Johnny Depp donates $1M settlement from Amber Heard to charity

(14 Jun 2023)

POOL
Fairfax, Virginia - 1 June 2022
1. Excerpt, clerk reads verdict

POOL
Fairfax, Virginia, 26 May 2022
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Amber Heard, actor:
"Now as I stand here today can't have a career. I can't even have people associate with me because of the threats and the attacks that they have to endure when they are. And I can't even do my charity work."

POOL
Fairfax, Virginia,19 April 2022
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Johnny Depp, actor:
"When the allegations were rapidly circling, circling the globe telling people that I was a drunken, cocaine-fueled menace who beat women suddenly in my 50s, it's over. You know, you're done. So what did it do to me?"

POOL
Fairfax, Virginia, 4 May 2022
4. Johnny Depp leaves court

POOL
London, 24 July 2020
5. Various of Johnny Depp arrival at court

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles, 12 February 2014
6. Zoom in on Johnny Depp and Amber Heard at the premiere of '3 Days to Kill'

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palm Springs, California, 2 January 2016
7. Various of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard arriving at the Palm Springs International Film Festival

ASSOCIATED PRESS
London, 11 October 2015
8. Various of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard arriving at the premiere of 'Black Mass'
9. Medium shot of Johnny Depp being interviewed

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles, 23 May 2016
10. Johnny Depp speaks to reporters at the premiere of 'Alice Through the Looking Glass'
STORYLINE:
Johnny Depp has selected five charities to donate the $1 Million he received from ex-wife Amber Heard after both sides agreed to a settlement deal last December following their highly-publicized trial in Virginia one year ago.

A source close to Depp tells The AP the actor will donate $200,000 each to Make-A-Film Foundation, The Painted Turtle, Red Feather, Tetiaroa Society, and Amazonia Fund Alliance.

Both sides argued to a jury in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia that the other had defamed them. Depp said he was libeled by Heard when she wrote a 2018 op-ed piece in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Depp also testified that he was physically and verbally abused by Heard.

A jury ruled in Depp's favor, awarding him $10 million in damages, but also awarded $2 million to Heard. Both sides appealed various aspects of the jury's decision but dropped their cases, agreeing on the $1 million payout from Heard to Depp.

The ruling in the U.S. was a contrast to a judge's decision in the United Kingdom -- ruling against Depp in a libel suit he brought there against a British tabloid. The judge in that 2020 case concluded that Heard had indeed been subject to abuse at Depp’s hands on multiple occasions.

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