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Amber Heard to Pay $1 Million to Johnny Depp in Settlement of Legal Battle

January 27th, 2023     12:47 pm

Amber Heard will pay Johnny Depp $1 million to settle their long-running legal battle, in which each accused the other of domestic violence.

The sum is a significant reduction from the $8.35 million she was ordered to pay after a six-week trial in Virginia earlier this year. The payment is expected to come from her insurance carrier.

In a statement, Depp’s attorneys said that he would donate the money to charity. His attorneys have previously said that the case was “never about the money” for Depp. In her own statement, Heard said she had “lost faith in the American legal system.” She also said that the settlement spares her the ordeal of further litigation and allows her to finally “emancipate” herself from their marriage.

Depp originally filed a $50 million defamation claim against Heard in March 2019 after she published an op-ed in the Washington Post in which she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”

At the trial in Fairfax, Va., each actor testified for several days, revealing lurid details of drug abuse and screaming matches. Their testimony was streamed live on YouTube and remixed endlessly on TikTok and Facebook. Heard alleged that Depp repeatedly assaulted her, choked her and once raped her with a liquor bottle. She often broke down in sobs during her testimony.

Depp, meanwhile, alleged that Heard was the aggressor in the relationship, and that he would try to retreat whenever she became violent. The couple had made audio recordings of their arguments during their marriage, and each side played clips they had selected to try to corroborate their accounts.

The seven-person jury ruled 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 down to $350,000 to comply with a statutory cap.

In a small consolation to Heard, the jury also found in her favor on one of her three counterclaims, finding Depp liable for a statement made by his attorney in which Heard was accused of perpetrating a “hoax.” Depp was ordered to pay Heard $2 million, leaving a net judgment of $8.35 million in Depp’s favor.

The following month, Heard filed a notice of appeal, with her attorney citing “errors” made by the court. However, the “Aquaman” actor has now agreed to withdraw her appeal.

In a statement posted on Instagram announcing the decision, Heard made clear that “There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward” and blasted the U.S. legal system for turning her testimony into “entertainment and social media fodder.”

She also compared her experience of the U.S. legal system to the U.K., where 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 judge called the allegations “substantially true” and found in favor of The Sun.

In a statement, representatives for Depp said they were pleased with the outcome, and emphasized that the jury’s verdicts still 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,” said Depp’s attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez. “The jury’s unanimous decision and the resulting judgement in Mr. Depp’s favor against Ms. Heard remain 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 leveled her abuse allegations against Depp in 2016, in the course of her divorce from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star. She later received $7 million in a settlement and the couple agreed not to speak of the matter again, signing non-disparagement and non-disclosure agreements.

Read Heard’s full statement below:

“After a great deal of deliberation I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought against me by my ex-husband in Virginia.

It’s important for me to say that I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed. The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimized when they come forward. Now I finally have an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms I can agree to. I have made no admission, this is not an act of concession. There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward.

I make this decision having lost faith in the American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder.

When I took before a judge in the U.K., I was vindicated by a robust, impartial and fair system, where I was protected from having to give the worst moments of my testimony in front of the worlds media, and where the court found that I was subjected to domestic and sexual violence. In the U.S., however, I exhausted almost all my resources in advance of and during a trial in which I was subject to a courtroom in which abundant, direct evidence that corroborated my testimony was excluded and in which popularity and power mattered more than reason and due process. In the interim I was exposed to a type of humiliation that I simply cannot re-live. Even if my U.S. appeal is successful, the best outcome would be a re-trial where a new jury would have to consider the evidence age. I simply cannot go through that for a third time.

Time is precious, and I want to spend my time productively and purposefully. For too many years I have been caged in an arduous and expensive legal process, which has shown itself unable to protect me and my right to free speech. I cannot afford to risk an impossible bill – one that is not just financial but also psychological, physical and emotional. Women shouldn’t have to face abuse or bankruptcy for speaking her truth, but unfortunately it is not uncommon.

In settling this case I’m also choosing the freedom to dedicate my time to the work that helped me heal after my divorce; work that exists in realms in which I feel seen, heard and believed and in which I know I can effect change.

I will not be threatened, disheartened, or dissuaded by what happened from speaking the truth. No one can and no one will take that from me. My voice forever remains the most valuable asset I have.

I’d like to thank my outstanding appellate and original trial teams for their relentless hard work. I want to thank everyone who has supported me and I turn my attention to the growing support that I felt and seen publicly in the months since trial, and the efforts have been made to show solidarity with my story. Any survivor knows that the ability to tell their story often feels like the only relief. I cannot find enough words to tell you the hope your belief in me inspires. Not just for me, but for all of you.

Thank you. See you soon.”

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Amber Heard becomes Google most searched celebrity in 2022

November 25th, 2022     3:04 am

Amber Heard has become the most searched celebrity in 2022, leaving Johnny Depp behind.

According to the Hollywood news website CelebTattler, the 36-year-old actor has topped the list with an average of 5.6 million searches per month in the US.

Johnny, on the other hand, ranked second on the list with 5.5 million monthly searches.

CelebTattler told The NY Post in a statement, “This year has certainly not been lacking when it comes to celebrity news stories, whether it be Elon Musk taking over Twitter or the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ behind the scenes drama.”

Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk, Tom Brady, Pete Davidson, and the late Queen Elizabeth II were also on the list.

The late monarch got 4.3 million Google queries every month for the entire year.

Amber Heard for ‘Aquaman’ Female Lead

January 27th, 2016     2:28 pm

Hello everyone! It seems that Amber Heard is in talks to star in upcoming DC movie’s ‘Aquaman‘, according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. You can read an article from Variety below about this news. Amber could star opposite Jason Momoa as the female lead in this movie. Are you excited about this news ?

Amber Heard is in talks to join the cast of WB’s “Justice League” pic as the love interest of Jason Momoa’s Aquaman, sources close to the project tell Variety. Insiders go on to add that she would not only appear in “Justice League” but would also co-star with Momoa in the studio’s standalone pic that currently has James Wan on board to direct.

If a deal does close, Heard would join an ensemble that already includes Momoa, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot and Ezra Miller, all of whom are expected to make some sort of appearance in “Dawn of Justice” before reprising their roles in “Justice League,” which is set to bow on Nov. 17, 2017. Production is set to begin this April with Zack Snyder directing from a script by Chris Terrio.

Heard would be playing Mera, an undersea queen who eventually marries Aquaman in the comics. The role would mark Heard’s first venture into the comic book realm and comes on the heels of one of her busiest years. She appeared in “Magic Mike XXL,” “The Danish Girl” and “The Adderall Diaries” in 2015.

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp : Just Married!

February 6th, 2015     10:40 am

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp officialy get married in a secret ceremony at Depp’s West Hollywood home, in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, February 3rd. They will next jet off to his private island in the Bahamas for a second service. You can read more about this news below. Are you happy for them ?

They just couldn’t wait! Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have officially tied the knot, sources reveal to Us Weekly. The couple decided to say “I do” just days before their scheduled ceremony in the Bahamas.

“It will be a really simple ceremony,” a source previously told Us of the tropical getaway. “Things are in a great place with them.” Depp, 51, and Heard, 28, met on the set of Rum Diary in 2009 and began dating in 2011. Us confirmed in January 2014 that they got engaged, with Depp confirming the news himself that March. “The fact that I’m wearing a chick’s ring on my finger is probably a dead giveaway,” the actor said of his own diamond ring (via Associated Press) on March 31. “Not very subtle.” An insider added to Us that the ring Depp gave Heard was “too big for her, so he started wearing it.”

Amidst the happy news, Depp and the Magic Mike XXL actress celebrated their engagement party at the Carondelet House in L.A. Heard wore a “vintage dressy” ensemble at the intimate bash as they were feted by famous pals like Steven Tyler, Mandy Moore, Marilyn Manson, and Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer. This is the first marriage for Amber Heard and the second for Depp. The Yoga Hosers actor was married to makeup artist Lori Allison from 1983 to 1986. He also shares daughter Lily-Rose, 15, and son Jack, 12, with ex Vanessa Paradis, whom he split from in 2012 after 14 years together.

Source : US Weekly

Amber Heard to join Tom Hooper’s upcoming Movie ?

December 8th, 2014     11:01 am

Here is a great news! According to Deadline, It seems that Amber is in talk to join british Oscar-winning The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper‘s upcoming movie : ‘The Danish Girl’. She could plays the strong supporting role of Oola. Below you can read more information about this new project.

She will star opposite Eddie Redmayne as Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe, an artist who was among the first to ever undergo sexual reassignment surgery. Alicia Vikander will play his wife Gerda Wegener, while Heard is being courted for the role of Oola. Hooper will work from a script by Lucinda Coxon, adapting the 2001 novel by David Ebershoff.

The book is officially described as follows: Inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has canceled, and would he mind slipping into a pair of women’s shoes and stockings for a few moments so she can finish the painting on time. Of course, he answers. Anything at all. With that, one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.

Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce alongside Hooper and Pretty Pictures’ Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman.

Source: comingsoon.net.