Disney’s reported USD 300 million supply is ‘made up’, says Johnny Depp’s rep

By IANS

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Johnny Depp has not been supplied an apology deal price $300 million. One of the representatives of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star has denied the existence of any such deal saying, “This is made up,” experiences NBC News.

A media report had earlier stated that after Depp received his defamation go well with towards Amber Heard, Disney supplied the deal plus an apology letter to Depp with the request to return to the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise.

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The NBC News report additional states that Depp, who has performed Captain Jack Sparrow in all of the 5 ‘Pirates’ motion pictures, the newest being the 2017 movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’, has declined to be a part of the franchise regardless of how profitable the supply is. The actor had made the assertion in court docket.

At one level in the course of the trial, Heard’s lawyer Ben Rottenborn requested the actor, “The fact is, Mr Depp, if Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing on this earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film? Correct?”

Depp replied within the affirmative, “That is true, Mr. Rottenborn.”

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A Virginia jury later dominated that Heard was responsible for defaming Depp. The jury awarded $10 million to Depp in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

The Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Penney Azcarate later diminished the punitive damages to $350,000, which is the state’s statutory cap or authorized restrict, making his complete damages lower than $10.4 million.

Back in May, ‘Pirates’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who’s now engaged on two extra movies, was requested if Depp can be again for future initiatives. He advised ‘The Sunday Times’, “Not at this point. The future is yet to be decided.”