Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have officially reached an out-of-court settlement.
Johnny originally filed the defamation lawsuit against Amber back in 2019. His original filing was for $50 million in damages after she published a 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post that said she became a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Amber never mentioned Johnny by name in the piece, but his lawyers argued that it was about him. Johnny has continually denied all allegations of domestic abuse.
The jury ultimately decided that Amber did defame him on all three counts against her with her 2018 op-ed. They awarded compensatory damages to Johnny and ordered Amber to pay $15 million in damages ($10 million in compensatory damages, plus $5 million in punitive damages). The jury did find Johnny guilty on one count out of three in Amber‘s countersuit against him and was ordered to pay $2 million.
Click inside to read the amount that was settled today…
Sources with knowledge of the settlement spoke to TMZ and said Amber will be paying $1 million to her ex husband. The money will not be coming from her, however, and will be paid out by her insurance company.
Read Amber‘s full statement about today’s settlement and the reason why she decided to settle out of court.
Source: justjared.com