Johnny Depp ‘could give up Amber Heard’s 8 million’

After lost the defamation trial brought to her by Johnny Depp, Amber Heard was ordered to compensate her ex-husband with 10.4 million dollars (he had asked for 50). Figure reduced to approx 8 million Why he owes him two, having himself been found guilty of defamation because he called Amber’s domestic violence allegations “a hoax.” Despite her “discount”, according to her lawyer, the actress is absolutely unable to pay such an amount. And maybe she won’t have to: the star’s lawyers, Camille Vasquez and Benjamin Chewthey have in fact told on TV, to be precise a Good Morning Americathat Johnny «could waive the 8 million in compensation by Amber Heard.” Because moral victory would be enough for him: the «Pirate of the Caribbean» «he feels like the weight of the world has been lifted off his shoulders. He hadn’t smiled like that in six years». That is, since Amber, after only one year of marriage, asked for her divorce, obtaining a restraining order for domestic violence against Depp. The culmination of the story in December 2018, when the actress on Washington Post iaccused her ex-husband, without ever mentioning him directly, of domestic abuse. Hence the defamation lawsuit filed, and won, by Depp.

But now the star, word of his lawyers, is ready to give up 8 million dollars in compensation. It will only if Will Amber waive her appeal? Depp’s lawyers did not answer this question. That Heard does not want to surrender to the verdict with which the “trial of horrors” ended in which both protagonists recounted a marriage based on violence, drugs and degradation, a spokesperson for the actress said so clearly. Who, after the sentence, expressed firsthand all her bitterness about her: “I am heartbroken by the fact that the mountain of evidence was not sufficient to counter the disproportionate power of my ex-husband”.

Camille Vasquez and Benjamin Chew they think differently: Amber lost because the jury didn’t like her. And she didn’t like it because, «unlike Johnnywho also spoke candidly about his alcohol and drug problems, he took no responsibility for anything». For Depp the trial «was not a matter of money. It was about restoring his reputation. And he succeeded.”

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