David Kipper

“Mr. Depp was seeking treatment for substance abuse and wanted to detoxify from his substance abuse.”

Establishes Depp's voluntary engagement with addiction treatment from the outset, framing subsequent relapse evidence in context.

“There were things on the floor. There were things that had been thrown around, it looked like. There were just things were out of order in that house.”

Kipper's firsthand description of the Australia house condition on March 7, 2015 corroborates a scene consistent with a violent altercation.

“it did look, to me, like there was blood on the wall, not an actual painting.”

Kipper's direct observation of blood on the Australia house wall is a key piece of contemporaneous evidence in the disputed finger-injury incident.

“I did not think he was stable for surgery, and I could not clear him for surgery; and that was what provoked the letter.”

Kipper's medical judgment that Depp was too unstable — due to continued substance use — to safely undergo finger reconstruction underscores the severity of his noncompliance in March 2015.

“You can't separate those two issues. They're not two distinct issues.”

Kipper resists framing his February 2016 concern as purely medical, acknowledging substance-use oversight was intertwined with general health management.

“Yes, of course.”

Kipper confirms Depp's counsel discussed the substantive issues of his testimony during pre-deposition contact, not merely scheduling.

“No, never.”

Direct denial that Kipper ever witnessed Depp physically abuse Heard during the years he treated both.

“Yes. I went in to instruct one of the people with him to look for the tip of the finger, hoping that we would be able to put it back.”

Establishes the purpose and limited scope of Kipper's entry into the Australia house the day of the finger injury.

“There was blood around the home, as I have previously mentioned, but I didn't specifically see blood on glass.”

Confirms physical chaos at the Australia house while drawing a narrow distinction — blood was present but not specifically on the broken glass in the kitchen.

“Never.”

Kipper's categorical answer when asked whether he had ever witnessed Depp be physically abusive to any person across six-plus years of treating him.

“That's what he told - because I was present for that, that's what he told the emergency room doctor.”

Kipper personally witnessed Depp tell the ER doctor he sliced his finger with a knife — no mention of a bottle.

“Yes, if they saw that as valid Ms. Heard, for example, if somebody hurt Ms. Heard while she was under the care of -- direct care of Ms. Boerum, and Ms. Boerum documented that Ms. Heard had been injured, she certainly would have reported that to me.”

Establishes that Boerum's silence implies she received no reportable evidence of Heard's injuries.

“Other than the summary notes, no.”

Confirms the absence of detailed contemporaneous records from the Australia visit, limiting the documentary trail.

“I believe so.”

Kipper's qualified affirmation that Lloyd heard Depp's explanation of the finger injury positions her as a corroborating witness to that account.