{"id":162593,"date":"2022-12-19T21:31:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amber-heard-said-she-has-decided-to-settle-johnny-depps-case-against-her-npr\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T21:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T21:31:01","slug":"amber-heard-said-she-has-decided-to-settle-johnny-depps-case-against-her-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amber-heard-said-she-has-decided-to-settle-johnny-depps-case-against-her-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Heard said she has decided to settle Johnny Depp’s case against her : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amber Heard said that she plans to settle the defamation case brought against her by her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Heard recently had filed an appeal after a Virginia jury mostly sided with Depp in June in the widely-watched case.<\/p>\n

“I make this decision having lost faith in the American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder,” Heard said in an Instagram post on Monday morning. <\/p>\n

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In June, the jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages of $5 million (though a cap on punitive damages in Virginia meant that the actual amount was $10.35 million). It also awarded Heard $2 million in a countersuit against Depp.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Depp’s attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez said the settlement involved a $1 million payment to the actor. <\/p>\n

“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,” Chew and Vasquez said in a statement sent to NPR. “The jury’s unanimous decision and the resulting judgement in Mr. Depp’s favor against Ms. Heard remain fully in place. The payment of $1M – which Mr. Depp is pledging and will donate to charities – reinforces Ms. Heard’s acknowledgment of the conclusion of the legal system’s rigorous pursuit for justice.”<\/p>\n