The process between Amber Heard (36) and Johnny Depp (58) goes into the next round after a break. Things weren’t looking good for the actress on Monday, however, as she was convicted of lying. Particularly difficult: she lied under oath.
Amber Heard received a $7 million divorce settlement from Johnny Depp. At the time, she announced that she would donate the sum to a children’s hospital in Los Angeles (USA) and to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The actress has now admitted under interrogation that she never paid the ACLU the promised $3.5 million.
“I can’t keep my promise if he sues me”
That’s exactly what the actress had presented as a fact several times in previous years. In 2018, for example, Heard said on the Dutch talk show “RTL Late Night”: “A total of seven million were donated. I split it between the ACLU and Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. I didn’t want any of his money.” In 2020, she said the same thing in her affidavit in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against The Sun in London.
As it turns out, that’s not true. ACLU Chief Financial Officer Terence Dougherty testified on the witness stand that only four donations totaling $1.3 million had been made in Amber Heard’s name. $350,000 is said to have been transferred directly from the actress. There was also a $100,000 donation from Johnny Depp. The ACLU also received $350,000 and $500,000 through two funds. Dougherty suspects that these amounts come from Tesla founder Elon Musk (50). He dated her after Heard’s divorce from Depp.
Heard was combative when asked about it by her own lawyer: “I was never interested in Johnny’s money. But I can’t keep my promise if he sues me.” According to her own statement, she has already paid six million dollars in legal fees.
New allegations of violence against Johnny Depp
The “Acquaman” actress has again accused her ex-husband of violent behavior. Depp hit her in an Orient Express carriage on their honeymoon in 2015, Heard said in the Fairfax County Court, Virginia. He also grabbed her neck so hard that she thought he might kill her, she said.
As on previous days of the trial, Depp listened almost motionless to what his ex-wife said from a few meters away. He avoided eye contact, keeping his head down most of the time. In his own four-day testimony on the witness stand, Depp denied under oath that he ever hit Heard. There was a dispute in their relationship, the actor admitted during the process. Heard, in turn, had a “need for violence,” he said to his ex-wife. (cth/bsn/SDA)
The case of Johnny Depp against Amber Heard
Johnny Depp has sued Amber Heard, to whom he was married between 2015 and 2017, for $50 million in damages. The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star has accused his ex-wife of damaging his career with false allegations of domestic violence. The background is an article for the “Washington Post” from 2018, in which Heard described himself as a victim of domestic violence without naming Depp.
Heard has responded with a counterclaim against the Hollywood star, demanding $100 million in damages. She accuses the actor of “unbridled physical violence”. Both lawsuits are at issue in the Fairfax, Virginia, lawsuit.
The former couple had previously faced each other at a trial in London in 2020. At the time, Depp sued the British tabloid The Sun, which had described him as a “wife bully”. Heard testified as a witness, Depp was defeated in the process. (AFP)
Johnny Depp has sued Amber Heard, to whom he was married between 2015 and 2017, for $50 million in damages. The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star has accused his ex-wife of damaging his career with false allegations of domestic violence. The background is an article for the “Washington Post” from 2018, in which Heard described himself as a victim of domestic violence without naming Depp.
Heard has responded with a counterclaim against the Hollywood star, demanding $100 million in damages. She accuses the actor of “unbridled physical violence”. Both lawsuits are at issue in the Fairfax, Virginia, lawsuit.
The former couple had previously faced each other at a trial in London in 2020. At the time, Depp sued the British tabloid The Sun, which had described him as a “wife bully”. Heard testified as a witness, Depp was defeated in the process. (AFP)