Amber Heard has made the “very difficult decision” to settle her multimillion-dollar US defamation case with former husband Johnny Depp. The Aquaman star said the decision was “not an act of concession” but an opportunity to resolve the situation “on terms I can agree to”.
It comes less than a month after Ms Heard sought to appeal against the verdict in her legal battle against Mr Depp, arguing that it will have a “chilling” effect on other women. The actress was sued by Mr Depp over a 2018 article she wrote for The Washington Post about her experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse, which his lawyers said falsely accused him of being an abuser.
In June this year, a jury at Fairfax County Court returned a verdict in Mr Depp’s favour and he was awarded 10.3 million dollars (£8.43 million) for damage to his reputation. In a statement on Instagram, Ms Heard wrote: “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.
