Tuesday, 20 December 2022

Amber Heard announces settlement with Johnny Depp in defamation case

 



According to media reports, Amber Heard shared a post on her official Instagram account and announced that she has decided to settle the case with Johnny Depp for millions of dollars in damages.


The actress wrote in the post that 'I am withdrawing my appeal and want settlement of the case as I do not want to face another trial'.


Amber further wrote that 'after much deliberation I have made the difficult decision to settle, I have made this decision because of my lack of confidence in the US judicial system'.


She wrote, "I feel it is important to say that I never wanted to do this. I defended myself, but in doing so, as far as I know, my life has been affected."


It should be remembered that Johnny Depp claimed 50 million dollars in damages for Amber Heard's writing an article in the Washington Post in 2018. What was the claim for damages?


However, Amber Heard could not prove the allegations against Johnny Depp, on which the Virginia court ordered Amber Heard to pay Johnny Depp 13.5 million dollars, while Johnny Depp was asked to pay 2 million dollars. had gone.


Later, Amber Heard's lawyers said that the actress cannot pay 100 million dollars in damages, after which they have now withdrawn their case and decided to settle.


It should be noted that the actress will now pay Johnny Depp only $1 million to end their long-running legal battle.

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