Amber Heard to pay USD 1 million to Johnny Depp in authorized settlement

By IANS

LOS ANGELES: Actress Amber Heard pays Hollywood star and former husband Johnny Depp $1 million to settle their long-running authorized battle, wherein every accused the opposite of home violence.

The sum is a big discount from the $8.35 million she was ordered to pay after a six-week trial in Virginia earlier this 12 months. The cost is predicted to come back from her insurance coverage provider, experiences ‘Variety’.

In a press release, Depp’s attorneys mentioned that he would donate the cash to charity. His attorneys have beforehand mentioned that the case was “never about the money” for Depp. In her personal assertion, Heard mentioned she had “lost faith in the American legal system.”

She additionally mentioned that the settlement spares her the ordeal of additional litigation and permits her to lastly “emancipate” herself from their marriage.

Depp initially filed a $50 million defamation declare in opposition to Heard in March 2019 after she revealed an op-ed within the ‘Washington Post’ wherein she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse”.

At the trial, every actor testified for a number of days, revealing lurid particulars of drug abuse and screaming matches. Their testimony was streamed dwell on YouTube and remixed endlessly on TikTok and Facebook.

Heard alleged that Depp repeatedly assaulted her, choked her and as soon as raped her with a liquor bottle. She typically broke down in sobs throughout her testimony.

Depp, in the meantime, alleged that Heard was the aggressor within the relationship, and that he would attempt to retreat every time she turned violent. The couple had made audio recordings of their arguments throughout their marriage, and either side performed clips they’d chosen to attempt to corroborate their accounts.

The seven-person jury dominated in Depp’s favor on three separate claims of defamation, awarding him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The latter sum was knocked all the way down to $350,000 to adjust to a statutory cap.

In a small comfort to Heard, the jury additionally present in her favour in one in all her three counterclaims, discovering Depp accountable for a press release made by his legal professional wherein Heard was accused of perpetrating a “hoax”. Depp was ordered to pay Heard $2 million, leaving a web judgment of $8.35 million in Depp’s favour.

The following month, Heard filed a discover of attraction, along with her legal professional citing “errors” made by the courtroom. However, the “Aquaman” actor has now agreed to withdraw her attraction.

In a press release posted on Instagram asserting the choice, Heard made clear that “There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward” and blasted the US authorized system for turning her testimony into “entertainment and social media fodder”.

She additionally in contrast her expertise of the US authorized system to the UK, the place Depp sued British tabloid The Sun in 2020 for calling him a “wife beater” in an article. Heard was a chief witness for The Sun.

In that case, the choose referred to as the allegations “substantially true” and located in favour of The Sun.

In a press release, representatives for Depp mentioned they had been happy with the result, and emphasised that the jury’s verdict nonetheless stands.

“We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp, who made clear throughout this process that his priority was about bringing the truth to light,” mentioned Depp’s attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez. “The jury’s unanimous decision and the resulting judgement in Mr. Depp’s favour against Ms. Heard remains fully in place. The payment of $1 million – which Mr. Depp is pledging and will (actually) donate to charities – reinforces Ms. Heard’s acknowledgement of the conclusion of the legal system’s rigorous pursuit for justice.”

Heard first levelled her abuse allegations in opposition to Depp in 2016, in the middle of her divorce from the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star. She later obtained $7 million in a settlement and the couple agreed to not communicate of the matter once more, signing non-disparagement and non-disclosure agreements.

LOS ANGELES: Actress Amber Heard pays Hollywood star and former husband Johnny Depp $1 million to settle their long-running authorized battle, wherein every accused the opposite of home violence.

The sum is a big discount from the $8.35 million she was ordered to pay after a six-week trial in Virginia earlier this 12 months. The cost is predicted to come back from her insurance coverage provider, experiences ‘Variety’.

In a press release, Depp’s attorneys mentioned that he would donate the cash to charity. His attorneys have beforehand mentioned that the case was “never about the money” for Depp. In her personal assertion, Heard mentioned she had “lost faith in the American legal system.”

She additionally mentioned that the settlement spares her the ordeal of additional litigation and permits her to lastly “emancipate” herself from their marriage.

Depp initially filed a $50 million defamation declare in opposition to Heard in March 2019 after she revealed an op-ed within the ‘Washington Post’ wherein she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse”.

At the trial, every actor testified for a number of days, revealing lurid particulars of drug abuse and screaming matches. Their testimony was streamed dwell on YouTube and remixed endlessly on TikTok and Facebook.

Heard alleged that Depp repeatedly assaulted her, choked her and as soon as raped her with a liquor bottle. She typically broke down in sobs throughout her testimony.

Depp, in the meantime, alleged that Heard was the aggressor within the relationship, and that he would attempt to retreat every time she turned violent. The couple had made audio recordings of their arguments throughout their marriage, and either side performed clips they’d chosen to attempt to corroborate their accounts.

The seven-person jury dominated in Depp’s favor on three separate claims of defamation, awarding him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The latter sum was knocked all the way down to $350,000 to adjust to a statutory cap.

In a small comfort to Heard, the jury additionally present in her favour in one in all her three counterclaims, discovering Depp accountable for a press release made by his legal professional wherein Heard was accused of perpetrating a “hoax”. Depp was ordered to pay Heard $2 million, leaving a web judgment of $8.35 million in Depp’s favour.

The following month, Heard filed a discover of attraction, along with her legal professional citing “errors” made by the courtroom. However, the “Aquaman” actor has now agreed to withdraw her attraction.

In a press release posted on Instagram asserting the choice, Heard made clear that “There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward” and blasted the US authorized system for turning her testimony into “entertainment and social media fodder”.

She additionally in contrast her expertise of the US authorized system to the UK, the place Depp sued British tabloid The Sun in 2020 for calling him a “wife beater” in an article. Heard was a chief witness for The Sun.

In that case, the choose referred to as the allegations “substantially true” and located in favour of The Sun.

In a press release, representatives for Depp mentioned they had been happy with the result, and emphasised that the jury’s verdict nonetheless stands.

“We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp, who made clear throughout this process that his priority was about bringing the truth to light,” mentioned Depp’s attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez. “The jury’s unanimous decision and the resulting judgement in Mr. Depp’s favour against Ms. Heard remains fully in place. The payment of $1 million – which Mr. Depp is pledging and will (actually) donate to charities – reinforces Ms. Heard’s acknowledgement of the conclusion of the legal system’s rigorous pursuit for justice.”

Heard first levelled her abuse allegations in opposition to Depp in 2016, in the middle of her divorce from the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star. She later obtained $7 million in a settlement and the couple agreed to not communicate of the matter once more, signing non-disparagement and non-disclosure agreements.