The defamation case filed by Johnny Depp against Amber Heard has reacheda settlement. Heard will pay Depp $1M.A court in June found Heard guilty of defaming Depp, ordering her to pay $10M.
The suit
Depp sued Heard for accusing him of domestic abuse. The trial for the suit filed three years ago by Depp, began in April 2022. The verdict was pronounced in June by a Virginia court.
Heard on settlement
In an Instagram post, Heard wroteon Monday that after a great deal of deliberation, she had to make the difficult decision of settling the suitwith her ex-husband.
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She also said she lost faith in theUS legal system where her "unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder," adding that she "can't go through that for the third time."
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