Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have settled their dueling defamation cases more than six months after a Virginia jury found for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor in the exes’ turbulent trial.
In a lengthy statement shared Monday on Instagram, Heard explained her decision not to pursue the appeal she filed shortly after the jury awarded her $2 million and Depp more than $10 million in June. The Daily Mail reported that Depp and Heard reached a settlement in which Heard’s insurance company will pay Depp $1 million — an amount Depp’s team corroborated Monday in a statement.
“After a great deal of deliberation I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought against me by my ex husband in Virginia,” Heard announced Monday. “It’s important for me to say that I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed.
