Justice will finally no longer have to decide between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp.
The actress announced on Monday that she had reached an agreement to end the appeal proceedings in the defamation lawsuit which opposes her in the United States to her ex-husband, agreeing to pay him a million dollars. .
“After a long reflection I made the difficult decision to conclude an agreement”, wrote the star on Instagram, without specifying the financial terms.
The 36-year-old actress had initially appealed the verdict in June condemning her to pay $ 10 million to the star of Pirates of the Caribbean, who in turn was to pay 2 million to Amber Heard.
The pressure of “social networks”
“I made this decision after losing faith in the American justice system, where my public testimony served as entertainment and gave social media food for thought,” the actress added.
The lawyers of Johnny Depp, 59, welcomed the conclusion of this agreement.
"We are pleased to officially close this painful chapter for Mr. Depp, who has made it clear throughout this process that his priority is getting the truth out," attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez said.
“The unanimous decision of the jury and the resulting judgment in favor of Mr. Depp against Ms. Heard remain in full force,” they recalled.
According to them, “the payment of one million dollars – which Mr. Depp undertakes to donate to charities, which he will actually do – demonstrates that Mrs. Heard recognizes the conclusions” of justice.
Libel vs Libel
The legal battle between the former spouses stems from a column published by the
Washington Post
in 2018, in which Amber Heard described herself as "a public figure representing domestic violence", without naming her ex-husband.
Assuring that this text had destroyed his reputation and his career, Johnny Depp, 59, sued his ex-wife for defamation to obtain $ 50 million in damages.
Amber Heard had counter-attacked and demanded the double.
At the end of six weeks of debates, the jurors of the court of Fairfax, in the suburbs of Washington, had concluded that the ex-spouses had defamed each other, but had estimated that the damages suffered by Johnny Depp were greater.
The trial, highly publicized and broadcast live on television, was followed by millions of viewers around the world and provoked an outburst of messages hostile to the actress on social networks.
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