KEY POINTS
- Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s authorized battle ended after the latter determined to settle
- The actor’s legal professionals stated they had been happy to formally shut the painful chapter in Depp’s life
- Depp’s authorized counsel added that the jury’s unanimous determination favored Depp remained absolutely in place
Johnny Depp received his reality, and that was what he solely needed in his authorized battle towards his ex-wife, Amber Heard, based on a report.
On Monday, the “Aquaman” star took to Instagram and launched an announcement to replace followers about her authorized battle with Depp. She agreed to pay her ex-husband $1 million to finish the lawsuit.
Depp’s authorized counsel, Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez, appeared aware of Heard by releasing an announcement after she introduced her determination to settle.
“We’re happy to formally shut the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp, who made it clear all through this course of that his precedence was about bringing the reality to gentle,” they stated in an announcement to Individuals.
The legal professionals additionally harassed that the June 1 verdict favoring Depp has remained “absolutely in place,” and Heard’s determination to pay the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star served as her settlement to how the defamation case was concluded.
“The jury’s unanimous determination and the ensuing judgment in Mr. Depp’s favor towards Ms. Heard remained absolutely in place,” they added. “The cost of $1 million — which Mr. Depp is pledging and can (really) donate to charities — reinforces Ms. Heard’s acknowledgment of the conclusion of the authorized system’s rigorous pursuit for justice.”
Nevertheless, Heard clarified in her assertion on Instagram that “after an excessive amount of deliberation,” the choice to settle was “tough” and was by no means her selection.
“It is vital for me to say that I by no means selected this,” she wrote. “I defended my reality, and in doing so, my life, as I knew it, was destroyed.”
“This isn’t an act of concession. There are not any restrictions or gags with respect to my voice transferring ahead,” she added. “I made this determination having misplaced religion within the American authorized system, the place my unprotected testimony is served as leisure and social media feeder.”
Heard added that she couldn’t “re-live” the humiliation and undergo one other trial for the third time. She determined to spend her time productively and purposefully.
“In settingtling this case, I’m additionally selecting the liberty to dedicate my time to the work that helped me heal after my divorce; work that exists in realms n which I really feel seen, heard and believed in, and wherein I do know I can have an effect on modifications.”
Heard expressed his intention to attraction the decision in June, weeks after Depp’s main authorized win. The jury awarded the “Implausible Beasts” star $15 million in damages, which later was diminished to $10.35 million, after discovering out that Heard defamed him in her 2018 Washington Publish op-ed.
“As acknowledged in yesterday’s congressional hearings, you do not ask for an pardon in case you are harmless. And, you do not decline to attraction if you recognize you might be proper,” her spokesperson stated in an announcement to Leisure Tonight.
On the time, authorized professional Julie Rendelman stated that submitting an attraction could be pricey. An nameless supply informed ET that the “London Fields” actress was “not in place and was fearful typically and financially talking.”
Because of Heard’s determination to attraction, Depp additionally determined to attraction the $2 million payout awarded to her for her countersuit.
“Mr. Depp ended up submitting his personal attraction, in order that the courtroom may have the complete file,” Vasquez stated of why his shopper determined to attraction the decision. “And [Heard] insists on persevering with to litigate this matter, and we’ve to guard our shopper’s curiosity,” Vasquez stated on “CBS Mornings.”
In November, Depp’s group filed an attraction, arguing that the counterclaim was “misguided” and Depp shouldn’t be held chargeable for feedback made by his legal professional, Adam Waldman.
“Mr. Waldman is an impartial contractor, whose alleged tortious conduct just isn’t mechanically attributable to Mr. Depp,” and “no proof of Mr. Waldman’s precise malice was offered at trial” by Heard’s group.
“Ms. Heard offered no proof at trial that Mr. Depp was personally concerned in directing or making any of the three Waldman Statements. Certainly, Mr. Depp testified that he had by no means even seen the Waldman Statements previous to the submitting of the Counterclaim in August of 2020,” the paperwork acknowledged.
