The million-dollar lawsuit between ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, whom he met on the set of the movie ‘The Rum Diary’ with which they co-starred in 2011 and divorced after nearly two years of marriage, was concluded on 1 June. .
WILL PAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COMPENSATION
In the unanimous decision, the Jury decided that Heard had slandered his ex-wife Depp and that Heard must pay Depp an additional $5 million in compensatory damages to cover the actor’s losses, in addition to the $10 million in punitive damages. However, the figure was later reduced from $5 million to $350,000, which is the state of Virginia’s limit for such compensation.
In addition, the jurors did not believe Heard’s statements regarding his marriage and ruled that Heard had acted in “bad faith”, deciding that his allegations had tarnished not only Depp but other people as well.
The jury accepted one of the charges that Herad also defamed Depp’s lawyer, and decided that Depp should pay Heard $2 million in damages.
“I LOVE HIM”
Following the end of the eventful lawsuit, he recently published a portion of the interview of the actress, who spoke to Savannah Guthrie for the first time on the Today Show. During the interview, Heard talked about his feelings for his ex-wife.
When asked by Guthrie if he stood by an earlier statement that he ‘still loves’ Depp, Heard replied:
“Yes, absolutely. I love him. I loved Johnny with all my heart and tried my best to manage a deeply damaged relationship. But I couldn’t. I have no bad feelings or bad intentions for him.”
“IF YOU HAVE BLUE FACE, IT’S FAKE”
However, although the actress admitted that she ‘loved’ her ex-spouse, she once again repeated the actor’s allegations that she was violent towards her during their relationship and responded to rumors that the bruises on her face were ‘fake’.
The famous name said, “They think: if there is a bruise on the face, if there is a wound; it is fake. If they do not exist, then you are lying; you have not been subjected to violence.”
While the actress admitted that she might not look particularly ‘cute’ in court or in the public eye, she also suggested that this played a role in the final decision of the jury, adding, “I’m not a good ‘victim’, I get it. I’m not a cute, perfect victim. But when I testified, the jury judged me as a human being. I wanted him to see it,” he said.
Speaking about a message Depp sent and read out in court, where the actor ‘swore’ that Heard would be subjected to ‘global humiliation’, Amber Heard also said she felt her ex-husband ‘fulfilled’ this oath.
HE SAID HE DONATE
Heard announced that he would donate 3.5 million dollars of the $ 7 million he received as compensation after his divorce from Depp, to the ACLU (American Human Rights Association), and said that he did not want the actor’s money.
The famous name, in a television program in 2018, used the expressions, “I donated half of the 7 million dollars to the ACLU and half to the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital.” Due to the disagreement with Depp in 2020, he took an oath at the hearing in England and stated that he donated all the money.
However, the actress, during the hearings, by giving statements to refute these words in the court; She said she hadn’t kept her promises to charities yet and said, “Because Johnny sued me for $50 million.”
“I PROMISED”
When asked about the donations he said made by Guthrie, Heard said he still plans to make those payments; however, he stressed that he never wanted to make it look like it was ‘already done’ before. The famous name said, “I promised to donate, and this promise will be fulfilled in time due to its nature,” the famous name said, when asked if he thought the jury was lying about this, he replied:
“I don’t know… I feel like a lot of these hearings are done to hurt who I am and my credibility as a person, to call me a ‘liar’ in every way.”
“ATTORNEY TEAM REVIEWED THE ARTICLE”
Amber Heard insisted that her article on domestic violence was never intended to destroy Depp’s career. “I knew it was important that I didn’t turn this into something about Johnny,” the actress said, adding that a team of attorneys reviewed the article, which did not mention Depp before it was published, to make sure she wouldn’t be accused of ‘slandering’ her ex-wife.
“I DID THE RIGHT THING”
Heard also expressed concern that, despite being convicted, he could be prosecuted once again by Depp for repeating his allegations of violence on television, and acknowledged that he thought the public trials were intended to ‘silence’ him; however, he said he would continue to ‘stand by the truth’ and his statements:
“No matter what I do, what I say, or how I say it, I fear that every step I take will create another opportunity for this kind of ‘silencing’. And I guess that’s what a defamation lawsuit should be made of – to have your voice on you. No matter what, my story has meaning. “I think it will express itself. I did the right thing. I did everything I could to defend myself and the truth.”
“I WILL BE A FULL TIME MOTHER”
When asked about her future plans, Heard said her sole focus will be on parenting her one-year-old daughter, Oonagh Paige, who was born through a surrogate in April 2021. “I will be a full-time mother without having to deal with constant calls from lawyers.”
The actress did not talk about whether she will return to the screens.
CAMILLE VASQUEZ TO REPRESENT DEPP AGAIN
On the other hand, Camille Vasquez, who gained a great reputation after the hearings, will once again act as the lawyer of Johnny Depp, who will appear in court again on charges of assaulting Gregg ‘Rocky’ Brooks in 2017.
Depp is being sued for “maliciously” punching him in the ribs twice before telling Brooks that he would “pay $100,000 to punch him in the face” while filming ‘City of Lies’.
HEALING IS ON JULY 25
Brooks also claimed that the actor’s ‘intoxication and anger had created a hostile, abusive and unsafe work environment’ which eventually resulted in him being attacked by Depp during filming of the film. Gregg Brooks said he was fired from the movie when he refused to sign a paper waiving his right to sue over the incident.
However, Depp claims his actions were self-defense and says Brooks “provoked” others.
The trial will begin on July 25, nearly two months after Depp won his defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife.