We learned yesterday that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard had finally settled their divorce case and more. Amber dropped her domestic violence restraining order, they released a carefully-worded joint statement and Amber is getting $7 million (she claims she’ll donate some or all of it to charity). What followed in the wake of the announcement was a series of interesting “analysis” pieces about why the statement was so carefully worded, etc. People Mag had a decent piece – go here to read. E! News also got an exclusive with an unnamed source about why Amber chose to settle:
After several months of highly publicized drama surrounding the pair, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard reached a settlement in their divorce as the actor agreed to pay his former wife $7 million. The question remains: Why did Amber decide to settle? Well, an insider tells E! News, “Amber was happy to settle because she wanted everything to be over. It’s taken a toll on her, her family and her friends in a very emotional way.”
Our source also said Johnny wanted the settlement from the start. “Johnny did not want to go to trial. Since Amber filed the restraining order J.D. had hoped things would settle… Initially, being the stubborn people they are, they both didn’t want to give in to each other’s requests. For a long time Amber lived with a lot of hurt and had been deeply affected by J.D.’s behavior, but chose not to say anything. Whenever something would happen, he’d apologize, and they’d move on. Johnny never wanted the world to know any of this.”
Now that they’ve reached a settlement and can both move on, the source said, “Amber hopes Johnny will get the help he needs and wishes him the best.”
I do think Amber was prepared to go to trial on this, not out of stubbornness, but out of necessity. Depp brushed off her attempts at settlement from the start and he believed he could gaslight her and destroy her publicly and not pay her anything. So I do feel proud of Amber that she was able to stand up to not only Johnny Depp, but all of the people around Depp who made it their mission to paint in her a terrible light.
Meanwhile, Amber’s lawyers Samantha Spector and Joseph Koenig issued a statement after the news of the settlement, saying: “We are very pleased that this matter has been settled and Amber has been vindicated in the Court of Public Opinion. The case was incredibly challenging and demanding on everyone involved, but mostly on Amber who showed great grace and strength under fire. It was an honor to represent her. “ Except that just hours later, they had to take it back and say that their statement was “made without the knowledge or approval of Amber Heard” and “The statement is untrue and we retract it, without qualification. My assertion that Amber Heard has been vindicated in the court of public opinion is not true. We regret the error and apologize to Johnny Depp.” Thankfully, it won’t affect the settlement deal.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Omg that stroke ego retraction SUCKS and proves exactly how much power JD still has in this settlement.
It’s completely unprofessional of her lawyers to make statements without her knowledge.
I understood it to be that was the statement agreed to upon Amber and then taken to task by Johnnys team.
Either way it still sucks.
Deliberate and planned, methinks!
Like putting something on Twitter and then deleting it as an ‘error’. Sure.
Exactly, we can’t Unhear it…Also topical aside: I Do NOT understand the mentality of these women that keep raising the Perfect Victimhood Bar on this Chick pic, vids, more pics, hop in one leg, Visible bruise, Shoulda asked for more money, Less Money (I guess the purer you are the less inclined you are to ..live well? Idk?) Now a woman that clearly has been beat, is definitely outmatched in income and hired guns was supposed to stay in the fray, bleeding money into legal fees and keep having people continually malign her for the good of it all?? to be more believed when some of yall believe she has lied about this whole thing off the rip?? Come ON son, TBH I Hope they gave her More money and that she donates whatever she damned well pleases and then she can take a Vacation to Fiji, Schupth Two sexy Islanders that shower and then go on and live a rich Blackballed from Hollywood Ranch Dog rescue somewhere!
‘I Do NOT understand the mentality of these women that keep raising the Perfect Victimhood Bar on this Chick’…
IKR? It’s a crazy world isn’t it? But then I have often thought that sometimes, women are the ones who let women down the most.
QQ- Exactly! She can’t win no matter what. It’s like the old song “can’t please everyone so you gotta please yourself.” The comments of some have made me question our society, the unrealistic expectations we put on others and lack of empathy. I hope these commenters are different in their ‘real’ life….. I’m glad Amber kept her eye on the prize- getting him to (even sort of) admit to what he did & get something that she deserves (although 7 mill is not a lot when I think of the damage to her career). I really hope she is on a beach somewhere sipping something sweet & delicious. Add rescued puppies and that’s even better!
Well the thing is, they probably hammered a lot of language during the settlement – about what can and cannot be said. Her attys did a “opps my bad thing” and they were called on it because in all likelihood it violated the terms of the settlement.
Not team Depp but in terms of the legal aspect of the case, you follow the terms of what you agreed on. It’s sort of unprofessional of those attorneys.
IMO that retraction is idiotic. “Vindicated in the court of public opinion” is subjective. Unless they’re barred from even mentioning the case, I can’t imagine the lawyers’ statement, however inappropriate, would violate any binding agreement.
I’m glad she will be able to move on with her life: this all must have been hell.
And while 7 million is a lot for sure, I had really hoped she would get more, and somehow that the truth would come out in in a way that people would have to pay attention. In the end, I feel like most people will just think he paid her off and that she made it up for money, and he’ll continue on as the rich, spoiled, abusive jackass he always was and that makes me sad.
She said she wishes the best for him. Hopefully he’ll get help for his alcohol-fuelled violence as she said he was always sweet and gentle when sober. It’s sad what addiction does to people.
There is a legal limit to how much she can get. Deep did not do much work during their marriage and she would only be entitled to half his earnings for the 18 months they were married. She would not be entitled to the hundreds of millions he already had before she married him. She probably ended up with about what she was due legally
I thought I had read that actually in that time he had earned much more – but I could be wrong
@sNAZZY – he earned much more than that but you have to subtract taxes, living costs, expenses etc etc. so the $7 million is right about exactly what she would have gotten in any event.
Her lawyers really are terrible.
They lost their client millions and they can’t even write 3 sentences.
@TommyGirl –
Your comment made me LOL.
Bingo!!! And the other thing is I agree with the headline. Amber stopped it cause she was tired of it. I don’t think that she was doing it out of necessity anymore. Obviously, Johnny and her weren’t even in the same country for most of this separation, not sure he was that much of a threat to her now. It is better to just be done with it and move on. Public opinion is where it is now, and once the publicity dies down, both of them will be better off career wise. The public has the attention span of a gnat. Hopefully her Aquaman part will help her career wise. If her lawyers were smart they would have foreseen this at the very beginning. Told her to be quiet ask for a reasonable amount, probably 10-20 mill more than she got. In return no bad publicity for Johnny. It is what they should have done if they were not going to go after him for the Domestic violence attack, but her lawyers stink.
This statement from her lawyers back in May cannot have helped when negotiating the financial settlement:
“Amber is simply a victim of domestic violence, and none of her actions are motivated by money. Amber is a brave and financially independent woman who is showing the courage of her convictions by doing the right thing against Johnny’s relentless army of lawyers and surrogates.”
“Amber has been vindicated in the Court of Public Opinion”
True dat. I can see why Depp wants that scrubbed off the public record but doesnt make it less true, dear.
She most certainly has. We now all know he batters women. I rather suspect that is what Amber wanted the world to know or at the very least be aware of.
She was saying….’look at your ‘zero’……look long and hard at this thing you worship’.
I respectfully disagree.
She should have filed for divorce, then forget about the divorce proceedings, and focus on her criminal allegations in a criminal procedure.
She dropped all allegations and retracted the restraining order to get the money (according to the settlement, she can never refile the accusation of violence on the 21th of May). She should have forget about the money and those phoney lawyers, and instead focusing on getting her right as a victim of domestic violence.
She did not.
She dismissed the case of domestic violence, and the restraining order to get a cash settlement.
That is not the action of a victim with her financial means.
Really @Calm? Because she was treated sooooo respectfully as a victim by the public, by Depp and his lawyers… so if she chooses not to continue with that clusterwhoops she’s NOT a victim?
Got it. OK. Whatever. Hope you never find yourself the victim of a crime – you might not even realize it happened. Fool.
@ Calm
Yeah….if you say so……
@Calm, someone that’s been a victim of abuse is pretty much gaslighted during interrogations for a deposition and on the stand during a trial. THEY are put on trial just as much if not more than their assailants. There is the effects of having been abused, having to live with that abuse for however long it happened, having to recover from it after, but then having to relive it and be grilled about it during a trial. I think it’s fair to say that the psychological effects are much more damaging, and probably not worth it for most. There is no reason for her to torture herself through that in order to satisfy the public’s curiosity or to shut people such as yourself down, when there is a chance for her to put an end to it and move on.
The money she was always going to get. I did the math for you down thread, go look at it if you want. It’s chump change for him, and it’s of no financial gain to her because in the end she would have been better off financially by staying married to him. What she wanted in all of this she got: a statement clearing her name as a liar looking for financial gain, and him pretty much admitting that he did hurt her, even if it had to be in a cowardly non-admissible way by using the word “intent.”
Yep, it feels like the wording of that statement probably violated the carefully constructed minefield of their settlement agreement, but it’s true. She has been vindicated in the court of public opinion.
I know people will analyze that joint statement til kingdom come, but I’m inclined to agree with Lainey’s take on it. “There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm.” The fact that the word “intent” is there makes all the difference in the world, and is essentially a confirmation. He didn’t intend to harm her, but he did.
May she find peace, and may he find anyone in his camp that actually gives a sh*t about him and urges him to get help.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 And I just went to a Depp tumblr blog which I used to follow (I know)and the comments are ridiculous as expected. They still call her a liar even if their hero basically admitted abuse😡
Shambles , I agree with you and Lainey on this one. Not only the word “intent”, but the part where she didn’t lie , etc.
And we forget how fast the settlement happened few days after her deposition.
I was never a fan of hers, but I believed her from day 1 and i hope she can recover from all the distress and pain. I sincerely hope her projects with DC work and ahe keeps her career going.
Only seven million?! Sad. I don’t think she’ll have much of a career after this. But with judicious investments she should be fine.
7 mill including legal fees.
Pre IRS. That is income, and she will have to fork over quite a bit of it.
It is a final transfer of assets between husband and wife so it won’t be taxed. They already paid income tax on the money, it is part of the expenses deducted from the community property earned during the marriage. So it isn’t income.
Thanks for this deliciously informative thread!
It’s not taxed. It’s considered income between spouses, sometimes even settlement money. The $$$ was taxed when it was received by Depp from where ever. Settlements don’t get taxed because they aren’t considered income.
Also, she didn’t have much of a career before anything happened, either, sadly.
Agree with the other two commenters. I received money from my ex’s retirement and did not pay any taxes on it.
Am glad she got a settlement and his to subtly admit to DV but she picked the wrong lawyers, she could have got more and it could have ended sooner if she had gotten better legal representation.
This is complete vindication to ME that her lawyers are AWFUL. Seriously, my guess is that much of the bungling of this entire case has been done to the incompetence of her lawyers and crisis PR team.
This is why people pay the big bucks for hardened seasoned divorce attorneys. Because they know what they are doing. Amber Heard’s lawyers seemed surprised that Johnny Depp and his lawyers were pushing back and leaking negative stories – duh! of course they were going to do that. Of course he was going to use good crisis PR teams to try and save his reputation.
A good team would have had a strategy to respond. Instead Amber’s team seemed to lurch from narrative to narrative. They never had a good handle on the press. It’s ridiculous. They made their client look terrible.
And now they can’t even put out a statement. If I’m a high profile divorce attorney in LA right now, I’m probably laughing my way to the bank because this is a cautionary tale about getting the right representation.
+1000
I agree with you, Ellie. When I first read the retraction of the statement, I thought it was a joke. to begin with, her lawyers jumped the gun with the first statement claiming that AH had been vindicated in the Court of Public Opinion. Biiiiig mistake. And then to go on and have to retract it almost immediately makes them look embarrassingly incompetent. What a shame AH didn’t have a legal team with piranha instincts.
I also don’t think that 7 M is much of a settlement _at all_. I quite understand that she wanted it to be over, but JD walks away from this without the sordid, ugly truth being _proven_ about him. I feel sad about this. I also agree with posts on yesterday’s thread – I wish that AH hadn’t spoken up about donating proceeds to charity. Why should she? She should keep the money, invest it wisely, and use proceeds for herself. Perhaps in the future she could make charitable donations, perhaps not… it’s up to her. I feel that she’s being forced by “public opinion” to “prove” that she’s not a “gold-digger” – which I don’t feel she ever was. She’s been poorly served by her legal team, and I just hope that she can move on and put all of this nightmare behind her.
THIS! I 100% believe that he abused her, but her lawyers did not help her public image one bit. I would be curious to know how she selected them. If I were her I’d want to sue them for improper representation. They did a terrible job, they gave her terrible advice (unless she just ignored them and did what she wanted, but based on these statements I get the sense they’re just incompetent.)
Where is season 1 Olivia Pope when you need her?!
Agree 100%. I’d like to know what made her go with Spector rather than someone that had any real known ability in dealing with high profile divorces. Like, why didn’t she hire Wasser herself from the get-go? She wasn’t Johnny’s attorney until after she filed.
As a family lawyer I think almost all people would be better of settling. The long protracted legal battles may be better for justice, but justice unfortunately costs time and money and stress. It’s your whole life. You may not get your day in court and you may leave some money on the table, but you get your life back and can move on and that’s priceless. There are of course tonnes of exceptions, but I don’t blame her.
I agree.
She is working at the moment so this flying back and forth for depositions…etc…etc…must be exhausting! Best to pick yourself up and move on.
‘So I do feel proud of Amber that she was able to stand up to not only Johnny Depp, but all of the people around Depp who made it their mission to paint in her a terrible light.’
Hear…….hear!
His bank account is $7 million lighter and he’s left with a “SCUM” tattoo. Hope he’s happy.
Hear……hear!
LOL……love the ‘scum tattoo’. Must borrow that in the future. A rather apt description of himself.
Same thing with the “Winnona Forever” tattoo he has; now it says “Wino Forever” How apt! 🍷😂😂😂
I think he has altered that tattoo.
He did alter the tattoo. It originally read SLIM, Amber’s nickname it seems. He’s such a child, ugh. And to think I used to like him
Amber was going to make millions regardless of the outcome from the court case because no prenup was signed so 7 mollion is chicken change for johnny & i honestly thought they would hv settled for way more
Amber has starred in a lot of films.
If you read over her financials it’s clear she doesn’t get paid in millions.
Most likely with the current lawyers she has she probably gets $250K at most.
The smartest move she could make is finding a better team of lawyers and accountants.
She’ll make money by doing endorsements. Like most celebrities.
She’s only entitled to the money he made while they were married, not before. 7 Mil and dragging him through the mud is probably more than enough for her. She was in it to expose him more than she was for the money.
I think he got off easy, but I can appreciate that maybe she just wants it done and over. That last video of the “finger slice” (shudders) was revealing in so many ways. Depp is either going to lose his battle with addiction, or, sad to day, harm someone fatally during one of his tirades. Or both.
She did fine, though it would appear a stronger legal team might have smoothed out the bumps better. But here’s the bottom line:
She got away.
She publicized his problems.
She called it what it was, domestic abuse.
She framed it in the context of his alcohol/drug abuse.
She received her legal entitlement.
She held her head up in the face of public criticism.
She got a public acknowledgement that he did something bad (intent or no intent).
She got a public statement that she did not lie to get more money; therefore she told the truth.
She was part of a joint statement that there was, at one point, love, which
undercuts the gold-digger argument; she further wished him well in an
obvious allusion to his addiction and other problems. That takes class.
As for Internet comments, anonymous scum are anonymous for a reason.
She has good friends and she’s working.
We’ll see what happens with the defamation suit.
It was never going to be easy. Given the near-impossibility of most battered women and girlfriends getting any kind of recognition of or support for their claims, given that most people are content to be bystanders and not intervene, she actually went pretty far. It’s not what it should be: him in jail (with a rehab component) and her claims supported in the press with solid background information about domestic violence, as it would be with any other kind of health and safety issue or if she’d been repeatedly harassed and assaulted by a stranger.
But she did what she could, and I hope she gets a lot of sleep, eats well, and moves forward with healthier partners.
*HEAR HEAR* everything you said here EVERYTHING!
QQ I live for your sanity. Thanks so much!
+2
Well detailed WATP – utterly brilliant. Let’s see Depp’s stans attempt to dissect and re-engineer that!
And I love your start most of all ‘She got away’.
You should read some Depp tumblr pages. Just wow!
Yes! To every word you wrote.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I need to copy and paste this for this Depp blogs😂😂
^^THIS!!
100%
I think he got off easy too. I cant blame her for wanting to settle, i’m in a custody case myself.
I can blame Amber for not reporting DV.
Why collect evidence? Leave and divorce.
It’s strange to stay then post evidence then drop everything.
The only time a man hit me he was arrested.
Done.
Well good for you but DV usually doesn’t work that way. She collected evidence because that’s a good thing to do in a abusive situation! If you don’t have evidence your lying if you do the pen it’s a setup?Even Nicole Simpson collected evidence for years and was still killed.
good for you TommyGirl, truly, but like Brooklyn says, it’s not the norm. My mom, strongest kickass, feminist, hippie woman I know, was abused before she married her abuser because she was in ‘love’ and thought she could change him if she just loved him hard enough. it took him hitting her in front of me (1 year old at the time) for her to realize shit was never gonna change, he had no problem hitting a woman in front of an infant, and that it would eventually be my turn.
everyone has their own story and their own turning point when it comes to DV, so blaming Amber, when you dont know anything firsthand, are not involved in the story, etc is pointless. She’s entitled to her own set of actions, just like you are.
he really IS a Hollywood Vampire.
She settled because she couldn’t keep up with her lies. He never laid a hand on her in any “evidence” she leaked. That video only made her look like the manipulative gold digger she really is. Amber is the one who was arrested for DV in the past.
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
Wow! Domestic violence isn’t only physical! And the pics of her bruised face isn’t enough right? She filmed him because of they way he was acting which wasn’t the first time for that behavior. He clearly needs help but you only focus on the video where he’s clearly dangerous and melting down? And her charges were dropped and her ex said she was wrongfully accused.
She was not wrongfully accused. Her ex also said it was because they were gay and it turned out the officer who arrested Amber was a proud lesbian. Stop believing BS. She had no evidence of being physically abused by JD because it never happened, hence her deciding to settle and take the money. Anyone could have given her a bruise on her face. No evidence of that ever being done by JD.
I know DV isn’t only physical and I believe they both emotionally abused each other and she also enabled his substance abuse and took advantage of it.
Gigi stop it already! Her ex said it was they meaning multiple people not the gay officer so nice try! So now she enabled his drug use! He’s been an addict for decades now! Is anything his fault! He 53 damn years old and still has his stalkers making excuses for him. He’s violent and addicted period.If she had no evidence then why would he settle? Let her go to court and continue to lie to a judge and don’t settle. He saw what was being leaked and freaked out and settled. Anybody could’ve given her those bruises? Sure but not her sweet loving gentle husband right? Read that statement again! He basically admitted guilt indirectly. No “Intent” and she didn’t lie for financial gain because HIS lawyer accused her of doing just that!! Not once was there a denial of any kind in court or out by Depp. You are completely delusional. Keep stalking and defending his behavior while he keeps killing himself.
@gigi I hope no one you know or yourself us ever in a DV situation.
I’ve been in a DV situation and I’m with Gigi on this one. In fact I think she’s done a disservice to women who have been and are in a DV situation. I’ve found the whole thing so tacky.
I have an aunt who was in an abusive marriage for YEARS. I know what DV is. All of Amber’s actions and stories never clicked and made sense which is why I don’t believe her claims of physical violence. Bottom line is she lied about being physically abused to get money and have her career and reputation saved so she could find work in Hollywood after she recieved major backlash for filing for divorce right after his mother died.
Oh good, I’m so glad your aunt’s experience has made you a world expert.
@Izzy
Isn’t it interesting that anecdotes which support your position are accepted as evidence that supports your claim, despite their application to only one individual, while anecdotes that don’t support your position are only applicable to the person who shared the anecdote.
Here’s another anecdote: I’m also a DV survivor, and I agree that things never *quite* added up re: physical abuse. DV does include just slamming the cabinets around, as JD did in that video. But as for physically touching her? There is no hard evidence that he did, merely a lot of extrapolation. And if you buck the trend, you’re called a “victim-blamer” and people attempt to silence you.
Right?! My goodness just another delusional Depp stalker.
Johnny Depp is a pathetic drug and alcohol addict whose career is slowly going down the drain due to his endless list of flops since 2010.
Still one of the biggest and highest paid actors in the world. Like him or not, he’ll always be a legend.
Amber is a known drug user and has been for years who suddenly turned straight after seeing a vulnerable person struggling and enabled him and took advantage of his weakness.
@Gigi – Thank you for posting what you truly believe. Just be prepared for an onslaught of comments that you are a troll, or worse.
I remember back when they started dating, and everyone here was saying Amber was just looking for money and fame. Then as soon as she claims she was hit, suddenly the majority of the commenters here are rallying around her. And every bit of her so-called evidence is suspect. That video she kept saying proved abuse? The only thing I see being abused is some cabinets.
Agree
Yeah, I noticed the pendulum swing in the other direction, too. It makes people look like they don’t think for themselves, as though their opinions are knee-jerk reactions to whatever information is dangled right in front of their faces.
@IHEARTJACKSPARROW
I remember that. Almost all posters here didn’t like her back then. It’s very hard to post comments here if you aren’t pro Amber. I tried posting so many times, and my comments were never able to go through. Sad.
They were not good for each other but I have a hard time believing he beat her.
And that’s not me ignoring that Johnny need help for his substance problems.
I just don’t buy her allegations of physical abuse. Her allegations were inconsistent and suspect.
Why didn’t he sue her then? With all his millions and public opinion by his side. It would have been easy to debunk the proofs if it was all a lie. But he never did That. I believe amber and I believe Johnny Depp. Everyone of his moves since day one cries guilty.
Actually when they got together everyone was going at him for ditching his long time partner and going public with the hot Young side piece all while trashing her in the press.
He’s an ass and a psychopath. The addiction doesn’t explain it all.
the courts, based on the JOINT statement, agreed with amber heard.
please continue to ignore that FACT.
carry on the deppfense.
Wow! You and Gigi are delusional! She’s a drug user? Proof and not from years ago! He’s always been a drug user for decades. She took advantage of him? So he has no strength to get help himself? Stfu you two. You sound like typical Depp apologists! HE NEEDS HELP,PERIOD!! That video showed what drunken violent mess he is! And it was abuse! There’s more than just physical abuse. And yes most comments on here hated her and thought she was a golddigger except for me I defended her a Depp fan! And cutting off a piece of his finger then dipping it in paint to write on a mirror and accuse your wife of cheating is clearly normal or was setup by Amber right?😂😂😂 You have a hair time believing bruises on her face text messages that were authenticticated and more video and phot proof? You clearly ignore HIS ISSUES to point out how wrong you think Amber is. Sad.
You and Gigi live in la la land! Keep telling yourself he isn’t guilty when he just admitted it! Typical deep stalker who is blind to the facts! If he killed her would you have believed her then??????
Brooklyn Tam, why don’t you STFU.
Reading is also fundemental. I stated he had issues and Amber never had any proof he beat her. Many women do lie about DV and she is one of them.
If she had soon much proof, why not file a police report and get the authorities incolved? Huh?
She had no proof because JD never laid a hand on her. Her refusing this to go to trial and wanting to settle prove it.
Leaking photos and videos to the media instead of going to the police was all about a smear campaign against him. It didn’t work and it won’t work. He will get through this and rise above it while she fades into obscurity where she belongs.
Oh and Johnny did get violent……..with his kitchen cabinets.
It’s true, many women DO lie about domestic violence. They lie to protect their abusers. They lie by saying they walked into a door or fell down the steps when the truth is that someone put those bruises on them. It’s heartbreaking. Thanks for helping to bring this to light, Gigi!
#istandwithamber
Amber lied by making this whole thing up. Never was she beaten by him. She claims she got medical treatment but any health care professional is required by law to report any suspension of DV. And her “proof” was a pic of her holding a bottle of pills?! LMAO!!!!!
Never filed charges because there was never any abuse.
#TeamJohnny Depp
#ToHelIWithSCAMBER
But she was vindicated! They had to take it back because of the agreement they have but we know the truth!
I know we think $7mil is too little for the amount of money he made and what he put her through, but let’s do some math.
Let’s say that the estimated $35mil he made throughout their marriage is correct. Subtract 25% in fees he has to pay. That leaves $26.250mil. They live in CA and taxes here aren’t cheap, so lets say 40% of that went to taxes for Federal, State, and even abroad where he has several properties. That leaves $15.750mil. Now we subtract what they spent in those 15 months? That $7mil was probably more or less what the 50% she was entitled to.
She was vindicated, and even getting support from public figures now that it’s settled, like Perez Hilton who declared he’s definitively “Team Heard” on this and after the video leaked
She was very strong to get this battle for so long, despite that there was a good chance the PRO wouldn’t be granted because she not only have to prove he was abusive but also that he still is dangerous to her despite the divorce. We don’t know the terms of their final settlement (nor the real money she got), but I read from a lawyer around that’s possible he signed an agreement about how he can’t be close to her ever again)…and she kept fighting and fighting until the world could see Johnny for what he really is, and then dropped it for her own sanity i’m sure.
But this girl is far too smart she obviously had much more to show to the court (looks like she had the best for the end…just look at the video or the story of the finger) and maybe things even worse, sadly we’ll never see that, but we could only wish her icloud gets hacked again…fingers crossed
Agreed! And not so fast on the evidence not coming out anymore. Tmz might still leak some things so hold on. The deposition video is out there somewhere. And more texts and videos like she named in her evidence list. I hope we see it all but we know who he is anyway!
Well if it is “leaked” his lawyers know who to go after!! She better hope they never do get put out there.
Like ANYONE cares what Piggy Hilton has to say!!!?? 😂😂
I’m sure she, much like Katie Holmes, was severely disappointed in what came to be possibly the worst decisions of their lives. Come on, ladies, be honest here. I know I had celeb posters in my locker in high school and all over my bedroom walls at home. If Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, or Vince Neil ever walked up to me and wanted to date me I would have been all over it. I just think it would suck so much to finally be with someone whom you have idolized only to discover they are truly crazy and abusive. I am so, so happy Amber is away from him. I’m glad she was smart enough to not let it carry on. On a side note: I am also disappointed because I will never view JD the same. I even overlooked his scarf addiction for many years. But once this surfaced, I totally broke up with him, even if he will never know it. #teamamber
So true @Jennifer Jones. It was the smarter move to settle and move on. She needs to move on from this to be able to emotionally heal, and having gone to trial would have imposed on her filming schedule and have kept her stuck reliving the abuse, and all for what?
The statements along with the settlement to me also proves she did love him and cares for him deeply. When she said she didn’t release the video and that she was looking to settle because she had underestimated the toll this would take, she also said she wanted to make the healthiest decision for her AND for Johnny. In the divorce statement she said she wishes him the best. And elsewhere it was stated that she wants what’s best for him and she hopes he gets the help he needs. She didn’t press charges against him and didn’t report what happened to police to not hurt him, time and time again.
Throughout all of this, Johnny is the only one that has benefited, from her not pressing charges, from her agreeing to settle and not going to trial. Johnny did NOT want to go to trial and for all the evidence against him to be laid out. In fact, he was smart enough to settle before he even submitted his sworn statement (since he wasn’t required to be deposed). In all of this she’s continued to be the caretaker and he’s gone along continuing to be the self-centered egomaniac prick he truly is.
Totally agree. If you look at this through the lens of “Amber is NOT a scheming ice princess but a fairly normal girl who loved and admired her wealthy, powerful, older husband and hoped he would be able to stay off the sauce and keep his sh!t together” all of the odd details make perfect sense. JD is supposedly such a lovely guy, yet he hasn’t had one kind word for AH since this started. Not one. His lackeys have been allowed to tear her down over and over, yet AH has repeatedly reached across the aisle to JD, in both word and deed.
I’m not particularly a fan of AH’s work, but facts are facts.
I love how somebody said Depp is a legend as a defense against my comment about his dwindling career. So is Bill Cosby and so is Roman Polanski. So?
I know right! “legend” of what? FLOPS! If you think a druggie and alcoholic is legend something is wrong with you!
A legend is Sir Paul Mccarteny! Who we saw Saturday 13 when he did my valtine when dirty depp came on the screen the crowd booed I hope McCartney drops this fool has friend
I don’t get what him being “a druggie and alcoholic” has to do with him being a legend due to the many iconic performances he’s given throughout his +30 years career.
BTW, Sir Paul has a cameo in PotC 5!
I agree with your comment here and the previous one. I think the point the other commenter was trying to make is that he will continue to be fairly unaffected because he is considered a Hollywood legend, and unfortunately the rules just don’t apply to them as they should.
For decades after Bill Cosby had a career and his victims were silenced. Roman Polanski still has a career and is even celebrated for his work. Charlie Sheen’s career didn’t suffer until he sabotaged himself years later, and he’s not even at the level of Depp. There’s also Woody Allen.
Basically, his career can dwindle slowly down the drain from his flops, but unfortunately it won’t be a result of being an abusive alcoholic and drug addict. And chances are a decade from now he might even have a career comeback. That is if he doesn’t OD by then.
There’s no way that she could have received “nothing” due to Johnny’s manipulation as the writer states. California law entitled her to half of the assets (minus expenses) that they made together as a couple in the 15 months they were married. What a dumb statement!
It is pathetic to see what booze, drugs, mid-life crisis and jealosy/paranoia that comes from cheating on your partner with a beautiful 20 yr old , marrying her but never able to get over the inevitable insecurity and trust issues does to a man who has been known to be nothing but wonderful in all of his previous relationships.
Vanessa has supported him in an outright manner and I don’t think she would have had 2 kids and allowed them to grow up with him if she were bluffing just to support him. Winona said she couldn’t even wrap her head around the idea of him behaving like this. He and Kate Moss went through volatile times yet she has said Johnny was the only one to take care of her at the time.
Yet Amber had to go through all this shit.
She must have held strongly to her claims at her depo but was probably contradicted by Depp’s team with strong proof of her own mistakes such as dog scandal which she couldn’t fight. And that will affect her credibility in the eyes of a judge leaving room for plenty of doubts. She knew it was an uphill battle and it is understandable why she thought ‘enough is enough’. She has got an acknowledgement that she didn’t completely lie atleast about Depp’s inexcusable behavior with her and it was not about money. Best thing she could have got and she was right in taking it.
And Hollywood would make sure Depp never faces his issues and he will continue to think it is all others’ mistake.