article doesn’t mention him by name, Depp has argued it refers to allegations she made after they split in 2016.