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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Erum Salam

Amber Heard settles defamation case with Johnny Depp

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp in court in Fairfax, Virginia, in May.
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp in court in Fairfax, Virginia, in May. Photograph: Steve Helber/AP

Amber Heard has agreed to a legal settlement with her ex-husband and fellow actor Johnny Depp, who sued her for defamation after she suggested he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed.

Heard, 36, had previously been ordered pay more than $10m in damages to Depp, 56. Depp, meanwhile, was ordered to pay Heard $2m after she filed a countersuit accusing him of defamation after his lawyer, Adam Waldman, called her abuse claims a “hoax”.

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