Amber Heard talks about Johnny Depp’s legal team’s claim that she did not donate the money from their divorce agreement to charities, as she promised she would do in 2016.
According to a new report from The Daily Mail published on Thursday, January 7, the Pirates of the Caribbean The actor’s lawyers say they intend to use the allegation as part of their efforts to appeal the judge of the British High Court Andrew Nichol‘s decision in Depp’s defamation case against The sun. In that case, Nichol sided with him The sunand argued in his decision: “Her donation of the $ 7 million to charity is hardly the act one would expect from a gold digger.”
In a statement to E! News, the Aquaman lawyer of the actress Elaine Bredehoft confirms that her client has yet to keep the $ 7 million pledge she made to Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and the American Civil Liberties Union, citing financial reasons.
“Amber has already been responsible for seven figures in donations to charity and intends to continue to contribute and ultimately keep her promise,” Bredehoft explains. “However, Amber was delayed on purpose because Mr. Depp filed a lawsuit against her, and as a result, she was forced to spend millions of dollars to defend Mr. Depp’s false accusations against her.”
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In a statement to E! News, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, “Due to the circumstances of the case, CHLA has been legally excluded from disclosing details of the case.”
The ACLU did not return requests for comment.
Bredehoft also claims that Depp’s legal representatives are deliberately speculating about the status of Heard’s donation to divert the focus from the actor’s ongoing legal battle.
She claims: ‘The attempt of mr. Depp’s planting stories in the media criticizing Amber for not yet complying with all the donations she made to charity is another desperate attempt to divert attention from the British court’s findings regarding the allegations that Mr. Depp committed domestic abuse. and violence. ‘
Following Judge Nichol’s ruling, Depp was asked to leave his role as Grindelwald in the film Fantastic animals. While no longer starring in the Warner Bros. movie, The Hollywood Reporter wrote at the time that Depp would still receive the full salary for the project.
Mads Mikkelsen is now planning to play the role in the third installment of the film, which is based on JK Rowling‘s books.
Meanwhile, Depp Heard is currently suing for defamation in the British High Court, arguing that the actress’ allegations of domestic abuse The Washington Post were all part of an ‘extended farce’. Because of the alleged damage her accusations have caused to his career, Depp Heard is suing for defamation and is seeking damages of more than $ 50,000,000. Amber denied the allegations, and her attorney argued E! News that Depp is trying to “silence” her.
E! News reached out to Depp’s representative and legal team for comment. We did not hear back.