Unsealed court documents show Amber Heard walked away from a divorce settlement from Johnny Depp that could have totaled tens of millions of dollars, as the financially strapped actress sells her beloved California home.
Documents seen by the Daily Beast show the Aquaman star, 36, ignored guidance from his legal team not to go after Depp for the maximum cash he was entitled to after they filed for divorce in 2016.
She could have gotten half of the $33 million Depp made filming the fourth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, since it was made while they were married.
But Heard decided against it, writing them an email saying he was being “shockingly true to (his) word, that it’s not about the money.”
A judge refused to allow that evidence to be admitted during Depp’s libel suit against Heard.
She was ordered to pay Depp a total of $8.3 million after being found guilty of defamation, but says she doesn’t have enough money to do so.
Amber Heard appears to have sold a property in Southern California for more than a million dollars, just as unsealed documents from her trial with Johnny Depp reveal she may have left tens of millions on the table in their divorce.
He may now have started raising some of that cash by selling his Yucca Valley home in the California desert for $1.05 million, a profit of about $500,000 for Heard, according to TMZ.
Heard reportedly bought the house in 2019 through an anonymous trust linked to the actress.
There is speculation about Heard’s ability to immediately cover damages, which include $10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages.
She will also receive $2 million from Depp in a countersuit, leaving her with just over $8 million to pay.
He may have started raising some of that cash by selling his Yucca Valley home in the California desert for $1.05 million, a profit of about $500,000.
Heard reportedly bought the house in 2019 through an anonymous trust linked to the actress.
There is speculation about Heard’s ability to immediately cover damages, which include $10 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages. She will also receive $2 million from Depp in a countersuit, leaving her with just over $8 million to pay.
The latter amount was reduced from $5 million due to Virginia’s limit on such prizes.
Newly unsealed court documents suggest Heard may have left more than enough to pay for her divorce.
the daily beast noted that Judge Penney Azcarate refused to allow Team Amber to present a conversation she had with her attorneys during the divorce trial.
The actress’s lawyers were begging her to go after what they believed were “tens of millions of dollars” she was entitled to through Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean earnings.
They alleged that because Depp made Pirates of the Caribbean 5 during the marriage, it was ‘community property’ and an asset that Heard was entitled to half of.
Heard would not allow them to chase that money, and his attorneys told him by email that he was being “true to his word” that it was not cash.
Judge Azcarate rejected any reference to these emails in the context of the defamation trial.
Perhaps the silliest revelation from the documents is that Depp’s team may have attempted to send nude photos of Heard, as well as Amber’s brief work as an exotic dancer.
Heard’s legal team argued that these were “irrelevant personal matters” that should not be allowed at trial.
Heard, 36, appealed the judge’s decision in her defamation case against Johnny Depp on July 21, two months after she was ordered to pay her ex-husband $10 million in damages.
Newly unsealed court documents suggest Heard may have walked away from more than enough to pay for her divorce.
Judge Penney Azcarate refused to allow Team Amber to present a conversation she had with her attorneys during the divorce trial. Lawyers for the actress pleaded with her to pursue what they believed were “tens of millions of dollars” she was entitled to through Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean earnings.
Heard was denied a request for a mistrial a week earlier, arguing that one of the jurors in the case should not have been eligible to serve because his summons was intended for his father, who had the same name and lived in the same direction.
In June, the Aquaman star was ordered to pay her ex-husband $10.35 million at the end of an explosive six-week trial, when a jury ruled that she had defamed her ex-husband in a newspaper op-ed. in 2018.
Depp, 59, was awarded $15 million, including $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
The judge later limited damages to the state maximum of $350,000, leaving Depp with a total of $8.35 million.
Meanwhile, Heard won one of her three countersuit claims related to statements made by Depp’s lawyer suggesting that she and her friends trashed his apartment before calling the police.
Heard was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages of the $100 million she requested.
Amid news of Heard’s appeals, Depp’s representatives told DailyMail.com last week that they are confident in the verdict.
Depp and Heard filed their appeals with the Virginia Court of Appeals.
“The jury heard extensive evidence presented during the trial and reached a clear and unanimous verdict that the defendant herself defamed Mr. Depp in multiple instances. We remain confident in our case and that this verdict will stand,” a Depp spokesman said.
A day after Heard’s team filed an appeal, Depp’s team filed one after he was ordered to pay $2 million in damages after he was convicted of a single count of defamation for saying allegations of domestic abuse in against him were false.
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor’s team said it filed an appeal to make sure “the court considers all the information” while they reconsider Heard’s appeal.